I woke up around seven in the morning and looked up to see Zach staring at me with a smile. I grinned at him and sat up. He pouted and I chuckled.
"Morning, sleepyhead." I smiled and got off the bed. I realized I was still wearing shorts and a tank top while Zach was just wearing shorts. He stood up and wrapped me in a hug. I struggled out of his grip and he glared at me.
"I have to get fresh clothes." He snorted and walked over to his dresser. I forgot that I had put an extra set of clothes there for an occasion such as this. I jumped on his back and he grabbed a t-shirt from a drawer. He walked outside and I saw that half the guys doors were open and more than half of them were talking in the hallway. Zach stopped in the doorway and I leaned down to keep my head from hitting the top. The room across the hall opened and I saw a groggy Nick walk out with Grant. They were both wearing shorts and tank tops. Grant saw me on Zach and the fact that we were both still half asleep. His face turned into one of horror and I knew what he was thinking. I rolled my eyes and Preston walked down the hall toward us. He had a loopy grin and lipstick on his collar. He saw me and looked apologetic.
"Sorry for kicking you out of your dorm, again." I shrugged.
"I'm used to it by now, don't worry, I didn't mess with your stuff." He grinned and walked into the room. I jumped off Zach. "Guess that means it's safe to go back to my place. Zach, don't forget, the first joint-practice is at two."
"Gotcha. Don't forget to grab your stuff." I nodded and he walked down the hall to the bathroom. I turned to face Grant.
"Do I have to kill him?" I laughed at Grant and he turned red.
"No, we aren't going out, both of our roommates are dating each other and whenever they spend the night together we both just crash at the other dorm." He nodded and I turned and knocked on the door again. Preston answered it in shorts, with a t-shirt in his hand.
"What?" I grinned.
"Mind if I grab my stuff?" He stepped back and pulled on his shirt. I grabbed my pillow and blanket and walked back out into the hall, passing my brother and his roommate and walked back down to the second floor. I walked into the dorm and saw that Macey was gone and so was her towel. I left the door open as I threw my stuff on my bed and grabbed a pair of athletic shorts and a tank top. I went and took a five-minute shower and got changed. I walked back to the room and saw Zach on my bed without a shirt and slightly damp hair from a shower. Bex and Anna were staring at him from the doorway. He was pretending to sleep and had his head on my pillow, soaking it. I pushed past Bex and Anna and threw my towel into the hamper with my clothes. I saw Macey walking down the hall with her towel in hand. I grabbed a ball from my desk and threw it at Zach's head. He caught it and threw it back at me. He talked through the pillow.
"Not nice." I pulled the pillow from under his head.
"Well, it's not nice to completely soak someone's pillow, is it?" He shrugged.
"You've stolen my pillow more than enough times, I was returning the favor." I glared at him and he pouted. I sighed and then looked at Bex and Anna in the doorway. Macey had just pushed past them and threw her clothes and towel in the hamper. She had changed into the same thing as me and then Preston walked through the door. He was wearing shorts and a muscle shirt, with an extra shirt in his hand. He threw it at Zach and sat on Macey's bed. She grabbed a volleyball and threw it at him. He spiked it and it hit Zach on the head. We all started cracking up as Zach pouted. He stood up and I saw Bex and Anna drool a little.
"Come on, let's go to the gym. I'm bored and practice isn't for another four hours." I shrugged and stood up.
"Fine by me. Let's go and Macey, I want to be able to sleep in here tonight." She rolled her eyes but shrugged.
"Fine. We're going to the court anyway." We all walked out and Bex fell in step with me and Zach. Grant started walking next to her and he cocked his head at me and Zach. We were both wearing our trainers and Zach still had to put his shirt on. I was carrying a water bottle and dribbling a soccer ball as we walked.
"Where are you guys going?" I looked over at him.
"Gym, why?" He grinned.
"Could I join you?" I shrugged and Bex opened the door to go out of the building. I started to dribble faster while still walking and Zach jogged ten feet to the side. I passed the ball and he caught it as it went toward his head. He tossed it back to me and I juggled it to the ground. We continued this on the five-minute walk to the gym. We went through the doors and walked through the different rooms until we got to a nearly deserted one in the back. It had a netted off area to one side and weights filled the rest of the room. Zach and I went over to the net and he went to one side while I went to the other. We may play different sports but we always worked out together. I kicked the soccer ball into the air at him and he caught it. He threw it back at me and I juggled it to the ground and we did it again and again for half an hour. I saw Bex and Grant using the bench press and I walked over with Zach. He went down first and benched with 225 lbs. I went next and used 125 lbs. We continued with this weight and transferred between incline, squats, bench and leg press. We were there for two hours and we all walked out. Zach pulled his shirt on as we walked out. I led the way to the on-campus grill and we walked in to the place being crowded. The hostess was at the stand and I stopped in front of her.
