Keeping Her (The Lexington Series Book 2) Read Free

sure.” I lay back down
while I listened to him move around the room.
    I tried to take my mind off of her
but it seemed impossible so I caved. “Where’s her room? You met her roommate?”
I asked.
    His head swung to me and he had a
barely there smile lingering on his face. “She’s in the Karma Hall, fourth
floor in room 412. I saw her roommate briefly they seemed to hit it off.” He
told me, I nodded and kept quiet. That would have to do for now.
    I hit up Nick to make sure he got
here and was all settled. I told him that I was rooming with Ted, and we were
going to head out on the grounds tomorrow. He agreed to join us but rushed me
off the phone so he could facetime Mel. At least someone was trying to work on
their relationships. When I clicked off I stared at my screensaver. It was a
picture of me and Lucy kissing in Paris, one of my favorites. I scrolled
through my pictures seeing that most of my gallery was made up with her face
and I couldn’t bring myself to get rid of any of them. My finger hovered over
the option to change my screensaver, I considered putting Max but I couldn’t do
it. She’s held this spot since I snuck my first picture of her that day when
she was cooking spaghetti.

 
    NICK
    I punched the video icon by Mel’s
name in my phone and hit send. I sat impatiently while I waited for her to
answer and she finally did on the third ring. When red hair and beautiful grey
eyes filled my screen I scowled.
    “What the hell took you so long to
answer?” I barked.
    She rolled her eyes, “Hi to you too
Nick.”
    I smiled, “Hey sweet cheeks. How are
things? Are you settled in yet?” I asked.
    She gave me a bright smile and
nodded, “things are fine. Thankfully Erica helped me so it wasn’t bad at all.
How about you? I’m surprised you did the drive.”
    I sighed, “never a fucking gain. Next
time I’m renting a helicopter or something. Then to make it even worse I had no
one to pick on.” I pouted, “I miss you babe.” I admitted.
    Her eyes warmed and I felt my heart
skip a beat, “I miss you too. It’s not the same without you. I have no one to
drive me crazy, it’s kind of boring.”
    “Well you run right? Run that ass
over here tonight and you can cuddle with all of this.” I told her.
    She rolled her eyes again. One day
I’m going to poke those shits out of her head if she keeps it up. “Right, you
wait on that Nick.”
    “I’m going to pretend you weren’t
being sarcastic.” I hesitated for a minute before I asked, “you speak to Lucy?”
    She sobered, “yea she called. She
said Ted helped her get her stuff to her room and she likes her roommate. I
think her name was Naiyla or something, but they hung out.”
    I nodded, “I wish things would go
back to normal. Landon is fucking miserable and I’m starting to lose any hope
that they’re going to get through this. They’re both stubborn, and you know I
love Lucy and I know she’s your best friend… but this time I blame her.” I
admitted.
    She sighed, “I know I get it. We
tried to talk her into involving him but she was adamant. I know she truly
believes she did what was best otherwise I wouldn’t have supported her. But
she’s my best friend. I know he’s pissed at us but well… she needed support.
She was scared shitless.”
    I nodded. “Ok enough with the sad
talk. Strip for me so I can have something to think about in my shower.”
    “On that note, I’ll say goodnight and
I’ll talk to you tomorrow. Google a picture.” She told me with a laugh. We said
our goodbyes and hung up. I honestly couldn’t wait until I’ll be able to see
her again.

CHAPTER 2
    Landon
    We got through orientation week and
all the beginning of the semester crap. The first month of school is football
boot camp full of extensive workouts. The coaches make us run a bunch of
different plays filling different positions trying to weed out the strongest
players and where they fit best. I bust my ass, I needed this. Also, it helped
get