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Andy pursed his lips when the trainee failed to shoot the ball. He hated this part of being an athletic, they have to oversee the trainees when their coach is not available.
He wasn't supposed to go to school today but their coach had asked him through text if he could assist the trainees. He couldn't say no and he wanted to see Sharon. So far, he hadn't seen her because he's been stuck since morning and it's now two o'clock.
He watched them play for another thirty minutes before dismissing them but not without leaving a few words them. He picked one of the ball and played with it to release the annoyance he had held back.
"Rumor has it you are grumpier than usual." He heard the soft voice of Sharon as he was about to shoot the ball.
"Why are you here?" Andy mentally slapped himself as it came out snarky.
"No hello?" Sharon asked, smiling while making her way to him.
Andy met her half way and putting the ball in the rack. "Sorry, I had an annoying day but it's all better now that you're here," he flashed her with one those flirty smile.
"So I heard, those trainees are planning to quit after you gave them an earful," she tiptoed and kiss his cheek.
"It's what they deserve, they have been training for almost five months now and they couldn't give me a good game. I only gave them advice, they jusf couldn't afford to hear the truth," he ranted while he guided her out of the gym, "by the way, don't you still have classes?" He said, looking at her.
"Relax, I'm exaggeratinh. The two classes were classes were, something about a seminar the profs need to attend," she shrugged. Andy nodded and kissed her head, continuing their path to the parking space.
"Did you already eat?" She shook her head in answer, leaning in to him when he wrapped her arms around her shoulders.
"I take that as no." Andy noticed that she wasn't her usual talkative self.
"You okay?" They stopped beside his car, Andy looking at her intently.
"I am. I'm just going to miss you," she admitted, stepping into his arms when he opened it for her.
"Why?" he dumbly asked then he remembered that it was their last day before going to Christmas break. "Ah, when will you go home?"
"Sunday," she mumbled in his chest.
"Well, who's being clingy now?" he teased. He could feel his heartbeat accelerate, hoping that she wouldn't notice.
"It's still you," she grinned at him.
"I'm going to miss you, babe," he kissed her lightly on the lip. She couldn't help but smile at the sweet gesture.
"You're spoiling me too much. This would all hurt when everything come to its end," she whispered. He almost didn't hear her.
"We barely started and you're already thinking of ending. What's all this negativity? Provenza kept telling me that we wouldn't last, I'm willing to prove him wrong but only if you're willing to participate in it," he said smiling but deep down, he was hurt.
"Sorry, just the time of the month. But what if you get bored with me? Or what if I can't give you what you want?"
What is it women and menstruation that made them so emotional? He thought. Nevertheless, his grip on her tightened. He leaned back to his car, his hand drawing circles on her back.
"Babe, you really should stop thinking of what ifs, it's not healthy. To answer your question, I won't get bored with you and why would I be? Have I ever forced myself to you? Well,a bit but the thing is, I'm not courting you because I want to have sex with you. I'm courting you because I love you," he kissed her head. His hand going to her hair and laid his head on top of hers.
"Andy," she pulled away, staring at his eyes. She couldn't say it yet.
As if sensing her struggle,"I'm not going to force you to say it either. Just let me love you," he cradled her face. He stared deeply into her eyes, wanting her to see the sincerity of his words.
Sharon felt a few tears fell down as she could really could feel the truthfulness of his words.
Andy cursed as he saw the tears," don't cry, " he wiped her cheeks.
Instead of answering, Sharon leaned up to kiss him. She poured everything that she couldn't say into that kiss. His grip on her hair tightened when she moaned. He ran his tongue on her top lips until she granted him entrance. He could her nails biting on the base of his neck. It was so addictive, she was addictive to the point that he didn't want to stop. When she moaned again, he reluctantly pulled his lips away. Their foreheads leaning into each other, catching their breaths.
"How many women is it now, Flynn? Five or ten?" A smug and annoying voice broke their moment. Andy could feel his hackles rise again, who could it be? He kissed Sharon's forehead before looking at the person who interrupted them.
"Who are you?" He asked as he couldn't recognize the man. He must not be from any criminology class but he was somehow familiar.
"Don't be like that, man. We've seen each other countless times in the bar." Andy felt Sharon stiffened in his arms, his brows furrowed in confusion. She turned to look at the man with an annoyed look. "Sharon?"
"Yes Jack?" She answered him with a flat tone.
"Didn't know you became one of his playthings. I see you still have a thing for bad boys." He gave her a knowing smirk which she ignored. His voice was so annoying, Andy clenched his face that was resting on Sharon's back to keep himself grounded.
"Don't flatter yourself, you're not one of those bad boys," she threw disgustingly.
"Two years ago, you would've said otherwise," he smirked at her. Andy's eyes narrowed at Jack when he continued, "I can see a lot of improvements," his eyes moved up and down, staring at her with a pronounced lip licking. Sharon shifted uncomfortably from her spot.
