Chapter 7: Chapter 7

When someone tapped his shoulder, he nearly jumped out of his skin and whirled around.

“Whoa,” Caleb said, hands up, palms out, “I didn’t mean any harm. I come in peace. Wow, you’re skittish, huh?”

Lucas felt the blood drain from his face as he searched his brain for something to say. Anything. Really, anything at all!

“Sorry,” he said, not wanting to look Caleb in the eye.

“Hey, I’m sorry, man. I won’t do that again. Promise.” Caleb crossed his heart and smiled.

Fuck. That smile did things to him. Lucas sensed trouble in his future.

“So, you want to start tonight?”

Lucas froze. “Um, tonight? Start tonight?”

“Yeah. Unless you have something you need to do. I mean, we have a game tomorrow and you were a little hard on us out there today. You definitely need some tutoring.”

“Hard on you?” Lucas asked incredulously as he looked around the now-empty locker room. “You think Iwas hard on you?”

Caleb nodded.