Wayward Son (Jensen Family #3) (49 page)

“Tosser
.
” Gavin breathed
still scowling in the other boys’ direction.

“Tim’s ok, he’s not like the others that hang around Quinn
.
”

Gavin stepped around in front of her, pulling her into his arms and
resting his ch
eek against hers, closing his eyes, he
breathed in the scent of her freshly washed hair before lightly pressing his
lips to her cheek. Angel’s fingers slipped into the neck of his shirt and
prised open a few extra buttons so that she could place her hand o
n his chest as he held her and feel the warm soft skin over
his heartbeat.

Tim watched the tender embrace and knew without a doubt that the story
Quinn had told him was complete and utter bullshit. Gavin wasn’t the bad guy in
all this which had Tim wonderi
ng if Quinn had
completely lost his mind.

As Gavin and Angel headed out to the quad, the rugby coach called his
name, stopping the couple in the doorway.

“Glad I caught you
,
” Coach said as
he approached
.
“We have a game
on Wednesday
.
”

“I know
,
” Gavin grinn
ed, coach wasn’t one for getting to the point quickly.

“I’ve been thinking, as Quinn isn’t here and he isn’t match fit anyway,
it’s about time you stepped up and took your place as Captain. What do you
think?”

“I think that’s an outstanding idea
.
” Gavin’s
grin broadened, Angel squeezed his
hand.

“I thought you might
,
” Coach returned
the smile
.
“I expect you
in the gym tomorrow lunch time and all day Wednesday, you’re mine, I need you
and the rest of the team fully prepared for the match in the afternoon
.
”

“
Yes coach
.
” Gavin agreed.

Once in the quad, Angel turned to him, “This is great
.
”

“Yeah, it does mean that I won’t be able to hang out with you tomorrow
lunchtime though
.
”

“I can always have a sly work out at lunchtime and watch you
.
”

“Yeah, you could. Are
you coming to my band
rehearsal this lunch time?”

“Try stopping me
.
”

They joined Kiera
,
who spent the
rest of their morning break berating Gavin for introducing her to Novak
,
it didn’t take l
ong for Gavin to get annoyed. He
snap
ped
at her and reach
ed
for
his
headphones. Apart from Art, all of Angel’s other lessons were with Gavin which
meant they arrived at the music room together.

The rest of the band greeted them warmly then set about running through a
few tracks while the present girlfriends sat back an
d
watched
.
T
hen they all gathered around Gavin’s
laptop as he showed them footage of the type of music he had been writing when
he had been in the band with Novak and James.

At the end of the day, Gavin took Angel to his house. Coming around the
car, he gr
abbed her and pulled her into a deep kiss

“I’ve wanted to do that all day
,
” he said
.
“Being near you
at college is torture
.
”

“You’re going to have to learn some self control little boy
,
” she mocked.

“I have plenty of control
,
I’ve hardly
touched you all day
.
”

“Bollocks, you touched me at every available opportunity
.
”

They were in the kitchen now where they found a note on the table telling
them that Paul was in the London office and would be home late, Suzanne had
gone shoppin
g and Novak was on a date and not to
expect him back at all that day. Paul had also noted that someone would be
coming to survey the pool and quote for its refurbishment and that he was sure
Gavin could cope with that.

“Shame, we have the house to ourselve
s
,
” he grasped her hand.

“Shouldn’t you be resting up for your big game?” she said allowing him to
lead her to his room.

“I should but hey, I can do that tomorrow
,
” he replied
.
“But if you don’t want to, it’s not a
problem
,
” he added.

“I never said I didn’
t want to
,
” she reached for his shirt
front. “
You should wear shirts more often, they
are much easier to take off than t-shirts
,
” she pushed him back onto the sofa and straddled his lap, leaning in to
kiss him.

Gavin wasted no time in undressing her, makin
g
her stand so that he could remove both her jeans and his, then pulling her back
onto his lap, entering her swiftly. Angel kissed him again before sitting up
.

