Page 46 of The Penalty

Ejaculate: I can’t stop thinking about you.

Message not delivered.

What the fuck?

I walk outside, checking my signal.

Ejaculate: you didn’t fall into a manhole, did you?

Message not delivered.

Did he fucking block me?

Maybe his phone is off.

He can’t be mad at me for scoring on him, can he? I scrub a hand over my face thinking about calling a fucking car there. But then what? Not like I can get in his dorm. I don’t dare call Tobi at this hour to let me in. I know he won’t be happy if he finds out Teddy and I hooked up.

“Come back inside,” Savage calls from behind me.

“I think I need to go sleep this off.” I say suddenly pissed.

“Don’t be like that! We won.” Savage tries to lean against the doorframe but misses and stumbles. We both laugh when he pops back up. “Maybe I should stop doing shots.”

“Good idea.” I decide to leave before I’m dragged back in.

I walk back to my dorm, staring at my phone. The messages still aren’t delivered.

Fuck.

I walk up the stairs in my building, finding a fucking sock on the door when I get to my room. You’ve got to be fucking kidding me.

I cannot catch a break.

Rhys: Are you still awake?

Tobi: What fucking time is it?

Rhys: I’ll take that as a no.

Tobi: What’s up?

Rhys: Nothing, just go back to sleep.

Tobi: I’m fucking up now. What’s wrong?

Rhys: Nothing. It’s fine. We can talk in the morning.

Tobi: Don’t make me fucking call you.

Texting him was stupid. I can’t tell him about Teddy. He’ll want to know why we’ve been texting. I shouldn’t have texted him.

Tobi: Rhys!

Rhys: I drank a lot and my fucking roommate put a sock on the door.

Tobi: What does a sock on the door mean?

Tobi: Is that slang or did he actually put a sock on the door?

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