Series: Fever Falls Series by Riley Hart
Total pages in book: 85
Estimated words: 81426 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 407(@200wpm)___ 326(@250wpm)___ 271(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 81426 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 407(@200wpm)___ 326(@250wpm)___ 271(@300wpm)
“You okay?” Jude asked.
“Yes. I, um…yes. I just…choked…on air. I don’t know why. But hey, did you see this one?” Theo asked, before telling us about a painting.
It was a distraction, and I stood back and let the two of them do their thing. Afterward, Jude asked Theo if he needed a ride home when it was over, but his mom’s PA was picking him up.
We said our goodbyes and started to head out, when I told Jude, “Hold on a sec. I’ll be right back.”
I jogged over to Theo, and dropped my voice. “If you ever need someone to talk to, about anything, we can find someone, okay? I’m not saying there’s something, but if there ever is, you can tell me or Jude. We have this friend named Trey. I think you guys might have a few things in common.”
Theo’s eyes darted away, but then he nodded. I walked away before it made things uncomfortable for him.
“What was that about?” Jude asked when I reached him again.
“Nothing. We okay, though? You looked a little shaken up when I called you…” I looked around playfully. “The B word.”
Jude frowned, but I could see the spark in his eyes. “I hate you. Have I ever told you that?”
Laughing, I replied, “No you don’t, B. You love me.”
He flicked me off, which he loved to do, and we got our third gasp of the day. “We really might get ourselves kicked out of here,” he said with a laugh.
“It happened to me a few times in high school too. Some of my favorite memories. Wanna make some new ones?” I waggled my eyebrows, then opened my mouth as though I was going to say something to get us in trouble.
Jude grabbed my wrist and tugged me out.
I laughed the whole way.
CHAPTER FIVE
Jude
Construction Guy called Jude beautiful. Like…just said it as though it was nothing. I wonder if they’re boyfriends. If so, why does Jude seem so alone? ~ Theo
The next couple of weeks went by in a blur. I was working like crazy at Fever, and we were all getting together often to help with final wedding plans for Ash and Beau. On top of that, Theo and I had hung out twice. I caught him lingering around in the hallway around our units, and I was pretty sure he was waiting for me, so we’d gone out and got coffee, and another time he brought over some of his art to show me.
I wasn’t sure why he’d connected with me—maybe just because I was nice to him and spent time with him when it didn’t seem like anyone in his life did. But whatever the reason, it was obvious Theo had decided he wanted to be friends with me, and I enjoyed hanging out with him too. He always seemed like he wanted to say something, like he was holding in a question, but he never asked it. I made sure to tell him I was there if he needed anything, but I didn’t want to push.
Then there was Cam. I saw him probably every other day. He asked about Theo, and every time he did, I thought about our visit to the high school. It had meant a lot to me that Cam was so willing to go to an art show for a teenager he didn’t know.
And Henry…that had been interesting. For as long as I’d known Camden, I’d never seen him uncomfortable. He was always steady and in control, but seeing Henry had been…different. I didn’t know how to put it other than that. I knew he was the only man Cam had ever considered himself in love with, and I couldn’t help but wonder if he still was.
But even more than that were thoughts of our night with Melinda, and the veins in his hands, and the curve of his lips, and what they would feel like against mine. I still couldn’t get that night out of my head. It was twisting me up, the fierceness of the desire I suddenly had for him, so different than what I had felt for Rush.
Camden and I were friends. He was my best friend outside of Rush, but my feelings for Rush had stemmed from the love I always felt for him. I couldn’t remember a time I hadn’t loved Rush, whether it was friendship or later something more. With Cam…fuck, I wanted to devour him. I wanted to know what it would feel like to be devoured by him, and that was scary as hell.
Today wasn’t the day to dwell on that, though. Well, it never should be the day to dwell on it, and I needed to cut that shit out. But especially today. It was Ash and Beau’s wedding…which I was going to…which was still weird that I was friends with Ashton fucking Carmichael.