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As we pull up to the fast-food restaurant, I groan when I see how massively long the drive-through line is.
“It’ll be quicker just to go in,” I say as I whip into one of the front parking spaces.
“Cool with me,” Isaac replies.
After I put the car into park, I pull my phone out of my pocket just to check for any messages. Isaac and Dean both have their doors open when a loud crash echoes through the car, and I’m knocked forward in my seat, nearly smacking my face into the steering wheel.
“What the hell?” Dean shouts.
I quickly flip around and check on my little brother and his friend, but they’re both fine with their seat belts still on. They’re wearing wide-eyed expressions and clutching tight to the headrests of the front seats. Through the back window, I see a Jeep Wrangler with its reverse lights on, close enough to my car to be in the trunk.
“Fuckers,” I mutter to myself as I jump out of my seat.
I’m rounding the side of my car when I see the passenger wearing an Austin State jersey with the number forty-four on the back. It belongs to our star wide receiver and resident asshole—Sean Butler.
Then I hear yelling.
“What the fuck is wrong with you?” he bellows inside the Jeep.
“I’m sorry! I didn’t see them!” a female voice shrieks in return.
I walk up to the window in time to see my teammate rearing back a hand in anger. I quickly knock on the glass.
Sean turns toward me with clenched teeth and narrowed eyes. He shoves open the car door.
“Goode,” he says with a sigh. “Thank God.”
“Are you guys okay?” I ask. Peering around Sean, I spot a head of blonde hair draped forward in the driver’s seat.
“My idiot girlfriend doesn’t know how to use a rearview mirror, apparently.”
My brow furrows at Sean, and I don’t respond as I watch the girl behind the wheel slowly look up toward me. When our eyes meet, I lose all sense of space and time.
I don’t normally attend my team’s parties or hang out with any of the players. I never fit in with that crowd. Maybe if I did, I would know Sean’s long-term girlfriend by now. Which would be much better than being struck silent in the parking lot with my brake lights shattered at my feet.
She is by far the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen. Round blue eyes, a delicate button nose, and full pink lips.
“I’ll have my dad just take care of this, if you don’t mind, Goode. That way, we don’t have to get insurance involved.”
“Yeah, sure,” I mutter, still staring at the beauty in the other seat.
“I’m sorry,” she mumbles sadly.
“It’s okay,” I reply. “You’re not an idiot.”
Her mouth lifts in a crooked smirk. Then she rolls her eyes, glancing at the back of her boyfriend’s head, making me smile.
Tearing myself away from her gaze, I look at the back of my car to see that most of the damage is to the bumper and one taillight. The car was falling apart anyway.
“Hey, no worries. Accidents happen,” I say, noting that his Jeep barely has a scratch.
“Yes, well, accidents wouldn’t happen if someone would just watch where she’s going,” Sean says with a grimace in his girlfriend’s direction.
I peek over him again. “I’m Caleb,” I say directly to her.
Behind me, I hear someone snicker. Looking over my shoulder, I notice my brother laughing to himself.
“I’m Briar,” the girl replies awkwardly.
