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“I don’t date football players.” Her eyes narrowed on Bryan.
“Who said anything about dating?”
“You have zero shame, don’t you?” She twirled her hair around her finger, smirking at him.
Oh yeah, this girl had trouble written all over her and I was almost certain Bryan couldn’t handle a girl like Peyton.
“Do you know what I do have though?” He waggled his brows suggestively. “The ability to rock your world.”
We all exploded with laughter.
“Oh, he’s good, Pey,” Poppy said. “I think he deserves brownie points for effort.”
“Brownie points, you say?” His eyes lit up like the fourth of July fireworks. “I like the sound of that.”
“Well, I guess since you’re here and we’re here, you can buy me a frappuccino and one of those cute little pastries.” She grabbed his hand and tugged him toward one of the food trucks.
“Is Aaron here?” Gav asked Sofia.
“No, he’s over at the Ford’s with Ezra helping get things ready. We’re having a cookout later.”
“Nice. Where is Ashleigh and—”
I spotted her down the promenade, emerging from the restrooms.
“Girl’s day out, huh?” Gav said, but I barely heard him over my pulse thudding in my skull.
“Something like that.” Ashleigh’s heavy stare drilled into me as they approached, but I didn’t meet her eyes.
Had Lily told her about what happened?
I bet she had. Girls talked; it’s what they did.
Fuck.
That was the last thing I needed, Ashleigh telling their other friends and then one of them slipping it out at school. Then Coach would brand me a liar as well as the asshole trying to mack on his daughter.
“Umm, hey,” she said. “This is a surprise.”
“You’re on our side of the river,” Gav teased.
“True, but we didn’t think… it doesn’t matter. Riverside is big enough for all of us. Where’s the other one?”
“You mean Bryan? He’s trying to win over Peyton with all his best moves.”
“Good luck there. She doesn’t date football players. In fact, she doesn’t date anyone. But that’s not the point.”
“Well, this is fun and all,” Sofia said, “but I came here to have actual fun. So I’ll be inside. Poppy?”
“Count me in.” They took off toward the arcade, leaving the four of us.
“Shall we?” Ashleigh motioned for Gav to follow her. He glanced between her and me and back again.
“Err, yeah, why not?”
“Discreet,” I mumbled, running a hand over my head and down the back of my neck.
Lily was frozen in place, her arms folded around her waist. “You must regret coming here now,” she said, barely looking at me.
