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Mentally rolling my eyes at myself, I look away from him, telling myself that I need to get over this whole fluttery thing. That while Blaise is nice and, yes, gorgeous, I don’t have time to get all swoony over a guy. But I think maybe I could try being friends with him.
Friends. Now that’s foreign territory for me, but with everything that’s happened between us, I can’t deny that we might kinda, sorta be friends …
I think.
“So, no one knows what the assignment is?” Blaise asks, reaching for the extra packet on Jaxon’s desk.
“I do,” Ava says, her voice barely a whisper. “I can explain it to you guys if you need me to.”
“Awesome.” Blaise flashes Ava a smile that makes her cheeks flush. “I’m glad at least one of you was smart enough to pay attention.” He tosses Jaxon and me a playful dirty look.
“Well, at least Jaxon and I were smart enough to be here on time.” I throw a smirk back at him.
“That wasn’t my fault. I had a doctor’s appointment this morning.” His steady voice would make his statement believable if he didn’t get a bit twitchy.
“Are you sick?” Ava asks worriedly, chewing on the end of her pen.
Blaise shakes his head as he slumps back in the chair. “Nah, I just had to get a physical for football season.”
My brows pop up. “Youplay football?”
He nods. “So does Rhyland.”
I crinkle my nose. “Ew.”
His brows dip. “What do you mean,ew?”
“I meanew, as in football players areew.” I shudder to stress my point.
Now his brow arches. “So, you’re not into sports?”
I arch my brow right back at him. “Do I seem like the kind of girl who’s into sports?”
He wavers. “No, but do I seem like the kind of guy who plays sports?”
Excellent point. Still … “Sports are more of Londyn’s thing, and I totally support her. They mostly bore the hell out of me, though. Plus, the whole jock thing …” I pull a face. “You know what? I think I’m going to have to end this kinda, sorta friendship thing going on between us.”
I’m kidding. Well, sort of.
He presses back an amused grin. “So, you’re saying you can’t be my friend anymore because I play football?”
I give an exaggerated nod. “Yep, pretty much.”
His amusement doubles. “So, you’re not into football players?”
I nod. “That’s a definite yes.”
A twinkle sparkles in his eyes. “We’ll see.”
“What does that mean?” I ask, confused and suspicious.
He shrugs, a smile playing on his lips as he looks at Ava. “So, tell us what this assignment’s about.”
I frown as he leaves me floating in confusion. I can’t hold that against him, though, since I’d do the same thing to him if I got the chance.
As Ava quietly explains the assignment to us, I kind of zone out, my thoughts straying to my sisters and the dilemmas I need to deal with. A couple of minutes later, I feel Blaise shift in his seat. As he stretches out his legs, his knee ends up resting against mine. Those dumbass flutters sidetrack my thoughts again. I should move my leg, but the truth is that I kind of like how his leg feels against mine, which is annoying. Where’s the Hadley who’d tell him to stop being such a space hog? If I were acting like my normal, sassy self, I’d tell him to keep his leg on his side.
Yeah, that’s what I need to do.
