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“Yeah, thanks,” I spit out.
Sometimes I wonder if I’ll ever get my best friend back.
I know I hurt Rae. But she hurt me too. Yet in Joel’s eyes, I’m still the asshole who broke her heart. Nevermind that I was hurting and needed him too. Even when he was there for me, there was always an edge of frustration to it. He’d snap or flip back to being Team Rae in two seconds.
It’s hard enough with everything being so complicated with Rae. I already feel distant from her. Feeling that way with Joel sucks that much more.
I look down at the pass in my hand. Our first game is on Thursday this week and we got passes for the girls, Miles, Trevor, and our parents. I have Rae’s and I was going to give it to her right away, but now… if something’s going on with Kevin, would she even care?
“Look, I’m just saying…” Joel says.
“I got it.”
Miles clears his throat, looking between us and the room Rae just went in. He pushes the button for the elevator and says, “Did you still want my help with stats?”
I huff out a sigh. I hate that damn class. The only good thing about it is that I have it with Rae. That doesn’t feel so good now. I know things arecomplicated,but with the emotional moments we’ve had lately, I was kinda hoping that maybe she wouldn’t want to date or hook up with anyone else. I know it’s not fair. I know I could’ve talked to her before everything blew up. I know a lot of things. But I don’t know shit about where Rae and I are or where we’re going. And I don’t know shit about stats.
“Yeah. Definitely. That class is fucking me up.”
Miles smirks at me. “I gotcha. I know those classes are a bitch.”
“For everyone but you,” Joel says. “I don’t understand how your brain works like that.”
He shrugs. “Dunno, just does. I get it from my dad. And hey, it’s worked out in my favor.”
“How so?” Tommy asks as we get off the elevator and head for our room.
“Well, you put those abilities to work when figuring out which girls to hit on, and when you’re most likely to get a yes. Or ahell yes.”
He wiggles his eyebrows and I roll my eyes. “Yeah, yeah. What’s your count up to now?”
He lets out a throaty laugh. “Please, I’m a gentleman. I never—“ He coughs.
“And tell,” we all say at once.
“Yeah, we know,” I say.
Tommy rubs my shoulders. “So cranky. You hangry? Need a Snickers?”
“No. But yeah.”
Tommy grins and opens the fridge, then the cabinets. “Sorry, you’re SOL. We’ve got ramen and half a Hershey bar.”
“It’s official, gentleman. We’re broke-ass college kids,” I say.
“Says the only one with a paying job.” Miles smacks my back, manages to find an unopened bag of classic Lays, and flops down on the couch. “Come on, A, let’s do this.”
After an hour of studying, I feel like I might understand some of this crap. But I’m trying not to think about it too much. I’m worried it’s like staring too hard at a picture looking for something and you lose sight of it.
The door flings open and Rae walks in.
I wonder if there will ever be a day where my heart doesn’t skip a beat when I see her. Not that I’d ever want there to be. I hope she always makes me feel like that. Even if it hurts like a bitch right now.
“Hey! I brought brownies!” She walks over and drops onto the couch next to me, setting a plate loaded with brownies on the coffee table.
“I could kiss you,” Miles says.
“Mm. What’s stopping you?” Rae flirts. I hate it. Mostly because it’s not with me.
