Lia

It was my first day of college and the guys were hovering. I looked over at Colby who leaned against the doorframe, frowning deeply.

Try as I might, I couldn’t ignore him. He was persistent, standing there and gazing at me with this worried expression on his face. Then the other guys showed up, all of them looking at me.

“Are you okay?”

“Why wouldn’t I be?” I shot back, stuffing my water bottle into the side pocket of my bag.

He sighed softly, obviously exasperated by my ...