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“I panicked, Gibs,” I shot back defensively. “It slipped out and I totally fucking panicked. You know what would happen if word got back to the U20 coaches that I’m not fully fit.”
Not that it matters much now, I thought bitterly. If I don’t get my shit together, my dreams are down the drain.
“And you think she’d talk?” he asked.
“Honestly, no, man. I don’t think she’s the kind of girl who talks about anybody,” I told him. “But I’m always so careful, and I lost my head and it freaked me out. I was more annoyed with myself than anything and overreacted.” Dropping my head in shame, I added, “I’m pretty sure I made her cry.”
“So, you screwed yourself?”
“You would think,” I mumbled. “But then she walked up to me at school the following morning and apologized to me.”
“Why?”
“Fuck if I know, lad.”
“Did you set her straight?”
“Couldn’t. She walked off before I had a chance,” I muttered. “And then I did it again on Friday.”
“Did what?”
“Put her in my car,” I admitted.
“Well, shit.”
“And then I went one further.”
“How?” Gibsie eyed me warily. “What did you do, Johnny?”
“I dropped her home.” Expelling another frustrated breath, I sagged back in my seat and groaned. “But then I snatched her back.”
“What the fuck?”
“I know,” I barked. “I know.”
“How do you snatch a girl, Johnny?”
I shrugged helplessly. “Fuck knows, but I did it.”
“Why?”
“Because I couldn’t let her go,” I admitted truthfully, keeping out the part about Shannon being sick. “I couldn’t let her leave me, lad.”
“Did you ride her?”
“What did I just tell you about my dick?”
“Okay, did you try and ride her?”
“What? No!” I barked. “I took her to Biddies, asshole.”
“Is that supposed to mean something to me?” Gibsie shot back. “This is me you’re talking to, lad. I’m well fucking aware of what goes on at the place.” Snickering, he added, “I’m usually in the middle of it.”
“No, I didn’t bleeding ride her. And don’t say ‘ride.’”
“Why not?”
“Not about her.” Leaning back, I pinched the bridge of my nose and sighed. “Just…not about her, okay?”
