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HENRY
I couldn’t believeI’d pulled it off. I was spending time with Lark in public with friends all around us. The line to the bumper cars was relatively short, so it was easy to step up with our tickets and hop in the two cars next to each other before either of us changed our minds about going off on our own.
Once the cars got moving, the battle was on. We smashed into each other and laughed our asses off so much that we stayed for round two.
“Oh my God, Lark, I don’t think I’ve laughed that hard in forever.”
“Same,” he said with a dreamy smile on his face. I loved seeing it.
When we caught up to our friends, most seemed none the wiser about our absence because they were into competing with each other. Well, mostly Bones and Emil, who had a stuffed animal in his hands.
“Hold this, will you?” Emil said to Lark, shoving the bear at him. “I have some more ass to whoop.”
“Oh, you wish,” Bones said as they moved to the duck-shooting game, and we all followed. They went first, and when Bones lost again, Flash pushed him out of the way to play against Leah.
“What is this, battle of the Roosevelt sports teams?”
“Dance is a sport?” Bones asked, scratching his head.
“It’s a sport and an art form,” Lark replied, and Justin fist-bumped him.
I almost remarked that he had practically beaten me in a sprint—okay, he cheated—but there was no way I could mention it to our friends, and I hated that.
Why couldn’t we acknowledge we’d spent time together off-campus? I opened my mouth to say it, then immediately chickened out.
“Where’s Spence?” I asked, realizing he was nowhere around.
A-Train grinned deviously. “Remember that girl he hooked up with first week of practice? Well, she was here, and they decided to hang out.”
“Seriously?”
Flash patted my shoulder. “He said not to wait up.”
Interesting. Good for him.
“Hey, you want a crack at this game?”
“I, uh, ran out of tickets,” I replied, suddenly distracted. “I’m gonna go get some more at the booth.” I began backing away as my eyes met Lark’s. “Feel like a walk? I think you said you ran out too.”
“Yeah, but I…” He caught on. “Oh, yeah, sure.”
Nobody seemed to pay us any attention as we walked away.
“Did you really run out of tickets?” Lark asked.
“Maybe.” I shrugged. “Just didn’t feel the vibe anymore.”
“I hear you.”
“Are you, uh, staying at Emil’s tonight?”
“I am. I figured why not.”
“Where are you sleeping? In the same bed?” I felt possessiveness take hold like a hot brand in my chest.
“I think so. Why, are you jealous?” he asked with a laugh.
