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I sood now"

"It is I told you it would pass with a little rest"

I rollthis week"

"I’ll be doing a hell of a lotit harder in practice"

"You know you could probably take a few more days if you wanted Tell your coach what happened I bet he’d rather see you sit out for a few days than risk hurting yourself worse"

"I don’t ine that Coach wants to see er This as torture"

I frown Not liking that I had a part inhis week so miserable

He crosses the room to me and says, "You knohat else is torturous? That shirt" He skims the paler on the top button Slowly, he drags that finger down the line of buttons on my top "Every ti it open It’s so da"

I s and his hand stops at the top of h waistband He’s shirtless and sweaty, and I want to be worried about hi my shirt like he said he wanted to, but all I can do is stand here

Trying for a subject change, I say, "Why aren’t you downstairs? A bunch of your friends are already here"

"I didn’t feel like hanging out"

"Oh Well, I can go then Let you get back to your, um, push-ups"

He takes hold of the extra material on my shirt where it’s tucked in He doesn’t pull or push, just holds on

"I didn’t say I didn’t feel like hanging out with you"

When he’s satisfied that I’ anywhere, he releases the material and says, "Let me take a quick shower You can wait in here if you want"

I reht after a shower I nearly let hio down on me in his kitchen, and he would have if his roommates hadn’t showed up I’m not sure ill happen if he comes back all wet and toweled tothat I don’t want to happen with all his friends downstairs

"That’s okay I’ll just wait for you in the living room"