“I can’t do this
,
” she said
.
“I feel really awkward this way
,
” she explained, Gavin reached for
her and pulled her into his chest, wrapping his arms around
her, he turned so that she was on the sofa and he was on his knees in front of
her.

“Better?” he asked, she nodded wriggling her hips closer to his giving
him encouragement he really didn’t need.

Angel got a stony greeting from her parents when she got home, with her
flushed face and dishevelled appearance, it was more than obvious that she
hadn’t gone to Gavin’s house to study, she grabbed something to eat then
disappeared to her room for the even
ing, texting
Gavin to tell him she would meet him at college the following day in order for
him to avoid a lecture from Julian.

Paul surveyed the missing tiles and the large crack in the liner of the
pool when he returned home that evening.

“It’s no wonder
the bloody thing leaked
,
” he commented to Suzanne.

“How long will it take to repair?” she asked.

“I’m going to have the whole lot stripped out and start again
,
” he told her
.
“They reckon about four weeks
.
”

Gavin walked down the now dry swimming pool to jo
in them in peering at the damage
.
“Four weeks?” he asked.

“I’m afraid so
.
” Paul replied.

“Sweet, I don’t have to clean the pool for four weeks
,
” Gavin grinned then ducked as Paul
swiped at his head
.
“That’s a bit
of a bummer Dad, I’ll have to use the pool
at the
health club or sneak into the college one
.
”

“I’m sorry it’s inconveniencing you
.
” Paul commented.

“Seeing as there will be someone here working, do you think it would be a
good idea to have a roof put over the hot tub?”

“Doesn’t that defeat the obje
ct of it being
open to the elements?” Paul asked.

“Well, yeah, but seeing as it is directly under my window, which I always
have open by the way, it may deflect some of the sound coming from it when you
two get your groove on in the middle of the night
.
”
Gavin
replied.

“You can hear that? Oh my God
.
” Suzanne
blushed.

“Actually, most of the time, I get to see it as well because I have to
get up to shut my window
.
” Gavin told
her.

Suzanne gasped
.
“Oh my God
,
” she said again before turning to her
husband
.
“Ge
t a roof put over the hot tub
,
” she told him
.
“In fact, enclose the whole bloody
thing, how embarrassing
,
” she breathed,
her embarrassment not helped by the fact that both men were now sniggering
.
“It’s not funny
,
” she told Paul.

“Come on Suzie, you’ve nev
er been shy and it’s
not as if Gavin’s shocked that I like to have sex with my hot wife
,
” he laughed.

“Just for that comment, you can have the hot tub moved from under his
window to somewhere more concealed
.
” She strode
away.

“Sorry Dad, looks like you’re
in the dog house
.
” Gavin laughed.

“That’s ok, does leave me with the dilemma of where to put the bloody hot
tub and still keep it close enough to the house so that we don’t have to get
dressed to get to it
.
”

“Too much information Dad
.
” Gavin pulled a
face.

Angel didn’t see Gavin until lunch on Tuesday and even then she did only
get
to
see him as she warmed up on the static
bike that overlooked the weight benches in the college gym. The view she had,
however, was most inviting as Gavin was on the bench direc
tly below her, his sleeveless muscle shirt soaked with
sweat and clinging to his body as he lay on his back pushing the bar and
weights above him
,
while one of
his team mates stood at his head, ready to catch the bar in case Gavin’s arms
gave out.

“How muc
h are you bench pressing?” Coach
stopped by Gavin.

“175 pounds
,
” Gavin gasped
,
“twenty four reps
,
” he finished.

“Not bad
.
” Coach
consulted his list of player statistics
.
“That’s just over your last recorded weight, let’s see if we can have
you lifting 250
pounds by the end of the summer
.
”

Gavin rested the bar in its stand and sat up
.
“No can do Coach, I have other
commitments and need to keep my weight down
.
”