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🎵put your hand on my thigh in the commons
Although a fourth-stringer ain’t exactly Prince Harry, but maybe somewhere closer to the coke-addict son of someone prince-adjacent.
Damn 😂
Because that’s what it always comes back to with Abigail: revenge, and the mistake she’s been making me pay for every single day since sophomore year. No matter how many times I apologize, or how sincerely I regret hurting her, my life is but to amuse Abigail with my suffering.
I mean… her boyfriend kissed you back so it’s his fault too
Buy a man flowers, at least. Or hell, lead off with a good joke. But it is what it is, I suppose.
Okay well you can’t have a slut reputation and get upset when people act slutty
I sweep a few strands of hair behind her ear and brush my lips against her skin to speak. Because whoever is torturing this poor girl is certainly watching us right now and they can eat shit. “Lead the way, babe.”
A performer 👏🏻
Then I jump to my knees and put both hands on the top of the headboard. Taylor eyes me with suspicion, to which I just grin again and start thrusting my body, driving the headboard into the wall. Bang. Bang. Bang. “Fuck, babe, you’re so tight,” I groan out too loudly. Taylor slaps her hand over her mouth. Her dark-blonde eyebrows shoot up her forehead. “You feel so good!”
Oop I love him
“You like that?” “I love it.” “Yeah?” “Oh, yeah, put it in my butt!” she begs. I collapse and hit my forehead on the fucking headboard. I stare at her, dumbstruck. “What? Too much?” she asks me, all wide-eyed innocent. This fucking girl. She’s something else. “Yeah, dial it back a little,” I croak.
second, I’d have to kill you for discovering my secret.” “Or, or, hear me out: you take me on as your muscle and handsome sidekick and we hit the road as soldiers of fortune.”
Wait he’s so cute
He’s adorable in an insatiable puppy sort of way.
100%
“My mother didn’t raise a scoundrel, but I can be downright improper if you’re into it.”
I truly believe that all body types are beautiful. It’s only when I look in the mirror that I forget.
Isn’t that the truth
From the first whistle, Coach has been on a rampage like he just found out Jake Connelly knocked up his daughter or something.
Oh
“The guys were wondering if we could get an update on the mascot situation.” “The pig? You idiots are still on about the damn pig?” “Uh, yeah. In the absence of Pablo Eggscobar, some of the boys are experiencing withdrawals.”
😂😂😂
“But T’s friend doesn’t believe we’re all hanging out. Hold on, let’s show receipts. Smile, boys.” Then he has the gall to snap a picture. My jaw drops when all four roommates flex their biceps for the camera.
that.” “Too good. He even had me convinced he missed me, and I know that’s not true.”
Oh babe he misses you
“Enjoy the rest of your night, Con. Try not to elope without telling your coach beforehand.”
Love Brenna lol
“I just wanted to see you.”
My fake boyfriend is giving me a real lap dance.
When I try to cover my eyes, he pulls my hands away and runs them down his abs. Then he presses them against his ass as he gyrates and undulates in front of me to cheers and whistles as the entire bar stops to watch.
Why am I just picturing Gibs doing this too 😂😭
“I didn’t come out tonight because of who’s watching. I came because I was sitting at home thinking about you and I couldn’t stand it another minute.”
“I think you should let me kiss you.” “Because you were probably dropped on your head as a child,”
When I’m with her, I’m only watching Taylor. Something about her reels me in, and it’s not just the fact that my body is primed for her. Yes, I’d love to bang her brains out, but that’s not the reason I showed up at the diner uninvited earlier. Taylor Marsh has no idea how cool she is, and that’s a fucking shame.
“Take my Jeep.” Conor tosses the washcloth in his laundry hamper. “What?” “Yeah, come to my game,” he says, his eyes lighting up. “You drive down to Buffalo in my Jeep and I’ll ask Coach for permission to skip out on the bus ride back. We can stay an extra night and go shopping, hang out, whatever.”
Conor I don’t even know if you know how down bad you are
what constitutes icing.
Me either
At one point, Conor’s teammates drag us into the toy store where they challenge a couple of middle-schoolers to a lightsaber fight before getting us kicked out
“Kai,”
Who tf are you
Like who helped someone break into your step-daddy’s mansion and trash the place.
…this is the shit you feel guilty about??
“I’ll go slow,” he promises. “If you’ll let me.”
Eeeeeeekkk
You’re the stuff of my fantasies.”
the custom-engraved Rolex
Damn okay boys
“Better than the years Garrett Graham and John Logan were on the roster?” Foster demands, naming two of Briar’s most famous alumni. Graham and Logan both play for the Bruins these days. “Let’s not be crazy now,” Coach replies,
is a rot that infects everything he touches.
Slade 😍
“What’s his name?” “Chad.”
CALLED IT
“I mean this is Coach Jensen’s house. Forty-two Manchester Road.” “But this is Chad’s house.” A strangled laugh pops out. “Hey babe, let’s play a game—” “What are you babbling about?” “—It’s called ‘Guess Coach Jensen’s first name.’” There’s a beat. Then Taylor’s cheeks go pale. “Oh my God. IS IT CHAD?” “It’s Chad,”
Thor.
Hey, so fuck you. This nickname hurt
She has no reason to feel insecure. She’s gorgeous. I don’t know, sometimes I just look at her and it hits me all over again. How hot she makes me, how badly I want her.
Did I just insinuate I’d marry Conor? Fuck.
I’m always going to pick my daughter over anything and anyone. It’s not even a question. You know that, right?” But there were times she didn’t, and we both know it.
I check on his progress to discover he’s spent his time cutting out dicks of protest
😂😂
“sorry, something came up,” then ghosted me again when I asked what happened.
He thinks you’ll see him as scum for breaking into his new dads house that he didn’t like which I think seems reasonable
thought he was upset about that phone call from Kai. But then another notion crawled into my head: that night was the closest we’d come to having sex,
Oh Conor…
“We can ride by his house one time on the way to the bar.”
True friendship
I couldn’t lie to her face again and tell her everything’s fine. I’d rather have her think I’m just another asshole jock than know what I really am.
OH MY GOD YOURE BEING SO DRAMATIC
An innate animal instinct that Kai would be the death of me, if I let him. So I ran, and I changed my life—for a time. But maybe people aren’t ever capable of changing once that foundation has been laid.
Conor you need a therapist and to have a conversation with your step dad
When I get home, I head upstairs to my bedroom and text Taylor to blow off lunch tomorrow. And the day after. Because avoidance is easier.
Oh you douche
Fuck you Conor
Agreed
Maybe I was the dare all along. Some bet with his teammates.
The guilt tore me up from the moment we stepped inside the house and I saw what Kai did. What I did.
“I don’t need your help, Taylor. I don’t want it. And I definitely don’t need some chick telling me what to do. You were right. We shouldn’t be together.”
It’s literally not even a big deal and you’re being a jerk
I can’t stop seeing her face. The disappointed look in her eyes. Not Daisy, the little girl from my past. But Taylor, the woman of my present.
