american boy | cole caufield [completed]

xvi. operation get cole and steph together

September 23, 2019

Steph wakes up to her alarm going off at 8am and quickly changes into black lululemons, a Vladimir Guerrero Jr Blue Jays shirt, and Air Maxes. She leaves her hair out naturally and grabs a light jacket. She goes to the bathroom and brushes her teeth before going back into the room. She grabs her things and leaves the room. She leaves the dorm and makes the 12 minute walk to her SOC 274 class. She stops at one of the Starbucks on campus and picks up a PSL and a bagel before heading to class. She waits outside the classroom and sees Alex coming up to her.

"Hey, Alex," she smiles, waving at him.

"Hey, Steph," he smiles, hugging her.

"Happy 1st day of Fall," she smiles, taking a sip of her PSL.

"Is that a PSL?" he asks, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes it is. Nothing says Fall like a PSL, Alex," she adds with a smile.

"Oh I bet," he teases. "Anyway, the guys are going over to Pelt's house tonight. His parents are going out of town for a couple days so we're just gonna chill. Do you wanna come?"

"Sure. Can you guys pick me up?" she asks.

"Of course. We'll pick you up at 7," he informs her.

"Alright. So how's Chem going?" she asks.

"Honestly, not terrible. Obviously, it's just 101 and it's harder than Chem in high school, but it could definitely be worse," he informs her.

"That's good to hear," she smiles, glad he isn't having trouble like some student athletes do.

"What about this soc class?" he asks.

"Really good. It's about the history of policing in western society. It's really interesting so far," she explains.

"So you want to get into law enforcement?" he asks her.

"No, I just want to become a criminal sociologist or a professor. I've always loved studying crime and it's why I'm doing a sociology major. I love having the criminology aspect in sociology," she explains.

"That's really cool," he smiles, running a hand through his hair.

His professor shows up and he goes inside the classroom. After a couple minutes, her professor shows up and she goes inside the classroom. She takes a quiz on the reading which was on the first police force in London and feels like she aces it. She also gets the grade back on her 1st quiz and sees she got a 92 on it. The test of the class is spent with her professoring lecturing and before she knows it, it's 9:50 am and the end of class.

She leaves the classroom and heads to the library to get a head start on the next reading for SOC 274. She heads to a table near a window in the back and gets started on the reading, setting an alarm for 10:45am. She gets through half of the chapter, taking notes throughout it, before heading to her Nutrition class.

She arrives at the giant lecture hall and sits in the back of the hall so she can relax as she gets bored out of her mind through the lecture. Before she knows it, the class is over and she heads to the nearest dining hall for lunch. While making her way there she catches her roommate Alessandra and they eat lunch together.

After lunch, Steph heads back to her dorm while Alessandra heads to her next class. She goes to her room and tidies up her room a bit and decides to do laundry while doing some homework. Luckily, her dorm has a laundry room in the basement. Before she knows it, it's 3:45pm and she's done with laundry.

She folds all her clothes and puts them away before heading to the bathroom to get ready for the hangout with the guys. She showers and washes her hair before heading to the room. She keeps her hair in a bun before changing into a white tank top, camo jeans and a matching camo jean jacket, and Gucci sneakers.

She heads to dinner at the nearest dining hall. After eating quickly, she walks back to the room and waits for the boys to text her to pick her up. At 7:02, she gets a text from Brock.

From: Brock

We're outside

To: Brock

Be out in a sec

She grabs her things and leaves the room. She leaves the dorm and immediately spots Brock's car. She gets into the car and immediately greets them all, as they drive off towards Pelt's house. The song Panini by Lil Nas X plays in the background as they drive through the streets of Madison. After 15 minutes, they arrive at Pelt's house. They park on his block and all pile out of the car.

They walk up to the front of the house and ring the doorbell. Pelt answers the door and greets them, allowing them to enter the home. They get inside the house and notice a bunch of the guys already there. They're all in the living room spread out on the couches and bean bag chairs on the floor. Alex and Owen are playing Chel, while the others are watching and a couple are stuffing their faced with food.

Steph sits down in between Cole's legs on the floor and leans her back against his chest.

"How was your day?" he asks her, as he wraps his arms around her.

"It was good. I got a 92 on my first quiz in my soc class," she informs him.

"That's my girl," he smiles, kissing her cheek.

Owen loses to Alex and bitches about it. All the guys play at least once and even Steph joins in on the fun. After playing chel, they decide to play some games.

"Cole and Steph, do you guys wanna go to the hallway closet on the 2nd floor? There's a bunch of games in there and you guys can bring a few of them down," Pelt asks.

"Uh sure," Cole says awkwardly.

"Yeah I can go with you," Steph shrugs, a little oblivious to what's going on.

They head upstairs and go to the hallway closet. They turn on the lights and don't see any game in there. All they see is party stuff in there. When they notice there's nothing in there, Cole tries to open the door but the door won't budge. What they don't know is that Alex and K'Andre secretly locked the closet from the outside so they can't get out.

"Um what's wrong?" Steph asks.

"The door won't budge. We're stuck in here," he groans, shaking the handle.

"Fuck," she groans.

He starts slamming on the door and they hear laughter coming from outside the door.

"This isn't fucking funny!" Cole groans.

"Until you and Steph get don't talk about your feelings, you'll be in there," Alex announces.

"Turcs, I'm gonna fucking murder you! I swear to God!" Cole growls, getting more irritated.

"Yeah, this isn't fucking funny guys! I get claustrophobic," Steph whines, not wanting to be stuck in a closet forever.

"Well get your shit together and then you'll be able to come out," K'Andre adds.

"I hate you both so much for this!" Steph adds.

They both look at each other and realize that they'll have to do what Alex and K'Andre say to get out of the closet.

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Hey guys, sorry for the long wait for the chapter! Holiday season has been busy for me with family and work but I'm doing the best I can! I hope you enjoyed this chapter and the next one is gonna be a big one so stay tuned for it! Also, I decided there's only gonna he 4 more chapters + the epilogue left of this book

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Taty