Chapter 23

"I technically live at the frat house, but this is where I grew up. I was just coming by to drop my laundry off so my mom could wash it while I was at football practice," he explained. I mumbled a quite 'oh' and averted my gaze out the window as if it the grass and trees were the most interesting things ever. Despite his friendly attitude towards me earlier, his body language was giving me the impression that I was annoying him - which was the last thing I wanted since he was currently doing me a favor - so I chose to stay silent for the rest of the car ride. I only spoke up when he asked me what building I was staying in on campus. After he dropped me off was when I felt another wave of emotion hit me. I was just fumbling for the correct key to open up our dorm suit when it hit me like a brick wall. I'd suppressed how I'd been feeling since this morning, just hoping it would all go away that now that I was finally all alone, it all came up at once. I angrily wiped away th