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Jace holds his hands up. “Sorry, I don’t know everyone. I’m a busy person.”
I ignore him and turn to Roman. “Roman?” I ask, and he turns to look at me. He doesn’t smile, but he nods in acknowledgment of what I said. “After school today, do you want to come over to work on the assignment together for chem? Or we could work in the library, if that’s easier?”
“Got practice till five,” he says, and I can’t wipe the smile from my face. He’s still talking to me. We are all good.
“That’s okay. I’ll order food, and we can work over dinner. Dad will be happy to see you.”
Dad asked me when he’s going to start seeing Hunter and Roman over at our place. He said he misses the boys. I’d pouted, and he just laughed, saying he loves me, but when I left, so did they. He’s always looked at them like they’re his sons too.
“Okay.” Roman nods and turns back to the teacher.
“Do you want to wait around until we finish? I can give you a lift home,” Jace offers.
Does he think he’s coming over to study with me too?
When I don’t answer straightaway, he nods toward the back of Roman. “He has a motorcycle. Just thought, if you need a lift, it might be more comfortable in my car is all.”
Oh, wow. I didn’t know Roman rode a motorcycle. Fuck, he just went up ten points on the hot scale. I’ve always wanted to ride one. But I think it would give Dad a heart attack, and he’s too young for one of those.
“Yeah, that would be great. As much as I would love to ride with Roman, I think it’s best my dad doesn’t see me on the back of a motorcycle just yet. I can study in the library while you’re training. Who do you play this Friday? It’s an away game, right?”
“Yeah, you coming to watch us? We play East Haven Huskies. Mom and Dad will be there. They could give you a lift.”
I nod. Yeah, I’ll come watch their game. I don’t want to miss it. I like this. So far with Jace and Roman, it isn’t what I was expecting. But I’m so grateful. It’s what I wanted when I came back.
“But you need to wear Rebels colors.”
I laugh loudly, and everyone in class turns to me, and the teacher glares daggers. I look down at my desk and shuffle my books, but I can’t hide the smile.
Today has started out so perfect. I’m happy. I shouldn’t have been so worried.
There’s a loud “whoop” in the quiet of the library. There aren’t many students here, and I look over to see Hunter, wearing basketball shorts and a red tee, looking at me. His gym bag is slung over his shoulder as he jogs to me.
“Hey, Mila. I got you something to wear for the game on Friday. I packed it in my bag this morning, but I forgot to give it to you earlier.” He slams his bag down on the table, and the other student sitting close by stares at him.
I wave my hand at Hunter to lower his voice. “Shhh…have you never been in a library?”
Hunter looks around at everyone gawking at him. He grins and waves at them like he’s a royal prince on a tour. Ugh. I want to be friends with them again, so I guess I have to deal with Mr. Cocky, popular, football star and the stares from others.
Today, the guys have been nothing but friendly. It was a little jarring at lunch, and I think it might take me a few days to get used to it.
He starts to rummage in his bag, which is full of so much shit. Clothes, shoes, a water bottle, a wet towel…is that half a bag of Doritos?
“It’s in here somewhere. I packed it at the bottom, so I wouldn’t lose it.” He pulls out a bunch of random clothes, and a dirty sock drops onto the table.
I scrunch up my nose at how gross his gym bag is. “God, Hunter, did you pack your whole house in there.” Whatever he brought me is probably gonna smell bad if it’s at the bottom of all that.
He pauses, a lopsided grin on his face. “Do you know what I pack when I see you?”
Confused I ask, “What do you pack?”
“About eight inches.”
My mouth drops open. He didn’t. What the fuck?
“Hunter,” I whisper-yell, shaking my head. I hold my hand over my mouth to stop myself from laughing loudly.
He chuckles like it’s the funniest thing ever. He got me good—I walked right into that one.
