It had been the perfect.. date? Jackson had taken her to her favorite restaurant, which in itself wasn’t all that strange. That was something he did when she’d had a shitty day, and tonight was nothing different. What was different was the fact that he took her to the look out on the outskirts of the preserve afterwards. He’d driven his dad’s truck, and they laid in the back, watching the stars and twinkling lights, holding her hand as they did. And Erica couldn’t tell you where the air changed, but at some point they ended up kissing and didn’t stop.
Fast forward to where she woke up, in bed alone, dressed in nothing but Jackson’s jersey and sore in all the right places. A soft, lazy smile touched her lips as her mind took her back to what had happened. Rolling over, she found the rest of the bed empty, but still warm, meaning that he hadn’t gotten up too long ago, and with a wince, she slung her legs over the edge of the bed, her muscles protesting as she rose to her feet, and shuffled to the door. On the way there she passed Jack’s drawers, and her head was clear enough to snatch a pair of boxers out of the top one to put on under the shirt she was wearing.
Rubbing her eyes, and opened the door, and stopped dead in her tracks.
Why was Greenberg here? What business did he have to do with Jackson, at this time of the night? But then the words reached her ears, and it took a while from them to register. Earned what?
Her eyes, now wide and alert, went from one lacrosse player to the other, her hand tightening around the doorknob until her knuckles were white.