Sam found herself looking forward to getting back to her dorm room after their long practice. It wasn't because she was tired, although she certainly could feel the ache and slow burn creep into her muscles following a good hard practice. More than that she was excited to see Tyler. She had been thinking about him a lot lately, something that wasn't entirely unexpected given the past couple weeks they'd spent together. Sam had been clear that she didn't want anything permanent until Tyler had a chance to get over what had happened with Megan. "That didn't exactly stop you from sleeping with him that night, or a couple days later, or last night," She quietly smirked.
It wasn't Sam's intention to lead him on, but to be perfectly honesty she hadn't expected him to be that good. She couldn't help but skip a little as she thought about what the two of them had done last night. Smiling she remembered that it was the first time he had woken up before her following one of their trysts and she hadn't left his bed yet. It wasn't the first time she stayed a little for some post sex cuddling, but it was the first time he'd noticed. Sam remembered the feeling of having her hair stroked when she woke up, but more importantly the look on Tyler's face when she had cuddled up a little closer to his bare chest.
"I'll get him back for that tonight," Sam whispered to herself as she turned the corner and walked down the hallway to their dorm room. She thought of all the ways she could tease him, and looked down almost instinctively at her breasts pushed together tightly in her sports bra. "Too obvious," she muttered, but not before stroking her chest a little as if to tell her breasts they hadn't done anything wrong. She was only steps away from the door now and sighed, "Guess I'll have to think of something, maybe invite him into the shower with me," she smiled mischievously.
As Sam stepped through the door she was surprised to see Tyler laying back on the bed, propped up on one elbow. "Yo Sam." Tyler waved without looking up from the book that was propped out in front of him on his bed.
Sam recognized the book instantly and sighed, "Do I really have to find another hiding spot for that?"
"I'm half tempted to find one for you," Tyler chuckled still head down glancing at the page in front of him. "Your hiding spots kinda suck. I mean under your mattress, really? Did you not have any siblings?"
"There's nothing wrong with under the bed, so long as you don't have a roommate who's snooping around looking for something that isn't his." Sam rolled her eyes as she pulled her shirt over her head and tossing it into the hamper. Glancing quickly over her shoulder she saw that Tyler hadn't even looked up from the book. "Well, guess it's time to get his attention." Sam thought to herself with a grin as she reached under her arms and slid the bra up over her head and tossed it aside. "Why don't you look at something a lot nicer than that stupid book that you can't even read anyways." Sam voice dripped seduction, and although she stood back to him, she was sure she had his attention now.
"What do you mean I can't read it? I can read this page just fine-"
"What?!"
Tyler finally looked up from the book on his bed and Sam saw his eyes go wide at the sight of her. "Wow, didn't know you were going topless tonight."
"Never mind that!" Sam crossed the room and ripped the book from Tyler's hands and held it up in front of his face. "You can read this? As in you see words on this page?"
"Uh, that is how reading works Sam." Tyler's brow knit with worry, "Did you get hit in the head with a stick during practice? Because we can get you to the trainer if you think you might have a concussion-"
"I don't have a concussion!" Sam shook her head vigorously before looking at the book and gesturing to the top of the page, "What does it say here in the first line?"
Tyler still looked at her worried but obliged, "It says, 'the transformative spells listed within this section adhere to the laws of the zodiac as described in subsection three of transformative spells and their effectiveness-"
"You can read this!"
"Uh of course I can read, Sam. Are you sure you're alright?"
Sam blinked as she looked down over the top of the book at Tyler, his face a mask of pure concern. Taking a deep breath Sam closed the book in front of her and turned her back on Tyler to place the book on her own bed. "He shouldn't be able to read this," was the only thought coursing through her head. "Only people like me can read that book, and at that only a few people. He shouldn't be able to-" She felt a warm hand touch her shoulder and trace its way down to the small of her back and up again.
"Sam are you alright? You're scaring me."
Turning around she saw that Tyler had backed away a step to give her some space. "Yes, that's what I need, space." She thought as she saw Tyler's frightened face. Taking another deep breath, she regained her composure and crossed her arms over her chest. "Did you read any of the spells allowed from the book?"
"No I was just skimming through it." Tyler shrugged, "Figured you had to have some sort of magical power to be able to actually cast anything, but just to be sure I never tested it."
"Well that's good at least," Sam turned and picked up the book and walked over to her backpack. "Look I don't want you to freak out, but I'm going to take this with me, just to make sure you don't feel tempted to try anything."
"Okay, but where are you going?"
"I need some space and some time to think about this."
"Think about what? Did I do something wrong?"
She sighed as she stood back up and looked back at Tyler, confusion and a little pain surging through his face. "No Ty, you didn't do anything wrong. Well, not yet anyways. But, look, I just need some time to figure out how to deal with this. By all rights you shouldn't be able to even see letters on the page, let alone read them. So I just need some time by myself to figure out what that means."
"Alright I guess." Tyler said resigned to the fact that he wasn't going to get anything more than that at the moment.
"Thanks, I'll be back later and explain it to you then alright?" She took a couple steps towards him and kissed him quickly before turning back towards the door, grabbing the backpack as she passed her bed.
As she got to the door and put her hand on the door knob she heard Tyler whisper, "Uh Sam?" Sam turned to face Tyler who simply pointed back at her, "the girls might get a little cold going out like that. Not that I think anyone would mind though."
Sam looked down at her chest and realized she was still shirtless and her nipples were at this point rock hard standing out from her cooling body. With a sigh and a smile, she turned to her closet, grabbed a sweatshirt and slung it over her head eliciting a mock sigh from Tyler. It was then she knew that Tyler understood, his mock humor was his sign of acceptance that he trusted her and they were good as far as he was concerned. "Now I just have to make that a reality." Sam thought as she opened the door and headed for a long walk in the fading sunshine.