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“You’re going with them, Lil?”
I finally lifted my eyes to his. “Yeah, I said I would.”
“Be careful, okay?”
“We will.” I laced my arm through Peyton’s. But he wasn’t talking to everyone; he was talking directly to me.
“Okay, go, before I change my mind.”
“Let me just grab Cole and the guys—”
“Guys? What guys?” Dad murmured, but Peyton was already dragging me away.
“We love you, Dad. See you later.” Poppy caught up to us, still laughing.
“I swear, one day he’s going to have a heart attack.”
“If he finds out about Lily and Ka—”
“Peyton!” I nudged her in the ribs.
“You need to stop doing that,” she said.
“And you need to stop running your mouth.” I snapped.
“I’m sorry. Jeez. It’s only Poppy.”
“Yeah, but we don’t know who’s listening.”
We all congregated at Ashleigh and Aaron’s cars.
“Ladies, looking good.” Bryan joined us. “So, are we doing this or not?”
“We’re doing it.” Aaron grinned. “But whoever doesn’t do the Scare House has to buy everyone else cotton candy.”
“You know I can’t do that one,” I said, heat creeping into my cheeks.
“You don’t count, Lil. I’m talking about these douchebags.” He flicked his head to Bryan and Gav, with no hint of teasing in his voice. He got it. “Hey, where’s Thatcher?”
“I’m here.” He approached us.
“Nice game, QB,” Ashleigh said.
“Yeah, thanks.” He rubbed his jaw, barely making eye contact with anyone.
Especially me.
“What’s going on?” Lindsey walked right into the center of our small gathering and swished her braids, almost whipping me in the face.
“Stupid bitch,” Peyton grumbled.
Lindsey wasn’t interested in us though; she had her sights firmly set on the guys.
“We’re… uh, just deciding what to do,” Aaron mumbled.
“What do you mean? I’m throwing a party. I always throw a party after a game.”
“Yeah, but the county fair is in town and we thought—” Gav elbowed Bryan in the stomach and he spluttered over his words.
