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He immediately stands up and leaves.
What’s wrong with him?
Leaving my food, I follow him again. He moves faster and slips into the indoor pool facility.
Once I step inside, he grabs my hand and then pushes me against the wall.
“What the hell is going on with you, Kevin?” I notice the cold look in his eyes. “You’re starting to worry me.”
“I saw you this weekend.”
“I saw you, too,” I say. “We hung out at the party.”
“I saw you damn near fucking Easton Rush outside.” He hisses. “Easton. Rush. Your sister’s boyfriend and you haven’t said shit about it to me.”
“I…” I swallow. “We were just drunk.”
“Scarlett, I wasn’t born yesterday.”
“You said it yourself. Tully overdid it on the tequila.”
“That wasn’t a drunken kiss.” He looks into my eyes. “That was an ‘I want you to fuck me’ kiss and it didn’t end for a long ass time.”
Silence.
“As much as I hate your sister, what you’re doing is dead-ass wrong, so I’ll give you three options,” he says. “One, you promise to never do that again and I’ll take your secret to the grave with me. Two, you tell Tully and apologize, or—”
“I love him.” I interrupt. “I’ve loved him long before they were a thing and the only reason I dated college guys was to keep my mind off him, to try to move on from him, but I can’t…”
His jaw practically unhinges and hits the floor.
“I didn’t tell you because I didn’t know how to.” I let out a breath, grateful that someone else finally knows. “I’ll tell you now, though. Please let me tell you now…”
* * *
Hours later,we’re sitting on the floor, our backs pressed against the tile as the pool waters slosh in front of us.
Kevin has been silent the entire time I bared my soul. Never interrupting, only finding new ways to look shocked and confused.
The bell rings for the final period of the day, but neither of us makes a move to go to class.
Students rush in, clad in their swim gear.
Easton walks by us and stops.
“Hey Kevin and Scarlett,” he says.
“Hey.” “Hi.”
“Will you tell your sister that I’ll be over later? I have a meeting after practice.”
“Sure thing.”
He walks away and Kevin shakes his head.
“Wow,” he says. “You two are ver impressive. I would’ve never read into that ‘meeting’ until now.”
“He’s not talking about me, Kevin.” I lean against his shoulder. “He really does have a meeting with his coach.”
