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On his down slide, he pushes inside me. “Fuck yes, baby. Suck me in, just like that. Fuck. I’m not going to last.” He moves one hand to the center of my back, and his other hand moves to my hip. His fingers dig into my hip as he starts to lose control.

Letting go of the headboard, I move my hand to my clit so we can reach our climax together. My fingers circle, rub, circle, rub. The feeling of him inside me and the pressure on my clit bring on my orgasm.

“Beck, I’m coming,” I pant out.

He grunts as he pumps inside of me faster. “I’m right there. Right. There. Fuck!”

I feel him spill inside of me as my own orgasm sends shock waves through my body. Beck pulls me up, still inside me, and brings my back to his chest. I can feel his heartbeat pounding through his chest, and his breathing is still ragged.

He puts his forehead on my shoulder and breathes out, “Charlie, I …”

Then we hear three—yes, three—bangs on the wall and a, “Please be done now! I need to bleach my ears and never look at either one of you again. But now I need to go jerk off.”

“Sorry, Pitz.” Beck laughs, and his whole chest vibrates.

Me? I’m completely mortified.

“Ohmigod, Beck!” I pull away from him, even though he tries keeping me with him. “I cannot believe that just happened! You know they’re going to talk about this at breakfast in the morning.”

“Babe, it’s three in the morning. We don’t have to be at the field house until two this afternoon, so we’re all sleeping in. But it might be a lunch conversation.” He laughs.

Scooting off the bed, I grab my little pillow and throw it at Beck. I go into the bathroom to clean up. There’s no way I can go to sleep with all of his cum dripping from me. And I need a minute. I suspected the guys had heard us before, but I didn’t realize how clearly we could hear Pitz through the wall. His hookups aren’t usually here.

I take care of business and am standing at the sink, washing my hands, when Beck comes in. Still completely naked. He stands behind me, arms coming around my waist. I’m watching his movements in the mirror, and his gaze meets mine. There’s a soft smile on his face as he rests his chin on my shoulder.

With our eyes locked, he mouths,Three.

And we both start laughing.

CHAPTERTWENTY-ONE

CHARLIE

“Let’s see the neck.Is it healed yet?” Arbor examines me as soon as I enter the sorority house.

The last time I was here, I was in a turtleneck despite the warm fall weather, and she knew exactly what I was hiding.

“Turns out, cold spoons help. Thanks for the tip.”

“That would be my mom’s advice. Although I’m not really sure I want to know how she knew that would work. Come on. Let’s go upstairs.”

I came over to the sorority house to study and hang out with Arbor. Since I’ve been at Walker, we have been able to spend more time together. Lily and I also get along great, but Arbor and I have history, so it’s been much easier for me to bond with her, especially since we’ve known each other since we were in diapers.

Arbor and Lily’s room is one of the larger rooms in the house. There are two twin beds, two desks and chairs, a small couch, and one lounge chair. They’ve decorated their room in purple and blue with lots of floral prints. They’re style is similar to mine, but I prefer pink.

When I finally get my room here, I can’t wait to decorate it. All the pink. All the peonies. I found a wall sticker that’s one giant peony, which will basically take up my entire room, but I can’t wait to put it up. It’ll go with my peony comforter perfectly.

My thoughts pause when I start to realize that my finally moving in here means I have to move out of the house. Away from Beck. I mean, I know I can stay over there whenever I want, but the thought of not waking up in his arms now … yeah, it causes a little ache in my chest.

Arbor plops down and is sitting on her bed, books spread out in front of her.

I look up from the book on my lap, which I’m clearly not reading. She’s looking at me, head tilted, twirling a piece of hair around her finger.

“Char, now that you and Beck are back together, can you please shed light on what the heck happened back in the day?”

“It’s something that feels so ridiculous. I try not to think about it.”

“I just remember him always being around after they moved to Troy. You guys were inseparable. Then you guys all came down for a game our senior year, and you wouldn’t even look at each other. I asked my mom if she knew, but she would never say. So, I don’t know if she really didn’t know or if she wasn’t supposed to say. I know it’s not really my business, but?—”