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“Anyone want a beer?” Eva asks, opening my fridge, which is fully stocked right now. A chorus of “Me!” comes from the living room. “Can y'all be any more typical?” she asks me as she grabs the bottles and passes some to me.
“Can you grab me one?”
We both turn to see Glen.
“Nope,” Eva says, letting the fridge close with a thud. She takes the beers and delivers them to the five guys in my living room.
Glen shakes his head. “One thing you should know about Eva is she holds a grudge.”
“I do not,” she calls out.
“What's going on with y'all?” I ask.
He shrugs. “I pissed her off.”
Before I can ask what he did, Eva returns to the kitchen and stands next to me. “I don't hold grudges.”
“Yes, you do, but it's okay. I've brought my peace offering.” He pulls a bag of cookies from behind his back and offers them to her. “Drove all the way home for Aunt Beth's oatmeal cookies.”
Eva gasps, snatching them from his hands. “You got my mom to bake cookies for me?”
He nods, glancing at me. “Offering something like that, which is her favorite dessert her mom makes, helps speed up the process. Take notes, Emerson.” He grins as Eva moves around the bar to hug him.
“Thanks, Glen. I stopped being mad at you way before now, but this makes me love you even more.” She turns to me. “Can I borrow your bedroom for a second?” When I nod, she asks Glen, “Can I talk to you?”
They disappear into my bedroom. The game will start in a few minutes, so I find a seat on the couch. The guys, Ollie, Quinn, Paul, Curt, and Orlando, are discussing the match up tonight. Two are on the bar stools from my kitchen, one took a spot on the floor, and the other two brought their own seats. The couch seems to have been reserved for Glen, Eva, and me. The only three I originally knew were Curt, Ollie, and Orlando. The other two are Glen's friends. Now, we're all pretty much friends. Well, acquaintances, really. The main reason we get together is to watch football on my TV.
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bsp; Eva and Glen return as the game begins. Eva settles in next to me and I lay an arm around her shoulders.
“Who are you rooting for? Red team or blue team?” Eva asks.
Glen groans. “Don't start that crap, Eva.” He says to me, “She knows the teams. Don't let her fool you. She just likes to refer to them by color or who has the hottest quarterback.”
“Only because it annoys the hell out of you. Makes it fun.” She shrugs and I laugh.
“I'm rooting for the red team,” I tell her. “Who are you rooting for?”
A slow smile lifts her lips. “The blue team. Their quarterback is hot.”
I laugh and Glen shakes his head at her. Conversation flows between all of us guys while Eva remains relatively quiet. The pizzas we order come about midway through the first quarter. I've never seen Eva this quiet and it's weird. It's not until the third period when we're arguing about what play the red team might go with next that Eva speaks.
“They should kick because if they go with the other option, they won't convert.”
All eyes turn to her.
“The kicker has been sucking all game,” Curt says.
Eva rolls her eyes. “If they want to win, they need to kick. They're going to try and go up the middle like they have been all game. That obviously isn't working too well considering they're losing and never make it far. If they want the point, they need to kick. And he missed once.”
The guys start talking over one another as they argue about why she's wrong. Glen is the only one who hasn't voiced his opinion, and I don't because I agree with Eva. If I were to say so, they would think it's because she's my girlfriend and not because she made a good point. They get quiet as the play starts. They're going for the conversion. Eva's already smirking. Just as she said, they try to go down the middle and don't make it one yard when they had two to go.
“Told ya,” she grins.
Glen laughs. “She's a chick who doesn't care for the game, but she pays attention and knows her shit.”
“So, if y'all would quit talking and pay attention, you would have known I was right,” Eva adds. “That play will cost them the game. Just watch.”
