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“Sorry again, man,” Ash says. “I really tried to get up there.”
Everyone’s disappointed they weren’t able to outbid Dax.
“If we’d known beforehand,” Marty says, “we could’ve pooled money together.”
Payton adds, “This might’ve worked out better. We can just prank them on this so-called date.”
Ah, my guys are too good to me.
“Don’t worry,” I say. “I didn’t want you all out any savings over whatever the hell that was. And I’m the president. It’s my job to take this shit in stride. I’m gonna show and be as proud as I was in my G-string and crop top, and tell them all to suck it.”
The guys enjoy some laughs.
“That’s the spirit,” Ash says, patting my back. “Just a shame, since if you were queer, you’d definitely have a good time with Dax.”
He’s got this look in his eyes that, again, makes me wonder, but I don’t have much time to speculate on what Ash and Colin may or may not have done with Dax before Ty’s gaze catches mine from across the room. He’s got his phone in his hand, and he breaks eye contact to key into it.
The buzz in my back pocket alerts me to a notification, and as the guys are chatting up friends around us, I peek at my DMs.
TY: Looks like you won after all. ;)
ME: First time I’ve ever seen you try to lose something.
TY: We should probably talk about that.
ME: Ya think?
TY: Can you find a way to get rid of all these frats? ;)
I stifle a laugh.
ME: I’m definitely not heading back into enemy territory after what went down. I think your boys might tie me up to a flagpole.
TY: Stop trying to turn this into something sexy.
I laugh again. Clearly, whatever went down hasn’t affected what we were doing before the event.
TY: Does this mean the Alpha Theta Mus are gonna attack me if I try to come see you?
ME: Can you blame them?
TY: Nr.
I don’t love being sneaky around my guys, but considering Ty and I barely know what’s going on yet, that seems the safest option. Ash would understand, but I don’t need all the guys in the house knowing about my sexual experimentation, and also, it’s not only my call to make when Ty’s involved.
Fortunately, we have the perfect opportunity.
ME: Most of the guys will be at Zeta Tau’s party tonight.
TY: And you?
Eagerness wells up within me.
ME: I was considering staying in…
I watch Ty as he reads the message, and when he glances up, his mischievous smirk assures me he fully intends to pick up where we left off. He keys into his phone, and I check mine until his DM comes through.
TY: You thinking of sneaking me into Alpha Theta Mu?