"I-I should go" Phoebe stood up and grabbed her clothes off the floor. The two had been sitting on the sofa for over ten minutes now just still naked cuddled up to each other, not exchanging a word.
Phoebe pulled on her underwear and slipped into her skirt before lifting her torn polo shirt into the air. "Uh, do you maybe have...a top for me?" she looked at Joe with a grin.
Joe smirked and nodded toward his dining table. "There should be a hoodie of mine hanging over one of the chairs. You can take that" he replied. Phoebe smiled gratefully at him and walked over to the dining table.
The sweater was way too big for her, but she would rather be stopped behind the wheel in an oversized hoodie instead of a bra. Besides, the hoodie was way too comfortable to take off again and smelled like Joe.
"I'll wash it and bring it back to you" Phoebe grabbed the rest of her things and slipped on her shoes before Joe walked her to the door. "No rush. After all, it's my fault you don't have a shirt anymore" he grinned as the leaned against the door frame.
Besides, he liked the sight of Phoebe in his hoodie, he added quietly in thought.
Phoebe laughed out loud. "Okay, then...see ya" she stood on tiptoe and pressed her lips very briefly to Joe's, who nevertheless put his hands on the back of her neck and pressed her to him again. His tongue slipped into her mouth and Phoebe sighed into the kiss.
"I...I really should go" she stammered as Joe broke away from her. "I know. Just wanted to make the goodbye a little harder so maybe you'll get back to me sooner this time" Joe winked at her. Phoebe smiled. "I'll try. I promise. Bye" she raised her hand before turning and walking down the steps.
• • •
"Well, that's not the outfit you left the house in today. Whose hoodie is that? It's way too big. Sam's or Joe's?" Tris eyed his cousin in surprise as she came storming into the apartment a bit stressed.
There had been a traffic jam on the way over because some accident had happened on the road, making Phoebe's tight window of time even tighter. "Joe" Phoebe called out to him and was already on her way to run up the stairs.
"why are you wearing Joe's hoodie?" Tris called after her before shaking his head. "Honestly, don't tell me. I probably don't want to know" he changed his mind. "Trust me, you really don't want to" Phoebe assured him and jogged to her room.
She tore all the clothes off her body and got into the shower first. After the golf and the unplanned sex with Joe, she definitely needed to wash her hair before going to Jasmine.
Out of the shower, she tied her hair into a bun first while she slipped into her clothes, packed her bag and then blow dried her hair. She decided to do make up and hairstyling at Jasmin's and threw a few more things in her bag before slipping on her Nikes and running down the stairs.
"I'm off again. Have a nice evening. I won't come home tonight. Bye" she called out to Tris who was making himself something to eat in the kitchen and pulled the door shut behind her before impatiently pressing the button on the elevator until the doors finally opened in front of her.
• • •
"There you are finally" Jasmine opened the door for her sighing in relief and pulled Phoebe into a quick hug. "I was about to send out a search party for you. Couldn't you have told me you were late?
"Sorry..." Phoebe, who was completely out of breath from her sprint from the car to the apartment door of Jasmine, who lived on the fourth floor, gasped. "...I got stressed out and then I rushed so much that I couldn't write to you"
"Stress? I thought you were just golfing with some players today and had plenty of time in between. But you didn't even finish dressing" Jasmine pulled her into the apartment and eyed Phoebe's ponytail which was quickly tied at the nape of her neck.
"I...something came up" Phoebe mumbled. None of the people she had met at college knew about Joe and her. Well, she had only known them for this week, after all, and hadn't even wanted to tell Kim, her best friend.
"Then we'd better get you ready. I heard Luca is coming tonight and we both know he has his eye on you, so you shouldn't look like a poor beggar" Jasmine winked at her.
"Luca is coming? But I thought they were at an away game?" Phoebe asked, surprised. Since she had pretty much fled from him on Tuesday night, she had only seen him very briefly once during a break, but luckily there hadn't been enough time to talk then either.
"Yeah, they've been back since 7 and when he heard you were coming he agreed to come too" Jasmine nudged her with a grin as she pulled the hair tie out of Phoebe's hair and grabbed the straightener. "So, let's get you dressed up a bit".
• • •
The party was really good. The sorority showed once again that they really knew how to throw parties and the whole house was filled with slightly drunk, dancing people who were just all in a good mood.
The odd whiff of weed was in the air from time to time and you could smell the alcohol on most people as soon as they opened their mouths. Loud music boomed throughout the house. Laughter came from the beer pong table, where Phoebe and Jasmine together had already narrowly defeated two guys from the basketball team.
A few couples were making out in dark corners, and Phoebe and Jasmine were having fun debating whether the couples would even talk to each other after tomorrow, while they stood together with the others from their group, sipping their drinks in a relaxed manner.
Suddenly, the door was yanked open almost aggressively and a loud "hey guyyyys" rang through the air. The space in the house immediately diminished as what felt like the entire football team walked in. A few delighted shrieks rang out before drunken girls latched onto their football boyfriends.
Shaking her head, Phoebe turned to finish her cup when an arm wrapped around her shoulder. "Good evening girls" Luca, who had his arm around Jasmine on the other side, smiled to the group before nodding slightly to the guys.
"you're all in a good mood" Phoebe remarked, smiling briefly at Luca from the side. She wasn't quite sure how to face him and for some reason Joe was guilty of that.
"Well, sure, we won 49-16. Of course we feel like celebrating" Luca grinned at her and took her cup from her hand. "Looks like I'm not the only one who needs a drink. Do you want me to bring you something?" he asked her.
Phoebe nodded. "Would be quite nice, thank you" she mumbled. Luca smiled at her before turning and indicating to the boys with a nod of his head to accompany them. As soon as the guys left, the girls crowded around.
"Look, as soon as you opened your mouth, Luca treated everyone else like air. He definitely wants something from you, Phoebe" Jasmine murmured to her and pulled Phoebe squealing. Phoebe sighed, "He was just being nice."
"Nice? My cup was empty too and he didn't ask for that. He took yours right away. Trust me, he's into you" Jasmine clarified and the others nodded in agreement. "So what if he is..." Phoebe shrugged.
It's not an exciting chapter but I just wanted to let Phoebe have a scene with her college group so there you go!
Joe is once again AFC offensive player of the week and Im proud of him!!!
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