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pants, flopped down on the couch, and mindlessly
started flipping through channels on the TV.  Matt had gone back to his bedroom
to study, and Cole was enjoying a rare moment of peace and quiet.  He had
homework, and studying, and drawing he needed to do, but for right now he just
wanted to sit. 
    A light knock on the door interrupted
his reverie.  Sighing, he pulled himself up and answered the door.
    “Bri!”   He was shocked.  It was just past eleven o’clock, she didn’t usually
come over this late.  “Come on in,”he moved to let her pass.
    “Sorry, I know it’s late.  I didn’t
wake you, did I?”   She
smiled apologetically as she sat on the couch. 
    “No, I was up.”   He sat next to
her, and eyed her curiously.  Her hands were clenched together, and her mouth
was a tight, grim line.  Something was bothering her.  “What’s wrong?”
    “What?  Nothing, I’m fine.  I just
wanted to see you,”she
tried to smile, but it didn’t reach her eyes.
    “Bri, something’s wrong.  You don’t
usually show up at my door at this time of night.  Not that I’m complaining,”he smiled, and
wrapped his arm around her, pulling her into his chest.  “Tell me what’s
bothering you.”
    “It’s stupid really, and I shouldn’t
let it get to me, but I just had a really bad night at practice.”
    “Tell me about it.”
    “One of the girls on the team
totally ripped me a new one tonight, in front of everyone.  And it wouldn’t
bother me so much if I deserved it, but I didn’t even do anything.  Granted,
she’s a total bitch to everyone, but for some reason, she’s had it out for me
since the beginning.  She seems to have made it her goal in life to berate and
humiliate me.”
    “So, kick her butt back.  Why would
you let her treat you like that?”   He was surprised.  Bri was the toughest girl he knew.  She didn’t take
any crap from anyone, especially him, and he loved that about her.
    “Because she’s the director’s niece,
and can do no wrong in Tanya’s eyes.  In fact, Tanya lets Jillian practically
run the team, even though she’s only a sophomore.  Did you know Jillian whined
and complained enough that Tanya gave her her own room?  Only the seniors get
their own rooms.  She’s like freaking Frankenstein , and if
I push back at all, she’ll get me kicked off the team.”
    “Can she do that?”   He rubbed her back
soothingly.
    “She has before.  Apparently last
year there was another girl she didn’t like, and she got Tanya to cut her. 
Jillian is freaking untouchable, and it really pisses me off.  Do you know how
hard it was for me not to let her have it tonight?  I was so angry, I almost
punched her.”
    “Oh baby, I’m sorry,”he squeezed her. 
He knew how frustrated she must be.  She’d always been able to stand up for
herself, and now she was forced to shut up and take it.  It was actually kind
of cute, seeing her all frustrated and vulnerable . 
He didn’t often get to see that side of her.  And while he hated to see her upset,
he couldn’t deny that there was something very appealing about her
helplessness.
    “Anyway, I just really needed you to
make me feel better,”she snuggled tighter against him.
    “Anytime,”he kissed the top of her head.  He
beamed inside knowing she had come to him for comfort.  Not her best friend,
Layla, or her roommates, him.  He felt a huge swell of pride knowing that he
was what she needed, and the alpha male inside him beat his chest in pleasure. 
Now, he just needed to figure out a way to make her feel better.  He hoped that
distracting her would help take her mind off her problems and get her in a
better mood.  “Oh, while you ’ re here, I have a couple
things to ask you, if that’s okay?”   When she nodded against his chest he continued.  “We are having a team
dinner, a week from Saturday, and I was hoping you’d be my date?”
    “I’d love to,”she pulled back and
smiled at