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“We could head down to Riverside? They have those food trucks on the weekend. Then we could hit the arcade?” Gav suggested, spinning a basketball in his hand. We’d been shooting some hoops, stopping only to grab a drink.
“Oh yeah. I heard they got the latest virtual NFL game. It’s not Raider territory, we’ll be good.”
Typically, Raiders didn’t cross the river into Rixon East, and Eagles didn’t cross the river into Rixon. But that had all been blown to shit when our school burned down. Riverside was right on the divide, but it was still our side of the river.
“I guess we can check it out.” It beats sitting around all day dwelling on things I couldn’t control. Like asshole fathers and coaches bearing grudges.
“Sweet.” Bryan grinned. “Let me just tell my mom we’re heading out.” He bounced off with a spring in his step.
“He is such a momma’s boy,” Gav chuckled, but his expression turned serious when he looked at me. “Were things okay when you got home?”
“I got here before nine this morning. What do you think?”
“Enough said, man. I’m sorry your dad’s an asshole.”
“Yeah, me too.”
Bryan returned and the three of us rolled out. Riverside was only a fifteen-minute drive, so we piled into my car.
“You know, I’ve been thinking about your little Monroe problem,” Bryan said. “We could put word out to someone at Marshall Prep to hurt him.”
“Dude, seriously?” I balked. “I’m not going to cheat my way to the top. When I get to the number one spot it’ll be because I fucking earned it.”
“Jeez, okay, forget I said anything.” He sunk down in his seat. “You know what else might help?”
“No, but I’m sure you’re going to tell me.”
“You need to get laid, man. It’s been what? A month? Two?”
“Just because I’m not trying to stick it in anything that moves.”
“But you should. Like I told you before, use it or lose it.”
“And how’s that working out for you? Did Peyton put out yet?” Gav taunted from the back seat.
“Hey. I’m working on it. She just needs to experience the Brymeister in all his glory.”
“You’re a dick,” I said, throwing him an amused smirk.
“You’ll see. When I’m drowning in Peyton pussy and you two schmucks are left with nothing but your right hands for company.”
Shaking my head at his antics, I pulled into the small parking lot and cut the engine. It was still early, so things looked pretty quiet. But that was fine with me. I wasn’t exactly feeling sociable.
We made our way down to the promenade. It had been built a few years ago to make the most of the sprawling Susquehanna River landscape. In the summer months they had live music and street entertainment. It was a popular hangout with the local kids, but it also brought in some passing visitors.
“Holy shit, it’s my lucky day,” Bryan said, running his hands together.
“No fucking way,” Gav said. “Did you plan this?”
“I didn’t, I swear. But if that isn’t the universe working her sweet magic, I don’t know what is.” He took off toward Peyton and her friends. I searched for Lily, but she wasn’t there, and I didn’t know whether to be disappointed or really fucking relieved.
“You good with this?” Gav asked me, and I shrugged.
“I don’t want to spoil his fun.” Flicking my head over to Bryan, I added, “Besides, it could be funny as fuck to watch her run circles around him.”
“We have got to stop meeting like this,” Peyton said.
“Told you, babe, it’s written in the stars.”
