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He pointed at me like he was shooting a gun. "That. Pretty sure the PBR doesn't know what they wanna do with her yet either. So, you and me? Yeah, we need to make sure this girl is riding at the top of her game."
"Easy," I said. "She's already - "
A tapping from the other room made both of us look over. J.D. hopped up from the bed faster than his broken body should've been able to, then hurried back to his room. I followed just as the tap came again. On the bed, Cody sucked in a breath and sat up. Her eyes landed right on me, but J.D. kept going to his door.
"Hey," I said, my lips curling into a smile.
She reached up to rub at one eye with the back of her hand. "I think I passed out."
Which was when J.D. opened the door to reveal Tanner on the other side, clutching a cheap bouquet of flowers. When I looked over, so did Cody, and her lips split into a grin. The best part, though, was the look on Tanner's face when he realized it was J.D. on the other side. The bullfighter quickly dropped the flowers and looked back at me.
"Um, Cody here?" he asked.
"Let him in," she told J.D.
"Aw, man..." J.D. groaned. "But I thought I was gonna get some flowers!"
"Fuck off," Tanner told him as he pushed past J.D. and into the room. Then he lifted the flowers again. "Something for the room," he told her, thrusting them out only a little awkwardly.
But Cody's smile had turned into the sweet kind. Yeah, I might be thinking about all the ways Tanner could've played this better, but it seemed she didn't care. Nope, Cody just hopped off the bed and hurried over to take them.
"Thank you," she breathed, wrapping both hands around the plastic that contained the flowers.
"Hey, um..." Tanner looked over at me, then back to J.D. "You mind?"
Lifting my hands, I stepped back, but nope, I wasn't about to leave. J.D. headed to the bathroom, where I heard him fumbling around with something. Realizing this was the best he was getting, Tanner sighed just a little too heavily.
"Cody, can I take you out tomorrow night?"
I couldn't stop a laugh from slipping out. "Taking her in the RV?"
"My truck," J.D. hollered back.
"Nice dinner," Tanner told her, struggling to ignore us. "Nothing too crazy. Maybe a few drinks after? Just us?"
Cody glanced over at me, and her cheeks were getting pinker by the second. "Ok," she mumbled.
I opened my mouth to say something just as J.D. walked out of the bathroom. It was like the asshole knew, because he was glaring at me with a look that clearly told me to shut my mouth again. Yeah, I did.
"We don't have to," Tanner quickly assured Cody. "I just figured a real meal might be nice - my treat. And, um, I dunno. Maybe get to know you a bit, since we're dating now and all."
"Yeah, sounds good," she told him. By now, her cheeks were truly red. "When?"
"Five," he decided, taking a step back. "And I'd love to stay longer, but Aubree's heading home tomorrow, so I promised the guys we'd give her a good sendoff tonight."
"Wait, Aubree's leaving?" Cody asked. "And Hannah's not here?"
"Most of the wives don't go the whole tour," I explained. "A weekend here or there, sure, but they fly in and fly out all the time."
Cody jiggled her head in an adorably cute nod. "So what am I supposed to wear?" she asked Tanner.
"Jeans," he decided. "Something cute - kinda like that shirt." And he took another step back. "I'm gonna be a gentleman and everything."
That made the cutest little smile appear on Cody's lips. "I'll hold you to it."
And then they shared a look like the pair had some secret I didn't know about. I wasn't about to ask, but I was pretty sure "gentleman" was some kind of code word. Worse, when I looked over at J.D., the crazy boy of the PBR was grinning like he knew all about what was going on.
I was also pretty sure he wouldn't tell me a damned thing. Meant I was gonna have to up my game a bit if I wanted to keep this girl's attention. Good thing I was good at that.
