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“Bro, you’re a dick.”
“Rather be a dick than a puck bunny.”
Apparently, my finger isn’t the only thing that flies instinctively. My hand cracks across his cheek, and then I pull it against my chest.
“Fuck!”
“You got a fucking problem, Skinner?” The voice. I know it. It’s Koa.
I turn, press my hands on his chest, and tell him, “Theo needs you outside.”
His answer is a growl as he continues to glare at Skinner.
“Now!” I scream.
To this, he glances down and narrows his eyes.
“I’m not going to be the reason Bleachers gets destroyed by a Cock and an asshole. Let’s go.”
“You won the Cock hunt!” Ellie says, standing on one side of me, and Kameron sidles up on my other side. “Let’s roll.”
I try to give Koa a shove, but he doesn’t budge.
“There a problem?” Oz asks, his chest pressing against my back.
“Wondering the same fucking thing.OurRiley”—Koa’s lip curls up as he looks at Skinner—“slapped Skinner, so I’m wondering what the fuck he did to deserve it.”
“You do something to Riles?” he asks Skinner.
“Told her I’d tell you she was leaving,” he lies so obviously.
Oz stretches his arms out wide. “See, man? No issues.”
“Koa, don’t do this shit to Joey. There’s never been a fight here,” I plead, but not just for Joey, but because I’m angry, and yes, a little hurt.
“For Joey,” he concedes then points to Skinner. “You watch your ass.”
* * *
“Not sure theTahoe’s ever been this packed.” Dean laughs from the back as I pull out of Uncle Ronnie’s. “You doing good, little sis?”
“If I am going to cart your drunk asses around in this thing again, I’d appreciate a heads-up,” I joke … kind of.
“You look hot as fuck in my ride. I’m gonna buy you a booster seat, Cielo,” Theo slurs.
“That’s fucking perfect.” Ellie laughs.
“The hell is Cielo?” Leo asks.
“Heaven or sky,” Koa mumbles.
At the stoplight, I flex my hands, stretch my neck, and possibly breathe for the first time since getting into the driver’s seat.
“Which will you be, Riley? Something so beautiful, so untouchable that all I can do is gaze up at you, or will you be a place that I’ll never want to leave?”
All the tension returns, and I’m white-knuckling the steering wheel again.
“We totally called it!” I see Ellie, who’s on Leo’s lap, high-five him.
