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“What’s happening?” Ares, which I’d learned was Lock’s sister’s name over his lengthy diatribe about who he was earlier during the hot dog incident, asked.
“Pitcher change,” Lock said.
“Great,” Ares muttered.
Lock started to laugh softly as he said, “It’ll be okay. Maybe he’ll see you and freeze.”
I really, really wanted to know what they were talking about, but without actually asking, letting them know that I was listening to every word that they said, I couldn’t show my hand.
Instead, I just sat there all miserable.
“Thank God,” Tad said, realizing that there was a pitcher change happening. “I need to pee.”
Tad was gone seconds later, and I let out a relieved breath, returning to a straight up and down position in my seat.
“Problem?”
It took me a second to realize that the rumbled question was directed at me.
I turned slightly and said, “Umm, what?”
He gestured to where Tad had been sitting. “Is there a problem?”
I made a face.
An awful, I’m ready to leave because my date is a dick, face.
“My date didn’t turn out to be as charming and charismatic as I thought he would be,” I admitted. “But he’s not necessarily a problem as much as a nuisance.” I smiled then. “I’m okay.”
He touched my cheek with one fingertip.
My smile widened.
I liked this guy.
He’d already done more for me since the game started—even if it was just buying me a hot dog and asking if I was okay—than my own date had.
The crowd around us started to talk, softly at first before their words got louder and louder until they were cheering.
“Hey, y’all are on the Kiss Cam!” Lock’s sister tittered. “Look!”
Lock and I both broke away from our stare, and I found myself staring at…myself.
Oh, and Lock.
Lock was looking up as well, then his face was turned toward me—at least on the screen, anyway. I was still looking at the screen.
People around us started to cheer and chant.
“Kiss! Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!”
I yanked my gaze away from the screen, cheeks flushing with embarrassment.
Then Lock was grinning down at me.
“Kiss?” he teased.
And something inside of me just…snapped.
