Saving West: Tennessee U by Denver Shaw

Author:Denver Shaw [Shaw, Denver]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shaw's Sweetheart Books
Published: 2022-10-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

West

After weeks of medications making me sick, I don’t know how much more I can take.

I stumble back to my bed from the bathroom and throw myself down onto the mattress. I sling my arm over my face. Even with the curtains drawn and the lights off, the room is still too bright. My head is pounding, and it feels like I’m sucking on cotton.

Attending classes today isn’t going to happen. I doubt it’s going to happen tomorrow, either. Hell, it hasn’t happened for the last two days. I need to be better by Saturday night for the game. Coach will be pissed if I miss it and the last thing I want to do is disappoint him, especially if scouts are going to be there.

With a groan, I roll over onto my stomach, but quickly realize it’s a bad idea. Within moments, I’m up and running to the bathroom again.

When I’m done throwing up all of my internal organs, I remove my shorts and lean against the cold wall of the shower, turning on the tap. Icy water cascades over me, but it does little to shock my system into functioning semi-normally again.

I’m still leaning on the wall when I hear pounding on my door. For a few seconds, I consider telling whoever it is to go away. Instead, I crawl out of the shower and use the edge of the sink to pull myself into an upright position and pull on a dry pair of shorts. I’m already trying to figure out how to explain my appearance as I walk to the door and pull it open.

“Figured you might want this.” Shane brushes past me and crosses the room to drop a stack of papers on my desk. “You missed a lot of work. Some projects are due soon and one of the professors said you haven’t been to any of his office hours to discuss your topic.”

“You didn’t have to do that.” I sit on the edge of my bed. The room is still spinning.

Even though I’m happy Shane’s here, especially after what happened between us only a few days ago, I don’t want him to see me like this. I don’t want him anywhere near me when I still haven’t figured out how I feel about him. Hell, I haven’t even figured out if I’m straight or bi, or maybe something in-between.

“Look, I have places I need to be, so if you’re good with what I brought you, I’ll be on my way.” Shane looks at me with those intense eyes of his, as if he wants to say more. He sighs and walks to the door instead, metaphorically biting his tongue on whatever else it is he wants to tell me.

“Shane, don’t go.”

The tension in the room increases as I stare at his back, wondering if I’m enough to make him stay. I want him to step away from the door and say he’ll stay with me, even though I have no clue what it means if he does.

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