Chapter 322
WILLA
I yelped and pushed myself away from Lucian. Or tried to.
Our arms and legs were all tangled together and the sheets were in a knotty mess on top of that. Lucian lay on his back, half on top of me. I pushed him away with the flat of my hand.
He stirred sleepily, groaned and rolled over to the other side of the bed. He lay there, facedown, fingers dangling inches from the floor.
I sat up quickly, looked at my beside clock again and groaned.
Where had the time gone? I wondered. And why hadn't my alarm clock rang?
A second later I realized it had. I had a vague memory of hitting the snooze button with my fist shortly after making love with Lucian for the second time. Or was it the third?
I gave my head a little shake. I couldn't remember now. It had been hard to keep count.
Now I had just twelve minutes to get to my Biotech class. Worse, it was not just a class. We were to have a test.
The professor taking the class was fond of surprise. He liked to keep students on their toes so there was no telling if the test was going to be at the start of the class or at the end.
With my insane workload, I couldn't afford to miss a test. I snatched up a robe, quickly put it on.
From behind me, Lucian, his voice thick with sleep said, "Where are you off to in such a hurry?"
I turned to face him.
"I have a test in... eleven minutes now," I said. "I can't believe I slept for so long!"
Lucian opened one eye. He flung off the sheets. I took one second to admire his naked body before turning away.
"Damn!" he said. "Okay. I'll come with you."
"If that's going to happen, you have to be ready to leave in less than ten minutes," I called over my shoulder.
Lucian was quick. Before I had gotten to the door of the bathroom he was already there, holding it open for me.
I walked in. He did too.
He turned on the shower to warm, tested the temperature with one finger and hunted about for some soap.
"What are you doing?" I asked in some surprise.
"Taking a shower with you. It will be faster this way, wouldn't it?" He selected a white bar of soap from the assortment in the soap dish, saw I still hadn't moved and said, "Come on. What are you waiting for?"
I remained where I was.
"That's not going to work," I said, folding my arms over my chest. "You don't even have your clothes here."
He waved that concern away.
"I've got my jeans," he pointed out. "They are still clean. I'm sure you have some gender neutral looking t-shirts in your wardrobe I could use."
He stepped into the shower and started to lather up.
"Hurry," he said, shouting a little to be heard over the rushing water. "I'm sure you have less than seven minutes now."
Already too late to argue, I joined him. I had the quickest shower I had ever taken and brushed my teeth.
Lucian was done before I was. While I got dressed, Lucian hunted about in my wardrobe for a shirt.
Finally he found one, a tee with a rock metal band's picture on it that Chase had gifted me. The t-shirt baggy on me, was a little too tight on Lucian. Otherwise it was perfect.
Finally we got to the building I was to have my lectures in. I kept glancing at my watch, hoping that time would slow down a little.
"You'll be fine," Lucian said as we hurried along.
He took my hand, pressed a kiss to it and then just held it as we walked. Although preoccupied, I would have had to be blind, deaf or both not to to notice the reaction that followed this.
A hush fell on the students using the corridor. I looked up and saw them openly staring at us, whispering.
Some were even pointing. All looked shocked. Again I was the center of attention at Worchmount.
I could understand why. Just yesterday everyone had been talking about me and Theron as a couple. Today I was obviously dating Lucian.
"Ignore them," Lucian murmured out of the corner of his mouth.
I nodded but he really didn't need to tell me that. Maybe later I would be affected by the student's open curiosity. For now I was too late to even bother.
Lucian did not let go of my hand until we got to my class. I exhaled in relief when I saw through the half open door that the professor was just getting his books out.
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