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I nod. “I’ll have the ribs too, but with a beer.”
Oak clears his throat. “I’ll have the burger and fries.”
She nods. “Sure thing. Coming right up.”
I rub my stomach. “I’m starving.”
“When aren’t you starving?” Oak asks, shaking his head. “You ate an entire plate of pasta for lunch, followed by three helpings of dessert. Where do you even put it all?”
I shrug. “I burn it off. That’s what happens when you are active.” My stomach grumbles. “See, starving.”
Gav rolls his eyes. “You don’t know what it is like to be truly starving.”
“And you do?” I ask.
He nods, a dark look in his eyes. “Yes,” he says simply.
I don’t know what my friend went through to make him as fucking sadistic as he is, but it couldn’t have been good. “Fair enough. I’m just hungry. It’s a saying.”
“One that is said far too flippantly.”
Jenny comes over with our drinks.
“Thank fuck for that. We need to get drunk and liven this conversation up.”
Oak shakes his head. “You know my plan is in motion now.”
I sit up straighter at the mention of the sole reason Oak bought the academy. “Right. I forgot Eva had arrived, since she’s not been in any of my classes.” I run a hand across the back of my neck. “How is she doing after those bitches fucked her up?”
Oak’s jaw clenches. “Fine. I’m taking advantage of the fact she’s not going to gym or combat classes to use her to bring down her parents.”
I nod. “All the boys are talking about how hot she is. Is she hot?”
Oak clenches his fists. “She’s alright. I guess.”
From the look in his eyes, he thinks she’s more than alright, which would complicate his plans if he wanted her in that way.
“Anything like her asshole parents?” I ask.
He runs a hand through his hair. “Practically the opposite.”
Gav frowns. “Don’t tell me you’re getting cold feet?”
Oak shakes his head. “Of course not. She’s just not what I expected.”
Gav’s about to speak when Jenny comes over with two plates of ribs and a burger.
“Thank God, I’m sta—” I notice Gav glare at me. “So hungry.”
She smiles as she sets my plate of ribs down in front of me. “Sorry we’re very busy, but I hope you enjoy your ribs.” Again, she gives me a look and I ignore it. Oddly, for the first time, I’m not even tempted by her flirting.
“Thanks.” I pick up a rib and devour it, getting a disgusted look from Gav, as she hasn’t even put his ribs in front of him yet and I’m already eating.
“What? I’m hungry.”
He rolls his eyes as Jenny walks away, looking a little deflated at the lack of reciprocation. Despite knowing I couldn’t go there, I’ve always been a little flirtatious, but I’m not feeling it today and I know the reason.
Adrianna Vasquez.
