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“Are you crazy?” I squeaked. “You pulled a knife on someone!”
“To defend you.”
Aww, how sweet.
I shook my head. No! It was bad to pull knives on people. Very, very bad.
“I didn’t ask you to do that.”
Griff sighed. “Do I need to coach you in what to say too?”
“What?”
“Thank you. That’s what you’re supposed to say when someone comes to your rescue.”
“I had it handled.”
Griff bent and scooped up the keys I’d dropped. “Still dropping keys, I see.” He walked over to the door and unlocked it.
“What are you doing? Jay—”
“Left half an hour ago.”
“Oh.” I pushed my hands into my pockets. “Then what are you still doing here?”
“I wanted to see you.” He walked into the house as if he owned it.
“Griff, you’re not supposed to be here.” I followed him and slammed the door shut. “What if Jay comes back?”
“I’ll climb through the window.”
“Wait! Just wait a minute, Griff!”
I rushed after him and…careened into his chest when he turned suddenly. He took me by the shoulders and glared at me.
Why did he look mad at me?
“Wait for what, Scottie?”
My face burned. Why did I like it so much when he called me Scottie and not Scott like everyone else? Scottie was my childhood nickname that no one called me anymore except Jay. I’d made it clear that I’d outgrown the name so people would stop treating me like a kid because of my size. Crazy to think I’d now like it when someone other than my best friend called me by that name.
“I know it’s been a week and I promised to talk to Jay, but—”
“You think that’s why I’m upset?”
“I don’t understand.”
“First you kiss me like you mean it, and then you’re out on a date with some other guy.”
Oh.
He was jealous? My heart skipped a beat, and suddenly the horrible night wasn’t so bad anymore.
I smiled.
“I mean, it’s bad enough you kissed his dad. Do you make it a habit to cheat on him?”
“What?” The high I was feeling evaporated like the poppers my ex used to force me to sniff when he was going to be rough on me. The high never lasted long enough, and then came the pain.
