Loved by the Bear - Part 3 by Vaughn V

Author:Vaughn, V. [Vaughn, V.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Sugarloaf Press
Published: 2019-04-04T16:00:00+00:00

Seven

Madison

"I've really got to go," I whisper as I try to pull out of Trent's embrace in front of my dorm.

Trent and I went for a walk around campus after we drank our coffee, and our time together stretched into dinner at the dining hall. If wasn't for my paper due Monday, I'd have gone back to his frat house with him. But I was afraid that us holing up in his room would lead to me flunking out of school. Him too. So we both decided we needed to put our classes first because we have the rest of our lives to be together.

He loosens his grip and grabs my hand as I move away. I giggle as I squeeze his fingers and then pull free. He says, "I'm not sure how I'm going to survive the night."

"Somehow I think you'll manage. What did you do before I came along?"

"Life without you wasn't living, Madison."

Two girls push by us and one says to the other. "Seriously? Oh, honey."

I know they're talking about me and Trent's sappy line, but it doesn't bother me a bit. I lean against the door and scan his body with my gaze. At this moment I'd gladly flunk out of school to go back to his room. "You know," I say. "It won't take me all night to write my paper."

"It won't take me all night to get my studying done either. How about you text me when you've finished?"

I laugh. "We're so pathetic."

Trent grips my arms and leans his forehead against mine to whisper. "No, Madison. We're true mates. It's supposed to be this way."

He kisses me long and deep, and it leaves me trembling with the anticipation of so much more later. After I walk into my dorm, I wander to my room in a love-induced daze. It's quickly killed when I open the door and get a waft of the odor.

"Ugh," I cover my nose. "It smells like a boys’ locker room in here."

Josie is on the floor doing sit-ups. "That's my shoes," she grunts out between crunches.

"Ever hear of air freshener?" A drawer scrapes open as I tug on it to retrieve my bottle of odor neutralizing spray.

"Yeah. Didn't have any."

I walk around our room, and a fine mist floats in the air as I apply the spray. I notice exercise bands and a jump rope in the corner. Josie is still going strong with her sit ups, and I ask, "How many of those are you going to do?"

"As many as I can."

I frown and glance over at her laundry basket to see not only the exercise gear she had on this morning but another pair of shorts and two soaked t-shirts. My stomach knots up, because I think she might have been working out all day. I think about her meme-worthy body she had the first day she arrived. I've only seen her run since we got here, and I wonder if she's freaking out about not working out the number of hours it must take to maintain her level of fitness.

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