“Hey, have you see a brunette wearing a blue shirt and jeans around?” Simon barked the second he was close enough that Logan could hear him.
“Uh, no.” Logan said glancing around. “I was trying to watch out for Jenna and haven’t really been paying attention.”
Simon wasn’t surprised by his friend’s response. Logan was very overprotective with his little sister likely due to the tragic suicide of his eldest sister. Three years ago, Lisa had been away at Berkley college when she’d hung herself in her dorm room after three frat boys at a party roofied and then raped her. Was it any wonder that when Jenna showed up as a freshman this year he’d turned into a vigilant protector? Jenna took it well and only rolled her eyes at her older brother’s comment. She understood the scars he had after what had happened with Lisa.
“I didn’t see her either Simon. I’m sure you can find another girl here to take home though. It’s a mad house in here tonight and the girls look desperate enough.” Jenna said, glancing around at the jersey chasers who were trying to catch his and Logan’s attention.
“Nope, I need to find my cute little brunette. She was supposed to wait on me but she has disappeared.” Simon didn’t bother to hide the annoyance he felt from his friends.
“Wow, some girl really ignored the legendary charm of Simon Bentley the quarterback? What’s the world coming to? I have a feeling she got tired of waiting on you to come back after you spent half an hour downing shots with Kara Stanton hanging off your arm.” Jenna teased laughing and shaking her head.
“I invited her to come with me but she didn’t want to and I promised the guys I would do shots with them—shit your right. I’m an idiot. Garrett almost plowed through her when we came in she was about to leave. Damn.” Simon knew he should have kept the sweet little brunette close. His instincts had gone ape shit the moment he’d moved away from her trying to force him to go back. He should have gone back and dragged her with him even if she would have been uncomfortable. Damn, he didn’t even know her name. How the hell was he ever going to find her?
“This girl really got to you huh?” Jenna asked grinning.
“Hell, I don’t know. I need to find her, but I don’t even know her name.”
“Dude just give up there are dozens of other girls here. There are like forty thousand students attending here. No way you’re going to find her if she’s left.” Logan said motioning to the girls who were hanging around behind him trying to catch his attention.
Simon didn’t care what his friend was saying none of the girls here could be anything like his beauty and he’d be damned if he’d ever settle for second best again. Nope he wasn’t going down that road again. Once was more than enough. Kelly had been enough of a shit storm that he wasn’t ever going to settle again. He would just have to find his girl somehow.
“Nah, just going to head back to my apartment and chill. Maybe do a few sketches.” Simon said. He wasn’t lying he would be going back to his place to do some sketches. He would sketch her so that maybe he could ask around about her. He needed to find her and he wouldn’t let her get away when he did. She didn’t know it yet but she was going to belong to Simon Bentley soon enough. No way would he ignore the way his instincts were screaming at him to find her. He felt like a caged animal and he wouldn’t rest until he found his sweet girl with chocolaty brown eyes and curves for days.
“Seriously just find a girl and take her home. You don’t need another Kelly hanging around. Shit you finally pawned her off on Ricks after she hounded you for six months. You said she didn’t leave you alone the whole time you were with your family and then she showed up at our place in your bed a few weeks ago.”
“You know I didn’t want her in my bed I almost tossed her out naked I was so pissed that she’d had a copy made of the key I’d given her when we were together. That’s crazy as fuck. She gave me back my key but she’d made a copy! Who does that?” Simon shook his head still amazed that Kelly had done it. Honestly it had freaked him out that she hadn’t given up even after six months and several very unkindly worded fuck off speeches. She’d slept with Tobin last year and he’d caught her but she’d refused to believe their relationship was over. He’d made it as clear as he possibly could but she’d just ignored most of what he’d said and even tried to scare off the two girls he’d dated after her.
Not that either of them had been serious dates. They’d been girls Garrett and Logan had set him up with to clean the pipes. Their words not his. He hadn’t slept with either of them and hadn’t wanted to. He’d gotten the meaningless hooking up out of his system by the end of his junior year. He’d started dating Kelly about halfway through football season last year and he’d thought they were exclusive. They seemed to get along well because she understood football being his priority unlike most girls and the sex was good. Not out of this world amazing but good.
They didn’t have much in common and
