The PreGame Ritual (Lynstone University Book 1) by Alexandra Warren Page A

me on.” I could see the nerves in his eyes but I still couldn’t put myself in such a compromising situation. It would be just my luck that my coach walks in, or a teammate, or even somebody like Parker.
    “I got you on one out of two, Miles”
    “ Ava …. please.”
    Where the hell did these cute ass puppy dog eyes come from?
    “Miles, we…”
    “ Please , ma.” he said, with a little kiss and nibble to my collarbone. Combine that with the begging, and the puppy dog eyes and suddenly I was easily convinced.
    “Fine, Miles. But if we get caught, I’m….”
    He cut me off. “We won’t get caught as long as you’re quiet, ma. Now let’s go.” I let out a nervous breath as he guided me down the hall before looking both ways and damn near shoving us into the equipment room. Since it was completely dark, I ran right into a rack of basketballs causing them to tip over.
    “Shit! I told you, you gotta be quiet, Ava,” Miles said with a whisper as he awkwardly used his hands to find me. “Listen. If you take a few steps back, the Dr. Dish shooting machine should be right there.” He held my hand as I did what he said and sure enough, my ass bumped right into it. Once Miles heard the bump, he gave a little laugh before grabbing me by my hips and hoisting me on top of the machine. He slid in between my legs and began kissing me with an urgency that practically made me forget where we were.
    I mean, my eyes were closed in ecstasy anyway.
    Miles had one hand under my shirt, caressing my nipple through my bra while the other one worked to take off my leggings. I balanced myself long enough to give a little lift while he yanked them down my legs to my ankles so I could kick them off. Simultaneous with my leggings hitting the floor, I heard the distinct rip of a condom being opened.
    “Oh, so you just knew I was gonna say yes, huh?”
    “No. I just knew I wanted to be prepared in the event that you actually did,” he said with a sexy little laugh that went straight to my exposed lower half. I leaned back against the shooting machine to give him better access.
    Leave it to me to be on top of the machine that I practically use daily bustin’ it wide open.
    His mouth was hot as he kissed from my toes, to my calf, and down my thigh before he found what he was looking for. There was a hesitance to his moves and I could assume that even in the dark, he was searching for my eyes to make sure I was okay. He was courteous like that, always making sure I was comfortable with whatever we were doing before we did it.
    But to make things very clear, I grabbed the back of his head and gently guided it to its intended destination.
                 
     
     

miles.
     
    One more game.
    We had to win one more game to solidify our spot in the championship. Since I was only a freshman and would have a few cracks at it, it really wasn’t a huge deal if we didn’t accomplish the ultimate goal.
    Hell, I was just happy to have made it as far as we did.
    Ava, on the other hand, had trouble thinking about anything other than the championship. It made sense considering she was a Senior so this was ultimately her last shot at it, but I wished she would just calm her ass down and recognize that it was out of her hands. She had already done everything she could control, now she just had to wait and see how God would play it out.
    With both of our teams in the Final Four, ESPN wanted to do a joint story about our respective programs. Since Ava was the star player on her team and I was pretty popular on the boy’s team, we got chosen to do the main interview. People who knew us as individuals pretty much knew we were together, but we hadn’t quite gone public with it by choice. The last thing we needed was the whole world in our business while we tried to figure things out for ourselves.
    Well, while Ava tried to figure things out.
    There was no confusion on my end from the first time I laid eyes on her.
    Ava was everything;