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“Looks like you’re stuck with me, Sofia.” Cole tipped his chin at her.
“Actually, maybe we should swap,” Aaron said, frowning, and his sister rolled her eyes.
“I hope you’re not going to be this much of an ass when I actually get a boyfriend.”
“Boyfriend? What the fuck?”
Everyone chuckled and she added, “Everyone would think I’m fifteen, not almost seventeen.”
It was our group’s turn to ride. Bryan wasted no time thrusting two tickets at the attendant and pulling Peyton into the car.
“He’s going to be so sad when she blows him off,” Sofia stated.
“Actually, I think he’ll be pretty damn happy,” Gav guffawed, and the guys all exploded with laughter.
She gawked at them. “What?” Her eyes grew to saucers. “Oh God, that’s disgusting. You know I didn’t mean—”
“Just make sure you don’t try to blow Cole off,” Gav said.
“Dude!” Aaron balked. “Not fucking cool.”
Poppy dragged him toward the next car.
“Maybe this isn’t such a good idea,” Cole grumbled.
“Thanks a lot, asshole.” Sofia stormed off toward the boarding area.
“Girls.” He shook his head, trailing after her.
“And then there were four,” Ashleigh said. “At least Lindsey isn’t here yet.”
“Maybe she won’t show,” Gav suggested.
“Oh, she’ll come.”
Lily’s eyes darted to the ground. I wanted to grab her hand and reassure her, but I didn’t want to overstep. Not here, in public.
Ashleigh and Gav boarded next, leaving us alone. “Are you sure?” I asked.
“Yeah, I think so. It only goes slow, right?”
“It does. And you’ll get great views of the town.”
“Okay.” She smiled, but it didn’t quite reach her eyes. There was a distance between us that wasn’t there before, and I only had myself to blame. But I wasn’t used to thinking about someone else. Let alone a girl like Lily. And it didn’t seem fair confiding in her about her father. I didn’t want to put her in the middle like that.
Fuck, this was hard.
When I’d been second-string QB and it was just the two of us, it was easy to pretend we weren’t doing anything wrong. I mean, we were. But it wasn’t like I would be letting Coach down because there was no relationship between us to ruin. I was quarterback now though; everything would be different.
The attendant beckoned us forward and I let Lily go ahead of me. She climbed gingerly into the car, taking the inside. I slid in beside her and pulled down the safety bar. “Okay?”
She nodded, running her eyes over the mechanism joining the car to the rest of the ride.
“You’re safe, I promise.” But the words were like ash on my tongue. She might have been safe on the ride, but I could no longer say the same thing about her heart.
The attendant went behind his kiosk and hit the button, and the ride lurched into action. Lily’s hand shot out, gripping the bar.
“It’s okay,” I said. “See.”
