Thea

Over the course of the week, Zach and I text everyday. I've been too nervous to meet him in person for anything other than a quick coffee date. Any time he asks if I want to come over or go out for dinner, I make up some excuse that I'm busy. I hate how anxious I feel around him but it's something that I'm going to have to get used to.

Now that it's Friday, I'm stuck with the dilemma if I should split up my time between going to Will's game and Zach's game or if I should choose one game to go to. Will is one of my best friends and I want to support him but I don't want to come off as being too invested in him. I don't think a guy interested in me would like that I spend a lot of my time with another guy? Right?

Ugh. I've never gotten this far when it comes to talking to boys and I feel so out of my element.

I roll onto my side and peer outside the window right next to my bed. The ground is still covered from an early spring snow storm from a few weeks ago. The light bounces off the white blanket and reflects back an almost shimmery coating.

Just as I'm about to reach out for my phone and go on social media, I hear a few voices outside. Looks like Stella is walking in with Quinn and Will. I groan. After I walked in on Will screwing someone, I've been semi avoiding him all week.

I'm still totally embarrassed that happened and can barely look into his eyes without seeing his bare ass cheeks and muscular back thrusting into the moaning blond. Omg, that's why Dev and Quinn were blasting music. I want to jump out this window because I know they'll all be here any minute to come bother me.

I told the girls what happened the following morning and they all burst into laughter. Very unhelpful in calming my mortification.

I saw Will in passing on Wednesday and he acted like everything was normal and I'm not surprised at how unfazed he was that I walked in on him. If only I had that kind of confidence. When he noticed how awkward I was being, he did his best to reassure me and it helped somewhat but it was still very weird.

Either way, I've been avoiding him all week and my texts to him have also been dry so now I'm assuming he's here to force me out of my weirdness. I just can't help it. My parents were in an arranged marriage for crying out loud. It's not normal for them to show any affection, I've never even seen them hug each other.

I may be able to talk (more like question intimacy since I'm still a virgin. ahem.) and listen about sex with my girlfriends but definitely not walk in on the act and look the other way.

I hear the main door loudly creak open and slam back into the frame and I immediately toss my throw blanket over my body and pretend I'm sleeping.

"She should be here. I checked her location 15 minutes ago." I hear Stella say. The traitor didn't even warn me that Will and Quinn were coming up.

"Theaaa" I hear Quinn sing song "Come out heree"

"Shut up, dude! She might be napping. You know how much she loves to sleep" I hear Will scold and my lips quirk

It's true, I do like my sleep.

I hear my bedroom door open very slowly and quietly and I'm happy that I'm facing the opposite direction of the door. I'm shit at keeping my face straight and if I hear them saying anything slightly stupid, I will lose it.

"She really is taking nap." I hear Stella whisper "Sorry guys, guess she can't wish you good luck before the game."

Shit, that's when I realize that I forgot to tell Will about my dilemma. I've been so fixated on avoiding him that I haven't told him that I potentially might not even be there.

I'm so caught up in my thoughts that I don't hear the footsteps coming up to my bed, but I do feel the very large and male body sidling right next to me. I could recognize this scent and body anywhere from all the sleep overs that we've had over the school year so far.

What the hell is he doing?

I feel his face moving very closely to the back of my head and it takes all my effort to keep my eyes closed and my body still.

His voice is low and filled with amusement when he says "You little faker, I know you're not really sleeping."

Somewhere in the background, I hear Stella's giggles and Quinn's loud laugh. Damn, he caught me. I take a few seconds to compose myself then out of nowhere I turn around and shove him right off my bed while a laugh jumps from me.

Caught off guard, Will yelps and subconsciously grabs my body to try to catch himself but the man weighs double the amount that I do and only ends up succeeding in dragging my body down with him to the floor.

His fingers dig into my sides, tickling me while we tumble to the floor with me sprawled out on top of him.

"You little brat!" He exclaims with a shocked expression and tickles my sides even more causing me to squirm around and for my stomach to hurt in laughter. Tears are streaming down my face as I try to swat his hands away.

"Okay! Sorry, sorry! Please stop!" I say in between bouts of laughter

"That's what you get, you shit. Thank god theres a carpet on the ground or that landing would've been rough."

And just like that, the awkwardness I felt 15 minutes earlier is gone.

Will gently rolls me off his body and stands up, reaching a hand out to me to help me up.

"Still avoiding me, I see."

I roll my eyes "I haven't been avoiding you. I've been busy. How did you know I was faking it anyways?"

"Jeez, you see my dick once and you freak. No need to be embarrassed T, 50% of the population has one. And whenever you're really sleeping, your breathing is louder."

My jaw drops. "I did not see your dick, you were- were inside of her for me to see anything! And I do not snore!" I sputter, extremely flustered

Will bursts into laughter. His palms cupping my face that I'm sure is completely red.

"I'm just teasing T, I know you didn't see any of the important parts. And I didn't say you snored, you just breath loudly, like you're dead to the world." He says, with a grin on his face and removes his hands

I smack my hand across my face and grumble "You're the worst."

"You love me, T. I'm your best friend, remember that."

"Hey! I'm her best friend!" I hear Kari yell from the common room

"It's okay, we'll let her believe that" he whispers back to me so that no one else can hear and steps away from me.

"Long time, no see!" Quinn exclaims , wiggling his eyebrows and pulling me into a bear hug that lifts me off the floor. I know he's teasing about last weekend's fiasco too. Jerks.

We all move into the common area and make ourselves comfortable in the larger space.

"You guys ready for the game tonight?" Kari asks while typing away on her laptop at the same time

Will leans back with his arms behind his head. "We're always ready. We've been training so hard this past week and coach has been stressing us out. Lots of pressure but we're ready."

"Do you guys get anxious before every game?" Stella asks

"I think we all feel a little anxious but most of the time it's more excitement than anxiousness. Are you all able to make it tonight? I don't see Sienna here." Quinn responds

Stella gives a little cough and nudges me with her elbow. Great, gets that's my cue to tell them I'll only be there for part of the game.

"Uh actually, I don't think we'll be able to make it to the entire game."

Will's head snaps to me "What? This is the game that will determine if we're in the finals, T." He says, sounding disappointed

"What do you have going on tonight? You always come." Quinn asks

"So I kinda met a guy at your last game. He plays lacrosse and he has a game tonight that he asked me to go to too. I'm too nervous to go by myself so I asked if the girls wanted to come."

Will's eyebrow twitches up "I'm happy you met someone but can't you cancel and see him tomorrow? I love when you come to our games, Chan. It's nice to have someone in the crowd supporting me since my family never comes. Especially since this is a really important one tonight."

I bite my lip and debate on what I should do. I know how shitty his parents are and I love cheering him on but what if Zach loses interest in me after bailing so last minute?

"I'm sorry guys, but I really want to go to this lacrosse game. I've been talking to Zach all week and I can't bail a few hours before. It's rude."

"But you're bailing on us last minute." Will says doing his best to hide his hurt but I see it in his eyes

"I'll be there for a half hour or so. You'll feel me in spirit and I'll only take Stells, with me. Kari will be extra loud for me. Right, Kari?"

She looks over at me from her laptop and gives me a thumbs up "Of course. I'll be the loudest person there!"

My gut hurts and I can't help but feel like a shitty friend. Will was right. I kinda am bailing on them last minute but at least I'll be there for some of it?

Will sighs and ruffles my hair. "Fine, but when we win tonight you better be at our finals or I'm demoting your best friend status."

"Wouldn't miss it for the world, Jameson." I grin back at him