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“Hey, Mom,” he grunts.
“Where’s your brother?”
“He’s inside, using the bathroom.”
With a nod, she steps forward onto the walkway. “No tackling,” she warns us.
“Yes, Mother,” Alex says.
“Don’t get dirty before dinner.”
“Okay, Mother.”
“No worries, Dr. Kirby,” I say, flashing a smile. “We’ll be in soon.”
“Will Julie be joining us?” she asks Alex.
“Nope,” Alex says. “I broke up with her.”
Rose stalls on the sidewalk. Dana, too. I stand still, having been there for the breakup itself.
It… wasn’t pretty.
“What?” Rose asks in surprise. “Why?”
“Because I’m a college guy now,” Alex says, scoffing. “I don’t need some high school girl tying me down.”
She tilts her head, disappointed, before resuming her stride toward the house.
“What?” Alex asks, his hands turned up.
I breathe a quiet laugh. Truthfully, I’m not sure I wouldn’t do the same in his shoes. We’ve been talking about college for ages now; all the things we’ll do as Northies, as Alpha Delta Xi brothers, as Bearhawks. Emotional attachments would just get in the way of that.
Dana stays a step behind her parents. She glances over her shoulder, her blue eyes focusing on me for a moment before leering at her brother.
“Connor!” Alex says. “Throw the rock, man.”
I toss the ball back, adding a little extra heat to it. Just like his old man, Alex catches it without shifting a single dark hair on his head.
“You really think you have it, don’t you?” he asks.
I look at him, raising my hands just in time to catch the ball targeting my face. “Have what?” I ask.
“Scout QB.”
“Sure, why not?” I throw it back. “You think I don’t?”
He catches it. “I think it’ll be harder than you think.”
“Oh, really?”
“Yeah.”
“Why?”
“Because you’re not at Chicago North High anymore, Dorothy,” he jokes. “This is Chicago North University. Home of the legendary Bearhawks.”
“Yeah, so?”
