I’m still not tired though. Sitting up in bed, I grab my phone and pull up my messages from the girls in a group chat.
Penny:
Wish you were here
Nat:
This is Nat. The guys are on fire tonight
Izzy:
Hey, this is Izzy. The other team is getting their asses handed to them
Penny is the only one who doesn’t use her name every time she texts. I programmed all their names in earlier in the week, but I guess they just assume I didn’t.
Vicky:
Vicky here. The other team has decided to play tackle the quarterback. Luke is getting hit a lot
Penny:
Everyone is holding their breath waiting for Luke to get up after a brutal tackle
My heart wrenches and I straighten. That’s the last text. Why is that the last text? I glance at the time. The game should be over by now.
Me:
What happened?
I lift the screen on my laptop and turn on the webcam app. Their rooms are empty. Just like I knew they’d be.
Nat:
We won!
Oh, for fuck’s sake. Yay, we won, but they don’t say what happened to Luke. He must be okay, or they would have said something. Maybe he just had the wind knocked out of him. Maybe something is broken. Maybe he’s at the hospital.
Didn’t the guys say something about Luke’s dad being out of town? What if he’s all alone in the hospital?
Vicky:
Party at Jason’s tonight
I pull up the horsemen group chat. I don’t have to ask about Luke specifically. I can just ask how the game went.
Me:
How did the game go?
I stand and pace to the bathroom and back. I mean, obviously Luke’s okay. They wouldn’t be having a party atJason’s, whoever that is, if he wasn’t. The guys probably won’t be home until late tonight.
I glance at their empty rooms on the screen. Maybe Kenz knows something. I send her a quick text to ask if she knows what happened at the game.
Kenz:
Haven’t heard anything. What does your posse of wannabees have to say?
Me:
