I wiped the sweat off my face before tucking another book away. Summer had shown up with a heat wave that had me wearing denim Bermuda shorts and a gray V-neck. The shirt was stifling. I couldn’t wait to get home to throw on a tank top.
I reached in and grabbed another book.
“Hey, Red, what’s taking so long?” Isaac called. The guys came around the corner and I had to take a breath. There was no getting around it. My friends were hot. As in sexy as hell and not just sweating. Every one of them was muscled in their own way, not to mention definition… Stop drooling, Lexie. I focused on Isaac’s question.
“I’m getting my books,” I reminded him.
“Is Tara still snooping around your room?” Asher asked as he leaned against the locker next to mine. He was trying to beat the heat in cargo shorts, a tank top and an open button down.
“Yep, and now she’s gone to rifling through my drawers,” I grumbled.
“Can you put a lock on your door?” Miles asked. He still wore his usual jeans and a shirt in the heat. It didn’t seem to bother him.
“I have one, but she keeps getting in,” I answered.
“Then we need to get you a better one,” Ethan said. Ethan still wore all black, only now it was cargo shorts and a tank top along with his black army boots.
I stuffed another book into my bag. “I was thinking about it, but I need to ask Rory.”
“Ask him, and I’ll bring one over,” Zeke told me. Zeke’s wardrobe never changed, he still wore black jeans, a black t-shirt and black boots with his wallet chain. Even if he was sweating just as much as the rest of us.
“Okay, I’ll ask tonight,” I muttered as I put another book in my bag.
“What is taking so long?” Zeke demanded as he stepped behind me to look into my locker.
“I was stashing a lot of books and research.” I pointed out. My bag was taken off my arm. Before I could say anything, a big hand turned me around. Zeke bent down and I was suddenly over his shoulder hanging upside down with his thick forearm across the back of my thighs.
“You’re going too slow. Isaac, get the rest,” Zeke ordered.
I pushed myself up off his back to watch Isaac all but topple the books into my bag. “Be careful!”
Isaac ignored me as he zipped up the bag and shut the empty locker.
“If he tore any of them I’m coming after you,” I warned Zeke. “Now, put me down.”
“No way. It’s the last day of school,” Ethan stated. “You took too long emptying your locker. It’s roasting and we’re going swimming.” I started to squirm, trying to get down.
“Okay, but I can walk you know,” I pointed out laughing.
Zeke slapped his hand over my butt making me squeak. “Stop wiggling. If I put you down you’ll just find something else to stall going swimming.”
My face red, I reached down and smacked him on the ass. My hand stung. Damn, glutes of steel. He chuckled at my attempt.
“Fine! But I’m just worried about your eyesight!” I countered, smiling.
“You’re not that pale, Red,” Isaac reassured me. “You’ve gotten some sun in the last month, you’ll tan up.”
I rolled my eyes. Isaac clearly had never known a red head before. “And since summer started I put sunblock on every four hours. That’s why I’m not a lobster.”
“Lexie, you can wear shorts and a shirt if you’re that worried about it,” Miles reminded me.
“Nope, she has to wear a swimsuit,” Ethan declared.
Everyone walked out of the hall and into the parking lot. I started to sweat even more. I hoped it got all over Zeke.
“Okay! But when you go blind, don’t say I didn’t warn you,” I warned, though it was undermined by my current position over Zeke’s shoulder. The guys started laughing until they reached my Blazer. Zeke carefully put me down on my sandaled feet.
“I’ll wear the damn swimsuit,” I stated. “But if I turn into a crustacean, I expect you guys at my beck and call for aloe on my back.”
The twins both raised eyebrows.
“Rub goo all over your body anytime you ask? Okay,” Isaac agreed with a smirk.
The guys burst out laughing. I rolled my eyes. There were just some things you can’t say to a group of guys.
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