"Hey, Lily, could you get the usual table but with a couple of extra seats?" She smiled at me and nodded.
"No problem Cam, give me a minute, go to the bar and tell Phillip to get your drinks." I nodded and we walked over to the crowded bar but were able to squeeze through to get drinks. Phillip saw us and came over. I saw Grant squeeze in next to me.
"Hey Camster. What'll it be?" I grinned and fist bumped him while ordering.
"I need the usual times four. We've got some friends today." He nodded and grabbed four glasses. He nodded at Grant.
"This one of your friends? He looks like a freshman." I grinned and Bex came up on my other side.
"Yeah, he's a freshman but he's also my little brother." He grinned in return as he started filling glasses with orange Gatorade.
"Emphasis on the little. And who might you be?" He smiled at Bex and she rolled her eyes.
"Bex. What's your name?" He smirked and I decided to wipe the smirk off his face.
"That's Phillip and by the way, she's Macey's cousin." His jaw dropped and he finished filling the glasses.
"Good to know. What's your brother's name?" I looked at Grant and he shrugged.
"Grant, nice to meet you. What grade are you in?" Phillip grinned.
"I'm a sophomore and I'm the secondary captain of the lacrosse team, after Jonas. All of the captain's come in here regularly, so we just have a sectioned off area for them." I nodded and grabbed the four glasses as Lily came over.
"See you around, Phil." He nodded and Lily gestured for us to follow her. We got into the back corner and walked into a slightly elevated section that had a rail going around it. We all took seats and I handed out the drinks. I saw Bex and Grant look at theirs like it was going to implode. Zach started chugging his down and I was left to order.
"What are you having?" Lily grinned like she already knew.
"The usual for me and Zach, just ask Grant and Bex over there what they want and we have practice in two hours, so nothing too bad." Zach finally set down his glass and stole mine. Grant and Bex just finished ordering and thanks to Zach stealing my drink, I stole Grant's. Phillip came over with an extra tray with eight more glasses on it. He saw how we were stealing drinks and shook his head.
"I should have just given you these to start." He set two more down in front of everyone and Grant eyed his.
"What is it?" Phillip grinned.
"Orange Gatorade. Your sister doesn't drink, in fact, none of the guys or girls that live in the athletic dorms are allowed to drink, otherwise Cam makes them clean the locker rooms with tooth brushes." He shivered and I snorted.
"Phil, I have never done such a thing. Unless, they don't follow the ten dorm laws put in place by me and Zach. Other than that, they know the punishments." Grant looked at me in shock and I rolled my eyes. "That is the most severe punishment, for drinking and fighting. The least severe one is having to clean the dorm bathrooms for a week." After that, the food came and we ate it without speaking. We finished with an hour till practice and we went back to the dorms. Bex and Grant went back to their dorms but Zach and I went up to his place. We walked through the door and thankfully Preston and Macey weren't there. I jumped onto his bed and he rolled his eyes as he sat in his desk chair. I grabbed his phone and started playing random music. He just groaned and went onto his computer. I looked over his shoulder and saw him researching a music company. I grabbed his arm and he looked at me in confusion.
"What is it?" I grinned.
"Do you want to do something?" He shrugged and then stood up.
"I've got it." I raised an eyebrow and he jumped on top of me on the bed. "Wrestling."
"Sure." I laughed and he pinned me against the bed. I glared up at him and he smiled. "Not fair."
"What's not fair?" He cocked his head to the side and I instantly knew what he was doing. I saw him stare at my lips and remembered what happened last year.
He was hanging out in my dorm and we were having a movie night. I stole the popcorn from him and he glared at me. I tossed the now empty bowl onto my desk and he grinned. I didn't know what he was doing until he rolled on top of me and stared down at me. Our faces were an inch apart and he finally closed the distance. He kissed me slowly and I kissed him back. We heard a knock on the door and jerked apart. I went to answer it and opened it to see Liz standing there with Jonas.
"Hey, do you have any extra popcorn? We're having a movie night." I shook my head and they left. I turned back around to see Zach staring at me. He grinned and stood up.
"Is it okay if we don't continue this until we're ready?" I nodded in agreement and we went to sleep soon after. Since we had just convinced Tina that we weren't dating and we both had never dated someone before, we didn't want to rush into things. So, we agreed to put it on hold.
I snapped out of the flashback just in time to see Zach starting to lean back. I pulled a hand out of his grip and wrapped my arm around his neck. He stared at me in shock, right before I crashed my lips to his. He pinned me back against the bed and we made out for a couple of minutes. Zach finally pulled back for air and we rested our foreheads against each other.
"Zachary Goode, will you go out with me?" He grinned like the Cheshire cat.
"Of course." He pecked me on the lips and then stood up. "Practice is in half an hour. Go get ready, I'll meet you out front in fifteen." I grinned and walked out the door in a daze.
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