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I frown at that. “What are you talking about?”
He sighs and looks down at the ground, refusing to look back at me.
“Are you as attracted to me as I am to you?”You have no idea how much. But I can’t tell him that.
I remember he told me his hockey team is spending a season in Slovakia for a game series. And it’s for a few months. We can’t start something right now.
“Of course, I am. But aren’t you leaving for Europe soon?”
He grinds his teeth and looks back up at me. “We leave next week,” he mumbles.
I give him a pointed look.
“Seeing you for a week doesn’t sound too great, Jake.” He stares at me. The silence settles for a moment as the birds and wind become apparent. His face is devoid of emotion, yet I can read so much.
“Come with me.”
Those three words send me for a loop. I laugh at this declaration, but his serious face tells me he wasn’t joking.
“Jake, I can’t—”
“Sure you can. Travel with me for the next few months. Watch me play. God, I need you to.” I just stare at him. His face tells he’s serious.
I always dreamed of going to Europe. But I never pictured doing it with Jake Larson. And it seems much more pleasant.
“What about plane tickets?” Surely the hockey program has tickets already paid for.
“I’ll tell Coach to pay for your ticket.”
“No, I couldn’t ask that—”
“Coach will take care of it. He’s paying for your damn ticket,” he bites out.
“Jake...”
“I want you to travel with me. Anything to make this thing work between us. I’m not sure what it is, but I want to explore it, baby.”
I gape at him. He’s serious. Swallowing, I tuck a strand of hair behind my ear. “Where would I stay?”
“With me.”
Excitement thrums in my stomach, the sensation I feel down to my toes. Me alone in a hotel room with Jake? I can’t imagine anything better.
“In your room? I doubt the hockey boys would be able to fraternize.”
“It’s not fraternizing if the girl I like is staying with me in my hotel room.” He said it. He fucking likes me. “Go with me. Be my good luck charm.”
I don’t know what to say to this. The track preseason meets end next week anyway. And the hockey team will be away for a few months for the European Hockey Series. Could I take a semester off of school and spend it with Jake Larson on a completely different continent? I have a big decision to make, with so little time.
