The Summer of '98 by Tay Marley

Author:Tay Marley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wattpad Books
Published: 2020-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

Leroy

Ellie was still sound asleep when I emerged from the bathroom in the morning. Cass and Noah were in the other bed, facedown in their pillows. They must have come back sometime after Els and I had fallen asleep last night, and I was glad that it hadn’t been earlier. Not when I thought about Ellie beneath me, writhing, moaning, fingernails dragging down the length of my back. Damn. I ran a hand across my face and exhaled. We were no longer alone, so there would be no morning sex. However, I did need to talk to Noah about last night. It made sense to get it over with before the drive home.

I stood beside his bed and gave his bare back a careless slap. He rolled onto his side and peered through half-closed lids. “What?”

“We need to talk,” I said. “Let’s go for a walk.”

“Later.”

“Now.”

“What the hell,” he threw the comforter back and stood up, scratching himself and stretching.

“You want to keep it down so the girls can sleep?”

“Shut up,” he grumbled and stormed off toward the bathroom. “I’ll be outside in a minute.”

I stood out in the hall and waited for him to get himself together. The hotel staff were pushing carts covered in room service or housekeeping products. Our checkout was in two hours but we didn’t have a lot to pack up so it wouldn’t be hard to be out on time. Noah appeared ten minutes later, clothed and hair ruffled into a tidier mess than it was before.

He glared at me as he closed the door with no damn care, banging it closed. I threw my arms open in exasperation. “Dude, shut up.”

“Why should they get to sleep in, and I’m dragged out of bed at eight in the damn morning?”

The conversation was already off to a terrible start. “Come on.”

“Where are we going?”

“I dunno. We could go and get some breakfast.”

“Fine,” he walked beside me, hands in his pockets. “Start talking.”

“How are things going between you and Cass?”

“That’s what you dragged me out of bed for? To ask how my toxic relationship is going?”

It wasn’t that I regretted referring to his relationship as toxic. At the time, I meant what I said. But it could have been delivered gentler, I suppose. As hard as it was not to, belittling him wasn’t going to help. Neither was enablement. Ellie was right about that.

“No,” I said. “That’s not the only reason why I dragged you out of bed. But I am curious. Why did you change your mind and make things exclusive?”

He kept his head down, walking beside me. We stepped onto the elevator and he leaned against the wall. “I don’t know. I like her, I guess.”

It took all I had not to express disappointment in his answer. “You like her enough not to sleep with other girls?”

“I know what exclusive means, Leroy. Thanks for confirming.”

The droning tone of elevator music filled the silence while I stared at Noah and he stared at the floor. It was so hard to get a grasp on this kid.

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