Page 39 of Roommates
Adam's face lit up—at the same moment that the sky above us finally broke open. Within seconds, we were both drenched. It happened so suddenly, though, that we didn't even realize what was going on at first, staring at each other's dumbstruck faces as the rain came pounding down on us as if it wanted to wash us off the face of the earth.
“Holy hell,” Adam finally started cursing, clasping his hands together over his head as if that would do anything. I burst out laughing, watching him. I couldn't even say why. “What are you laughing at?”
he demanded.
“Your stupid face,” I said, still bellowing with laughter as I pointed at him, reminded of our experience at the amusement park. Somehow all of that seemed like forever ago now.
Adam’s mouth fell open, and for a split second, I thought he might get mad, but then his scowl vanished and he started laughing right along with me. “You look stupid yourself!” he claimed.
“I guess I do,” I agreed. But I couldn't say that I cared. It was as if the rain was washing my worries away. Or maybe my earlier conversation with Adam had done that. All I knew was that I feltlightin a way I hadn't in years. Maybe not since my first heat had hit me and I realized I would always be carrying this secret around with me. Now I'd found someone who knew and who didn't mind. I'd found someone to lift the weight off me, and I couldn't stop laughing.
“We can be stupid together,” Adam said, grabbing my hand.
In the end, it was his lips on mine that finally stopped me from laughing.
I never stopped feeling happy, though, even as the rain chilled my bones. Why would a small thing like that worry me when I had a future with the alpha of my dreams to look forward to?
2 1
L U C A S
A dam stayed with me at my parents' house for the remainder of that week, and for a while, it seemed like the world couldn't touch us in the cocoon of happiness we'd built for ourselves. I would have liked to stay in it forever.
Sadly, though, that wasn't possible. Adam had to return to school, and both my parents and I decided it was probably best if I went with him, at least to finish out the remainder of the term. If I was lucky—
and if I wore the right clothes—no one would catch on to my pregnancy for at least another two months. I was going to use that time to the best of my ability.
Sunday evening, Adam and I arrived back on campus.
As we settled back in our room, I hoped we'd have a few hours to ourselves at least, but it didn't take even thirty minutes for someone to knock on our door.
When I opened it, I found myself face to face with Nathan.
“Where the hell have you been?” he asked, looking from me to Adam, who was busy searching his bag for his phone's charger. “And why were you ignoring my texts, man? That's not cool. Everyone's been worried since you didn't show up for your game.”
“I'm sorry.” Adam straightened and held his hands up in front of him.
“How did you know we're back?” I joined into the conversation, honestly curious. So far, I hadn’t texted anyone but Conner, and my friend was not exactly a gossip mill.
Nathan only shot me a look. “Dude, this is a college dorm. Rumors fly faster here than they do in the small town I'm from, and that's saying a lot. You don't even want to know what sort of stories people have been making up about you two this week after you vanished together.”
I really didn't want to know, but Adam asked, “What are they saying?” before I could express my opinion.
Nathan pushed into the room and closed the door behind him. Passing me, he hesitated for a moment, wrinkling his nose as if he was smelling something he hadn't expected.
Oh, shoot.
I'd forgotten to take my pills that morning. I was getting careless. It was almost as if being open around Adam made me forget that I couldn't be open around everyone.
But Nathan shook his head and moved on, probably deciding that he hadn't really smelled what he thought he had. At only one day off my meds, my scent would still be weak. I was safe for now.
“Everyone was thinking you two had eloped or something,” Nathan said. “You didn't, though, did you?” His gaze darted to Adam's hands as if checking for a ring.
“We didn't do anything of the sort,” I spoke up, glancing at my alpha. We hadn't really come up with a cover story yet—and I was pretty sure I couldn't count on Adam to fabricate a story on the spot, so it was up to me. After all, I was the liar in this relationship, wasn't I? I looked to Nathan. “My father was taken to the hospital and I sort of had a nervous breakdown over it so Adam took me out to see him.”
“Oh really?” Nathan's face lost a bit of color. “I'm sorry! Is your father going to be fine?”
“We think so. It was just scary for a bit.”
