Try Me (Extracurricular Activities #2)

by Neve Wilder

“You called your boys out here?” I glanced over my shoulder. Sure enough, Sam, Jason, and David were making their way toward the courts, talking and laughing. “They play most evenings. I didn’t realize it was getting so late.” “I’ll bail.” “Stay,” I insisted. He chuckled. “That’s not smart. It’ll just lead to a lot of questions, probably.” Chet was already turning away and pulling on his shirt as I returned Sam’s wave. Sam would probably understand if I told him, but yeah, maybe today wasn’t the day. Maybe we needed a little more time to figure out exactly how things were going to work between us before went blasting it everywhere. Chet divined my inner conclusion from my silence and winked. “I’ll text you later.” I watched him as he walked away. Lately, I’d started to feel more hopeful. Like maybe this could actually work out. The idea was both scary and thrilling, because even though I’d had plenty of fantasies about Chet, there’d never been anything about them that was domestic or day-to-day. Now I kind of wanted that. A partner in crime like Nate and Eric. Someone to grab lunch with in the cafeteria or sprawl on the quad with like other couples did on nice days. Have him over to the house. Okay, maybe that one would take a little longer. I started to wonder, too, whether I’d been overthinking things. My dad was a dick, yeah, and I was constantly running with a low level of paranoia about what I was doing in public on campus, given his trustee status, but Jesus, probabl...