"Look here, Jack-ass. " Andy warned but Jack didn't listen, he moved his head side to side trying to stop himself. When he still didn't remove his eyes from Sharon, he took a big step forward, throwing a punch filled with anger making Jack stumble back.
Sharon's eyes widened and grabbed Andy's hand before he could throw another punch, "Andy!" she warned breaking his stance. She felt his muscles relax as her voice registered.
"Get out of my sight before I beat you to a pulp," his jaw clenched trying to fight the urge to go after him.
Jack who had his hand on his red cheek, "I'll make you for this," he warned and gave them a smile they couldn't decipher before he turned to walk away from them.
"That was your ex, huh?" Andy said, glaring at the back of the man before looking at Sharon who was burning a hole in his head.
"What came into your head and hit him? You could've landed yourself in the Office of Student Affairs. We're still in the vicinity of the university and what you did is a serious offense Andy. You wouldn't graduate if Jack file a complaint on you. What are you thinking? " She ranted out, her voice spiraling every word that left her mouth.
Andy scratched the back of his head," he was staring at you, " he argued.
"That's not enough reason to throw a punch at him," she replied.
"If you had seen his face, you would know that it's more than enough to punch him. He was undressing you with his eyes and you know how I hate those kind of men," he stood his ground. The man deserved it.
"You hate your kind of men? Didn't you use to do that?"
That stung.
"You know what? I don't want to have this conversation here," he said with finality in his voice. He didn't want to justify his action but that was rather low of Sharon.
Sharon saw the flash of hurt in his eyes, she knew instantly that it was too late to take her words her back.
"Andy," she touched his arm when he moved to open the door for her.
"You are right. I hate my kind of men, it's just hurt that you would entertain those kind of stares from your ex. What he did was disrespectful to you, what I did before was disrespectful and I'm not going to pull the card 'we are men'." Sharon felt like an idiot, everything was okay until Jack turned up.
"I'm not entertaining him, I did notice it. It made me uncomfortable, I even wanted to hide behind your back just to avoid him. I'm only telling you that you can't make him understand that he was wrong by punching him," she explained but Andy wasn't having any of it.
This just couldn't be any more worse. When she didn't get a response, Sharon felt the tears stinging her eyes. She turned to look outside the window, feeling like her presence was not welcome in the car.
The silence in the car was deafening. Andy glanced at Sharon, wanting to stop the car and just embraced her but she had to see his reasoning. Although she was only stating a fact, it was basically her telling him that when he stared at her, it made her uncomfortable.
When they reached her building, she got out of the car before he could even remove his seatbelt. He felt like an idiot, well he is, that's given. Andy saw her sprinted inside disappearing from his sight as she went for the elevator.
He is an idiot, he didn't even gave her a reply earlier, so much from talking out their problems. His mind flashed back from earlier, he could now see that she was only concerned about him. And yes, he was wrong.
The guard glared at him when he passed by. He was an asshole, Sharon must be crying.
The elevator couldn't move faster, he ran towards her unit but as he lifts his hand to knock, the door opened. Andy sighed in relief when he saw that she wasn't crying but she was giving him a blank stare. He hated that look. He saw he was holding something, only then he realized that she changed her clothes.
"Where are you going?" Andy felt his mouth went dry as she just stood there staring at him.
"I'm just going to put this out before Gavin and Andrea arrives," she said putting the two bags of trash outside. Someone will collect it later.
"Well I guess, late lunch is out then. Before I go, I just want to say sorry." Andy was afraid that she would tell him it was not working out between them. When she just look at him, Andy swallowed hard before turning around. He had messed up again.
Sharon bit her lip, fighting her smile. It was cruel but at least, he realized what he did. Of course, all the blame was not all his, she said some things too. She locked the door and run after him, she wrapped her arms around his waist. She felt him stiffen.
"I'm sorry too." She mumbled on his back before lifting his left arm and went to his side. "I'm craving seafood," she smiled at the look he was giving her, "what? You said we are going for a late lunch," she playfully nudged his side. It seemed to awaken him from his daze.
"You're not mad at me?" he asked furrowing his brows.
"Why would I be mad?" she leaned up to kiss his cheek.
Andy felt like he could breathe easier now, "you are an unpredictable woman," he said pulling her to him and embraced her.
"You only need a little push. You don't think clearly when you're pissed, you know," she grinned widely at him,"and you're stare are always welcome."
"You became bold of a sudden," he teased burying his nose on her neck.
"Oh, you haven't seen anything yet," she winked at him when he looked at her.
"God, I really love you," he let his lips linger top of hers lightly before fully kissing her.
Sharon giggled when he ended their kiss with a bite on her lower lip.
Andy was happy that his day wasn't clearly ruined. He had found his light and he wouldn't let anyone take it away from him. They continue to tease each other as they made their way to get the planned late lunch.