Chapter 52

Xander woke early, as usual. Susan was still sleeping, so he elected to go for a bike ride. When he returned, she was gone. Xander changed his sheets, took a shower, got dressed, and headed to the kitchen to make breakfast.

Jack was a big fan of biscuits and gravy with a side of eggs, or hand pies—a fried crust filled with fruit or meat. Jack’s favorite was pork sausage and onions.

When Jack wasn’t around, Xander made what he and Izzy liked, namely, anything with a Mexican bent since they’d lived in Dallas. This morning, he chose to make enfrijoladas.

He made the enfrijoladas by lightly frying tortillas until crisp and filling them with scrambled eggs. Then he covered them with a pureed bean sauce. The bean sauce was made with garlic, onions, and chipotle to add a smoky undertone.

One of the boner twins came in and saw what he was making.

“Everybody, get up! Xander’s making enfrijoladas!”

Izzy came into the kitchen with the others and grabbed plates. She put the boner twins to work setting the table and getting everyone drinks. Soon, they were all seated at the kitchen table. Xander would fill a plate, and Izzy would deliver it.

“I can’t believe I’ve never had this,” Susan said.

“I can’t believe your brother can cook, Izzy. He’ll make someone a good wife someday,” Ryan quipped.

“You’ll wish you learned to cook when you get your first place and are stuck eating ramen noodles every day,” Xander said.

That brought some bad flashbacks. Cooking was one skill he’d brought from the previous timeline that he was glad he had.

Ryan tried to get Susan to spill the tea about sleeping with Xander, but she claimed they’d just slept. Izzy and Jennie said nothing, but Xander could tell they weren’t buying it.

After breakfast, the girls volunteered to clean up while the boys traipsed down to the man cave to play pool. It was laundry day, so Xander gathered all the clothes to be washed. As he did so, he chuckled, remembering four years earlier, when his mom was shocked to find him doing laundry when he first came to this timeline. Now, Xander took turns with Izzy doing laundry each week. And it was good that he did it this morning so he wouldn’t have to explain the giant wet spot on his sheet and the soiled towel.

Once he had the first load in, he called Pippa and then Mike to touch base; he’d stayed in contact with the two of them after he moved to Fayetteville. Pippa confided that she and her boyfriend were going through a rocky patch. The guy had pictures from a junior girl on his phone that showed a little too much to be innocent.

Xander quizzed her about how she knew, and Pippa admitted to using his thumb to open his phone when he was passed out from drinking too much. She figured if he passed out on her, then she had a right to invade his privacy. Xander tried to warn her that her guy might not take it well, but Pippa said she planned to talk to him.

On the other hand, Mike was stoked when Xander told him he was considering enrolling early. He and Barb had also been accepted to the U of A and would start school in the fall. Mike suggested they might room together, but Xander had been told he had to room in the football dorm with a fellow player. He told Mike about his apartment and suggested he and Barb might want to rent a room for their sophomore year.

Mike was worried that Barb might not want to live with two guys. Xander told him that Caleigh and Taryn would rent one of the other rooms, so the girls would outnumber the guys.

Xander realized he could afford to live alone with his NIL deal, but his frugal side came into play. It made sense if he could rent to his friends and use that income to offset taxes and utilities on his unit. Besides, Xander liked all four of them. He might have gone for the privacy if it had just been him and Olivia.

Xander was on his third load of laundry when he noticed something: it had gotten awfully quiet. He’d learned in his past life that he should go investigate when his niece Nevis suddenly got quiet with friends over. So he left to find out what Izzy was up to and found all of them in the hot tub room.

Seeing his sister with a cock in her mouth caused a reaction—his first thought was that one of the boner twins was about to lose his life. Then he looked around and saw Susan blowing the other twin while Jennie was jacking Ryan off.

That was when the hormone devil saw Jennie’s skimpy bikini bottom. Suddenly, Xander was rock-hard. He was a confirmed butt man; he liked them small and firm, and as a gymnast, Jennie checked every box Xander had for an ideal bed partner. He’d had many jerkoff sessions imagining his big dick splitting Jennie in half.