Lennon.

I awake with a groan, glancing around at the unfamiliar room in confusion as I slowly sit up. A tall, pale, half naked guy struts by and flashes me a crooked grin when my bleary eyes clear.

"Good morning, Lennon Rose!" He greets me loudly and I wince at the volume of his voice.

He lets out a quiet chuckle as he leaves what I now realize is the living room of his house and enters the kitchen. I dig my fingers into my temple and make small circles as my head throbs. It's not the worst hangover I've ever had but a hangover nonetheless. I need food, coffee and some ibuprofen and then I should feel more like a human.

I drank way more than I originally planned. Ace kept making us drinks and I had such a fun time dancing and laughing with Tayen and Ace. Xan disappeared after our interaction and Jax made it his life mission to see how far he could get his tongue down Akira's throat. Not that I'm jealous or anything. Ace's friend Draven Kingswood showed up at some point and I was surprised my underwear didn't disintegrate from the heated looks he kept shooting me. He's cute but he's no Jax. It wasn't the first time I'd hung out with Draven, like Ace Dravens on the football team and he also plays basketball so we see a lot of each other.

I sit there for a while until I feel slightly more human then I reach down and snatch my sequined pants from the floor. A door opens down the hall just as I'm tugging my pants up and Jax and Akira enter the living room. She looks beautiful and well put together while I'm sure I look like I was rode hard and put up wet. They get a flash of my underwear before my pants are in place and I give them an awkward smile.

I reach up and feel my hair, somehow the strands stayed in the space buns I pinned them up in last night although they don't feel as neatly done as they once were. I try not to stare as Jax kisses Akira at the door and then shuts it behind her but it's hard. He's dressed in a pair of low riding sweatpants and his body is beautiful.

"Good morning, Lily." He smiles as he walks by me.

"It's Lennon actually." I mutter, although he doesn't hear me as he quickly disappears back down the hall and into the room he came from.

"Don't take it personally, Jax is horrible with names. Akira is lucky he remembers hers." Xan says from the doorway of the kitchen, biting into what looks to be a breakfast burrito.

"I hope he's better at remembering the anatomy of a human or he's not going to be a very successful doctor." I state.

Xan glares. "Don't doubt him when it comes to school."

I bite my lip as I realize I may have offended him but I don't apologize.

"Can I have one of those?" I ask eyeing his food as he takes another bite and my stomach lets out a loud grumble.

He gives me a shrug and disappears back into the kitchen so I follow him. Xan has more muscle than Jax but he's still lean, just slightly more defined. Tattoos cover his neck, shoulders and the top of his chest. He's going to make a hot doctor, I can easily admit that even though he's annoying. I watch in surprise as he spoons scrambled eggs and crumbled sausage onto a tortilla. I thought it was something he pulled out of the freezer and nuked in the microwave, not something he made himself.

"Do you like Kimchi?" He asks as he twists the lid off a jar. "It's homemade by my Mom."

I give him a shrug. "I've never tried it."

Odds are I'll like it, there's very few things I won't eat.

He adds the Kimchi to the burrito and tops it with shredded cheese. "If you don't like it, I'll eat it."

He wraps the burrito and hands it over, his dark gray eyes focused on me as I bring it to my mouth and take a bite. I can taste the Kimchi immediately, it's like a spicy cabbage but I can detect hints of ginger, garlic and something hot. It's good though, so good I groan loudly and earn a crooked grin from Xan. Way better than a frozen breakfast burrito. Hmm... an orgasm and a homemade breakfast burrito, what a way to start off a new year.

Jax enters the kitchen with a towel wrapped around his waist and I choke on the bite I had just taken. His eyes widen as I try not to spit the food out while coughing my head off. Xan smacks me hard on the back, helping me dislodge the bite finally. I chew it a little more before swallowing, fighting a blush for the first time in my life. I can't even eat my food properly in front of Jax, God help me. Xan snickers, handing me a purple Gatorade to help wash the food down. I twist the top off and down half the bottle.

Jax frowns at the empty pan of eggs on the stove. "Dude, you didn't save me any."

"Lennon Rose ate the last one." He replies, emphasizing my name and reminding me that Jax had called me Lily.

Normally I wouldn't care to offer to cut mine in half but it's so good I can't find it in me to share, even with Jax. Crush or not, you don't come between a girl and her food especially while she's hung over.

"Scramble more eggs." Jax says.

Xan shakes his head and points to the recycling bin where the now empty carton lays on top. "Used the last of them."

"Damn." Jax mutters, looking unhappy.

I finish my burrito and take another drink of the Gatorade before handing the bottle back to Xan. He takes a drink, his dark gray eyes on me the entire time as his lips rest on the rim of the bottle where mine did only seconds ago and in that stare I'm reminded that I orgasmed in a room full of people because of him.

