Aiden tried to be very dedicated to his life of careless playboy ease. Even if he did insist on dragging Aiden away from his life of careless playboy ease. Unquestionably, Harvard was Aiden’s favorite.

The important member of the team was here with him. Seiji, their baby fencing genius, took life far too seriously.Īiden shrugged. However, brawny Eugene was congenitally enthusiastic, and Aiden doubted Seiji Katayama had ever been late for anything. Nicholas didn’t really know how to handle himself at Kings Row, any more than Kings Row knew how to handle his awful haircut and worse style. He expected Nicholas the scholarship kid to be late. Aiden was mildly surprised they weren’t here already. The team was a bit of a mess this year, but they were an entertaining mess. He glanced around in anticipation of seeing the door open. “Are we so punctual the others aren’t here yet? I am deeply shamed.” “I thought this was a team meeting,” Aiden remarked. After a moment, Aiden let himself grin back. “No problem, Coach.”Īiden kicked him in the ankle for his wanton cruelty.

“Great job dragging Aiden against his will, Harvard,” Coach praised her captain. He looked toward Harvard and made a lazy gesture to the chair beside him. It was impossible to get what you truly wanted in this life.Īiden chose one of the chairs in front of the desk, and commenced lounging insouciantly.

She’d clearly rather be standing in the gym ordering the team to do suicide drills and win state championships.Īnd Aiden would rather be making out! Yet here they were. Coach, still in bright red-and-white athletic wear, looked uncomfortable sitting at a desk. One was entirely dominated by a poster of a saber that Aiden thought might be Coach Williams’s celebrity crush. The office walls, the color of institutional cream, were covered with photos from fencing glory days. I was on my way to a romantic rendezvous after class when my cruel roommate seized me by the collar and dragged me here against my will.”Ĭoach’s office was small as far as rooms in Kings Row went, and cozy in a neglected-paperwork way.

“I don’t wish to be here at all, never mind early. “If I’m not wanted, I can go,” drawled Aiden, sauntering through the office. She seemed preoccupied, apparently finishing up an email. Coach Williams scowled at the sight of Aiden and Harvard.

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