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“Did you spend the weekend with Elias O’Shea?”
“Did you know Elias is off the team?”
“Are you and Elias together?”
“When’s the last time you spoke to him?”
“Do you feel responsible for getting Elias O’Shea kicked off the Wildcats? Do you think you’ve hurt his chances of going pro?”
The security guards do their best to make a path for us and we finally get to my car. Isla and I jump in, fighting to get in and close the doors. I click the lock and start the car but I have to be careful not to run the assholes over.
“Fucking hell,” Isla gasps. “These people are rabid.”
“They’re right though, Isla. It is my fault.”
“It’s not your fault, Zara. Don’t say that. None of it’s your fault.”
“I should have left when I had the chance. I should never have gone there in the first place.”
“If you’re going to blame anyone, blame me. I’m the one who got talked into dragging you over there on Saturday night.”
I’m trying to keep my eyes on the road and not get freaked out by the cars that are obviously following us. But I need to tell someone. I need to let it out. “I love him.”
I glance over to find her staring at me. “You do?”
I laugh weakly, swiping away a tear. “Am I going insane? I lost my virginity to the hot quarterback and meanwhile fell head over heels in love with him over the course of one week and now I’ve fucked up his entire life.”
“You haven’t. Your dad probably just lost his temper. It’ll blow over. He’ll come to his senses.”
“He has no sense when it come to this particular topic.”
“Just give it some time.”
“And now Elias has lost his dad. God, he’ll be so devastated. His dad was all he had.”
Until now. Now he has me. If he still wants me after I’ve cost so much.
“Zara?”
“Yeah?”
“Are you okay? Did it…hurt?” Her golden eyes are wide behind her little round glasses.
“You mean…?”
“Sex. Your first time.”
“No. I mean, it hurt a little. But it was…a good kind of pain. It was the best thing that’s ever happened to me. All of it. It was just…intensely beautiful.”
She sighs sort of dreamily. “You’re so lucky. I hope I fall in love.”
I’m still trying to figure out if she’s got a thing for Jake or not. It definitely seems that way. I don’t even know if she realizes it. “Do you have someone in mind?”
“No,” she says lightly.
I pull up in front of the players’ facility behind the stadium. There’s another smaller crowd of reporters gathered outside the doors but they must realize there’s no way they’ll be allowed in.
“Go to your classes, Isla. I’ll be okay. I don’t know how this is going to go.”
