Page 66 of Cheap Shot

He’d slept like shit last night and all he wanted to do was go back home and crash. Or maybe just stay here. Sleep on the table while everyone worked around him. That was fine.

“Okay,” Andy said slowly as he ran careful, assessing hands across the back of Luke’s thigh. “Yeah, what the hell? There’s a lot more swelling than I expected. How’s the pain?”

“Not good.”

“No shit,” Andy said with a snort. “Pain scale?”

Luke muttered a five.

“So a seven or eight?” Andy said.

Luke grunted.

“Did you do something to aggravate it last night? Slip in the shower or something?”

“Or something.”

Even with his face buried in the table, Luke couldfeelthe glare Andy shot him. “You gonna tell me what you did?”

“I slipped on the ice in my yard,” Luke muttered, hoping that was enough to explain it.

“Is that all? I feel like you’re holding something back.”

Luke sighed.Fuck. Apparently, he wasn’t going to be able to get away with that answer.

“I—I hooked up with someone after the game,” he admitted. “And I kinda overdid it.”

Andy let out a surprised chuckle. “Okay then.”

“Holy shit,” Tanner said gleefully. “Did I just hear that right?”

Luke groaned, hoping the table would just swallow him up.

“Who was it? Was it the hot mom?” Tanner asked, coming closer and poking Luke’s shoulder.

“No,” Luke muttered, turning his head to glare at his D-partner. “It wasn’t the hot mom.”

It was her hotter brother, he added in his head.

“The hot mom’s name wasBrie,” Graham said from the doorway. “You could at least use her name, Tanner.”

“And then I reallydidslip in the yard,” Luke said loudly.

“Yeah, after giving it to someone gooooood,” Tanner said with a cackle.

“I hate you,” Luke muttered darkly.

“Yeah, but you?—”

“Tanner, Graham, unless you have areasonto be in here, you can get out,” Andy said, sounding exasperated. “You’re not helping here.”

“I just came in to get some KT tape,” Graham said, holding up his hands.

“What’s your excuse?” Andy asked Tanner.

Tanner hopped up on the table next to Luke. “I need someone to take a look at my, uh, elbow.”

“Yourelbow, huh?” Andy sounded like he didn’t believe that any more than Luke did. “Well, when I’m done with Crawford, I’ll give it a look.”