no strings attached - j.b

no time

Phoebe liked being back in college life. Even though everything was still new to her and she still had to find her way around the campus, the first two days had been really fun.

At first, she thought she would hang out a lot with Kim, who after all was also a UC student and whose friends Phoebe knew pretty well. But after the first few hours, she had already made new friends with whom she spent all the breaks and lunch hours.

Luca, one of the guys, an Italian with black curly hair and bright blue eyes that made him look like a small, innocent puppy, had invited Phoebe for coffee after the first class. Since she had almost fallen asleep while the prof had been sorting out all the organizational stuff, she agreed to it.

A few others had joined the two of them and already the group was formed. After the classes they all went to a bar together and had quite some fun.

They played some games to get to know each other better which revealed that Luca played for the bearcats as safety and Phoebe was the granddaughter of the Bengals president.

Today was Tuesday, which was one of two days Phoebe would work in the facility after being done with classes early.

While there wouldn't be much going on today, the season wouldn't start until next week, which meant most of the players would be taking the week off and only stopping by for the occasional work out, Phoebe still wanted to get a routine in.

She would find something to work on for sure, if necessary she would look at the video drafts she still had from the training camps and maybe post some clips from the game. In a complete emergency, she would just chill on Twitter and post, like or repost a few tweets via the Bengals' official account.

She was just standing outside Paige's office unlocking it when Joe came down the hall. "Here comes the busy student" he eyed her up and down. Phoebe curtsied with a laugh. "Busy student reporting for duty".

She unlocked the door and turned to Joe. "Did you want to see me?" She eyed him as she stepped into the office and Joe followed her. "Yeah, I was told you were supposed to be here at this time" he replied as Phoebe set her stuff down on the table and turned back to Joe who by now was closing the door.

"Oh, did you want to share some expert social media knowledge again, or are you hoping to convince me to post fewer pictures of you?" Phoebe leaned against the tabletop and crossed her arms in front of her chest, grinning.

"Quite the opposite" Joe took a step toward her. "Just wanted to make sure that with all the work you've been doing for your studies, which I'm sure you've been engrossed in for the past two days, you haven't been...working on yourself too" he smirked.

Phoebe laughed out loud before shaking her head. "I haven't. Even if I had wanted to, I wouldn't have had the time" she shrugged. "I guess you mean even if you had had time, you wouldn't have done it because you would have called me?" Joe raised an eyebrow questioningly.

"Whatever" Phoebe shrugged with a grin and bit her lower lip, curious as to how Joe would respond. Joe didn't make a face, but one could see him running his tongue over his teeth in a slightly pissed off manner.

"Be glad there's a camera in this office" he just mumbled and nodded to the corner on the ceiling where the red light flashed showing the camera was on. Phoebe grinned even more. "Or else?" she looked at him provocatively.

Joe scoffed. "I'm not going to tell you that. You'll see next time" he smiled dirtily at the myriad of thoughts running through his head. "How about tonight? What time are you done working?"

"Probably around 6, but I'm sorry to disappoint you. I already have a date tonight" Phoebe explained, giving him an apologetic look. "With who?" Joe rolled his eyes in annoyance. "Anyone you can cancel with?"

"With my study group and no, I'm not canceling on them" Phoebe clarified. "Today was your second day, what are you going to study already? I'm sure I can teach you more" he winked at her.

"How? I'm not studying biology" Phoebe grinned. „We're not studying today. It's Welcome Night on campus. A few small events, the band plays and all the sports teams are introduced. It's an event that you shouldn't miss" Phoebe explained, sighing.

"Otherwise, of course, you would have canceled right away, right?" Joe grinned. "If it makes you feel better, of course" Phoebe laughed. "And you said it wouldn't be any different when you went back to college" Joe shook his head laughing.

"We fucked two days ago. Cool down, hot shots" Phoebe laughed out. "For the weeks before, that's a long time for both of us" Joe stated. "Poor you. Afraid that you're getting out of shape huh?" Phoebe grinned.

"You just watch yourself. You'll get it all back once you have some time for me" warningly Joe raised his finger before pointing at the camera. "You sure that thing's on?"

"Why? Would you take me right here on the table otherwise?" grinning, Phoebe pushed herself off the table and walked around. She noticed exactly how Joe was checking out her body and had to grin even more. "Something like that" Joe growled.

Phoebe laughed out loud before sitting down on the chair and crossing her legs. "Listen, I'm sorry I don't have time for you. But I'll see you later this week, I promise"

"I hope so" Joe replied. "In the free time you have now, you can figure out a way to finally tell Sam. I think it's about time we got him involved, don't you?" Phoebe looked at him.

"Wow, you sure know how to kill a mood" sighing Joe settled down on the chair in front of the desk and crossed his arms in front of his chest "But I agree, it's about time we tell him"

"But how? We can't suddenly go up to him and tell him we're fucking regularly now. He'll be right down our throats after all" Phoebe stated. "We have to be soft, break it to him gently, and maybe not tell him from the beginning how many times a week we really see each other. Well, the many times may end after this week anyway" Joe rolled his eyes.

"Oh my God, will you please get over the fact that I have a social life and no time for you for once?" Phoebe sighed. "I'm over it, just wanted to mention it again" Joe raised his arms innocently.

"Back to Sam. Do you think we should tell him together?" Phoebe asked. "Yeah, otherwise one of us is the bad guy. If it pisses him off, it shouldn't just affect one" Joe replied.

"Good idea and maybe we should go to a neutral place where we have witnesses in case Sam kills us" Phoebe thought out loud. "Do you really think he will take it that bad?" Joe asked.

Phoebe shrugged her shoulders. "I have no idea, but after he almost kicked my door down just because he had a hunch you were in my room, I wouldn't be surprised by anything"

Not an exciting chapter but I can't let them fuck all the time, sorry lol

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