Page 14 of Roommates
A D A M
I should have known that sleeping with Lucas wasn't a good idea. Hell, I did know, I just didn't give a fuck. When our lips met and he leaned into me, there was really no turning back at that point. I'd wanted him too much and seeing that he wanted me too? That did my head in and let my groin take over.
I'd taken a chance by kissing him, figuring I could explain it away with a muttered, “Sorry, I was drunk,” if he didn't go for it. Truth be told, I wasn't even all that drunk. Drunk on endorphins, maybe, once my fingers touched his naked skin.
It had been a good night. Afantasticnight. Honestly, I thought Lucas was enjoying himself too—until the morning after, anyway.
He'd looked so crushed that morning that I immediately regretted everything once he was out the door.
I told myself to forget about it all. About my crush, about the few blissful hours that I'd thought it might be mutual.
It wasn't easy, though.
Here I was, three days later, sitting on my parents' porch more than a hundred miles away from school and any trace of Lucas, and still, I couldn't stop thinking about him and the night we'd shared.
I seriously wasn't in the mood to listen to my mom going on about how she could set me up with a nice omega, and yet, that was exactly how I was spending my spring break.
“It something that you need to start thinking about,” my mother said, sitting next to me on the porch, a glass of iced tea in her hands.
“I'm not looking to mate yet,” I told her for what felt like the hundredth time.
“Maybe not yet, but you'll be graduating soon. All the good ones will be gone if you wait too long.
You know I only want the best for you. I let you go to that public school, but don't think I'll let you ruin your future completely.”
“I'm not ruining my future, Mom.” I suppressed a groan. As much as I loved my parents, they could be overbearing to the max.
“You should get yourself an omega,” my mom continued as if I hadn't said anything. “They'll be good for your children and they'll take care of you.”
“I don't need anyone to take care of me.” Or the children I didn't even have yet. If I ended up with a beta—a male beta—I would never have children.
Although maybe we could adopt if Lucas was open to the idea. I doubted that my mom would be happy with that, but...
Dragging the heel of my hand down my face I stopped myself from following that line of thought.
“Is something wrong, darling?” my mother asked.
“No, nothing.” I was just having a hard time remembering that Lucas and I weren't going to happen.
“You know, if you'd like to, I could invite the Morrisons over for dinner. They have two lovely omega sons. Twins, but not identical. I'm sure you could—”
“Mom, please,” I stopped her. “I'll find my own mate.”
She sighed. “Just promise me that you'll try. I know what college is like. Especially at those public schools. All those one night stands. They're not going to lead you anywhere, darling. At least not anywhere good. I worry.”
“You don't have to be worried about me,” I said, a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. What I'd had with Lucas was a one night stand, wasn't it? One that wasn't leading me anywhere good. Maybe it was time that I accepted that.
My mother sipped at her tea, and I was distracted by the sound of my phone ringing. Taking it out of my pocket, I glanced at the Caller ID. Nathan. What could he want?
“Sorry, I'm gonna take this,” I said to my mom, and then I answered the phone.
“Adam?”
“Yeah, it's me.”
“You wanna go to that new amusement park that opened up near our school?”
I frowned. I'd heard about the new park, but I hadn't had a chance to check it out yet. I didn't particularly mind going, but I hadn't expected Nathan to invite me so out of the blue. “Is it any good?”