He arches an eyebrow at me as if he knows exactly where my mind went and then his eyes scan the length of my body before meeting my gaze again.

"I should go." I state slowly and fight the urge to shake my head in hopes it would clear my thoughts. "Thanks for breakfast."

I give an awkward wave to both guys as I exit the kitchen and slip into the bathroom. My horrifying reflection stares back at me. Red lipstick is smeared across my face from kissing Xan and sleeping, mascara coats my under eyes to the point where I could be a raccoons twin. My hair is wild, sticking up all over the place with my space buns barely held together. And to think this is what Jax saw when he looked at me, how mortifying.

I dig through the cabinets and find makeup wipes, most likely ones Tayen or Akira has left behind. I quickly clean my face and then take my hair down. I grab the comb off the counter and drag it through the tangled mess until it's an okayish sheet of waves. I pee, wash my hands and exit the bathroom telling myself to sprint right toward the door after I allowed Jax to see me a mess but just as tug my boots on Jax exits the kitchen.

"Hey, I just wanted to apologize for calling you the wrong name." He says and I turn on my heel quickly to face him. "I hope you won't take offense or anything, I don't do it on purpose I'm just really bad with names." He wince's, rubbing the back of his neck as his cheeks turn a cute shade of pink. "It's really embarrassing."

I feel a smile stretch my lips, satisfaction thrumming in my stomach at his apology. "It's okay. My name is Lennon though, I'll try to remind you the next time we meet." I laugh lightly as if I hadn't done that every other time and he smiles.

"Lennon, that's beautiful. Were your parents fans of John Lennon?" He asks the same question I've been asked a million times in my life, even more so when Jude is with me too.

"My grandparents were huge Beatles fans and they passed their love of the band onto my Dad who spread it to my Mom, they even named my brother Jude."

Huge Beatles fans is absolutely an understatement, they were obsessed. My Dads name is John, his brothers name is Paul and his sisters name is Penny. They had horses named Ringo, Starr, Sadie and Rita not to mention the dogs and cats names. Its a miracle Lennon and Jude hadn't already been an animal name before Jude and I were conceived.

"I wish I had a cool story about my name like that. My Mom named me Jax because it was the only name her and my Dad would agree on." He chuckles and I can't help but laugh too.

I bite my lip. "Well I should get going, see ya around, Jax."

"Bye Lennon."

I want to squeal as he says my name but I remain calm and exit the house. I don't realize I left my sweater and my coat until the frigid January air brushes my bare arms when my boots meet the sidewalk. I'll have to text Tayen and have her grab them because things ended so well with Jax I don't want to go back inside. By the time I make it to our apartment door my body feels like a block of ice. I knock on our neighbors door and wait until Divya's face greets me.

"Tayen has the keys." I tell her.

Divya retreats into her apartment and comes back a moment later with our spare key. Divya is on the squad with me, we aren't as close as Tayen and I but she's a good friend. I constantly forget my keys and it just so happened that Divya and her sister Pari got the apartment next to ours so they keep our spare just in case I need in the apartment when Tayen isn't home.

I quickly unlock the door and give her back the key with an appreciative smile. "Thanks, Divy."

"You're welcome."

I slip inside our apartment and strip out of my clothes on the way to the shower, leaving a trail of fabric in my wake. Tayen will scold me for it later but I don't care, I'm freezing. Once the water heats up I stand under the spray until my body is thawed and then I wash off. I cannot believe I let Xan in my pants and I also can't believe he didn't taunt me about it this morning. I wore my shirt inside out one day to our physiology class we had together last year and he didn't let me live it down for weeks. I can't say I fully regret it though, there was something so freeing about what we did.

I catch my reflection in the mirror as I'm drying off and my eyes zero in on a purple mark on my neck. I step closer to get a better look and sure enough there's a hickey there that Xan must have left last night when his mouth was on my neck. My face warms as I remember just how fast I got off in a room full of people with a guy I don't even like or know that well. It was hot, so hot.

I close my eyes and slip my hand between my legs, taking myself back to last night, remembering the feel of his lips and his touch and how good he smelled but I replace him with Jax instead. I dip a finger inside my pussy, wetting the digit before bringing it up to my clit and start with the same teasing circles he had. My breath comes out in pants as I picture Jax behind me, his body molded to mine, his hand the one between my legs and me begging him to speed up as his lips curl up into a smile against my neck.

I speed up, dying to feel how I felt last night but my vagina is no fool, she knows the difference and refuses to even inch towards climax. Damn.

I groan, hang my towel over the shower curtain rod and go straight to my room. Xan cannot be in control of my orgasms now, this can't happen. Last night I could easily blame it on the drinks Ace kept pouring or on the fact that it was New Years Eve and our kiss got me hotter than I expected it to, but wanting more would be too thought out and I don't like it. I'll have to give my vagina time to forget him because he's not getting anywhere near us again.

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