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“Talk about demanding. Geez.” I inhaled a deep breath. “He ignores me and then just starts barking orders at me?” Shaking my head, I shoved away the uncertainty of what was going on. I tried to focus on the fact that I was actually going to meet him for the first time and let it end at that.
I called Erica, and she was already on her way to the game. She didn’t mind picking me up. I didn’t live far from the school. My parents were out of town for the weekend, away on their yearly anniversary trip, so I didn’t have to worry about them. The staff was still around to watch over me technically, but I was getting older. There wasn’t much babysitting to be done anymore.
After I told the housekeeper, who used to be my nanny, I was going to the football game, she reminded me to be home by my ten o’clock curfew. I hated that I had to be home two hours earlier than most of the people at my school, but I’d take what I could get.
I hightailed it into Erica’s car. Once we were pulling up to the stadium, it all hit me. I was going to meet Chase, the guy I’d been talking to for over a year now. Suddenly I was extremely nervous, hoping we’d have as much chemistry in person as we did online.
“Belle, what’s up? Your leg won’t stop bouncing up and down.”
“Oh,” I rasped, stopping the movement. “I’m meeting someone here, and I’m just super anxious about it.”
“Who are you meeting?”
“This guy named Chase. We met online.”
“Online? That sounds kind of sketch, don’t you think?”
“It’s not like that. I trust him.”
“Does Tristian know?”
Her question caught me off guard. “Why does that matter?”
She shrugged. “I don’t know. I guess I see the way he looks at you.”
“Looks at me?”
“Yeah, with this like longing or something.”
“I’ve never noticed that.”
“I pick up on random things. It’s a blessing and a curse.”
I chuckled. “How often do you catch him looking at me?”
“At least once a day.”
“What?” I jerked back. “Really?”
“Yeah.”
“Why didn’t you ever say anything?”
“I thought you knew.”
“I didn’t.”
“Don’t your families hate each other, though?”
“Yeah.”
“Wow. The plot thickens. Now you’re meeting up with another guy. This should be interesting.”
“Tristian probably isn’t here.”
“Are you kidding? He comes to all the games. He has to show up for his pussy parade.”
“Oh, great…”
