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Leo turned toward me in the stands and flashed me a smile.

“Are you going to blow your new boyfriend a kiss?” Sophie asked.

I elbowed her in her side. “Stop it. Do you think Jacob noticed Leo staring at me?”

“I think that they’re both pretty preoccupied by the game.” Sophie sighed.

“What?”

“Look how hot Mr. Halifax is in his mascot uniform. I swear feathers really do something for me now.”

“I love that for you,” I said. The one good thing about unmasking my kiss thief was that I didn’t need to worry about Mr. Halifax anymore. At least that was a relief.

The buzzer sounded and the stands started shaking with everyone stomping their feet and cheering.

Jacob pulled off his helmet and waved at me.

Normally I’d cheer for him. But Leo was still on the field and I didn’t want him to have any reason to speak to Jacob. “Go Eagles!” I yelled instead.

Jacob smiled.

“I mean, whose ass looks that amazing in feathers?” Sophie said as she stared at the mascot. “It doesn’t even make sense.”

I didn’t look. I was too distracted watching Gigi. She waved her pompoms in the air as she ran onto the field. She jumped into Axel’s waiting arms, straddling him around his waist.

I turned away when they started making out. “Come on, we should head to the party.” I wanted to be early so I could talk to Jacob as soon as he got there. And also, I didn’t want to have to run into anyone from Jacob’s family right now. Aunt Brooklyn had a sixth sense about knowing when I was feeling low. And I couldn’t talk to her about any of this.

Sophie didn’t respond. She was staring at Mr. Halifax. He’d just lifted his oversized jersey and was flashing the crowd his feathery torso.

It would have been sexy if a football player was doing that. Not so much when it was our teacher in a bird costume.

I grabbed Soph and pulled her down the stands. “Where is the victory party tonight?” I asked.

Sophie laughed as we made our way out of the stadium and into the parking lot.

“Why are you laughing?”

“You seriously don’t know where it is? I thought your new boyfriend would have told you last night.”

I laughed. “Would you quit it with that?”

“I’m actually being serious,” she said as she climbed into her car.

I opened the passenger side door and sat down. “What are you talking about?”

“Scar.” She put the car into reverse and pulled out of her parking spot. “The party is at Leo’s place.”

Oh God. What were the odds? “Seriously?”

“Mhm. His parents are out of town on business. It’s going to be awesome. You know, we should host one of the parties this season.”

“I can’t throw a party at my place. Even if my parents were out, Briggs and Porter would catch us red handed. And my dad is a crazy person.”

“My dad would let me,” Sophie said. “Oh, or better idea. We can throw it at Natalivanka’s mom’s place.”

“Are you insane?! We already ruined a room!”

“We didn’t ruin a room. We elevated it. Come on, it would be so fun to host. And no one would ever find out.”