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The shorter guy places both palms on the car. “If you need a driver, I’ll be happy to drive this baby for you.”
“We’ll be fine, thank you,” I say.
Lettie pinches my elbow, and we walk farther into the field party. “Don’t worry, my full attention will be on getting you laid. It may be hard in that outfit.”
As I survey the party, I’m definitely overdressed. “I’ll stay warm.”
“The point is to get a man to keep you warm.”
Lettie has on leather pants, an ivory crop top, and a tan suede jacket. Tessa is wearing a pink skirt which comes about two inches past her privates, and her legs are bare, with pink cowboy boots. And Jules wears a sweater dress with a blue jean jacket.
“Come on, let’s find Dane.” Dane is Lettie’s best friend from high school and plays on the Stallions basketball team.
I don’t know him that well, but she talks about him all the damn time. Dane and his no-dating rule.Dane aced his statistics class. Dane and I met for coffee. Dane likes it when I curl my hair.
The four of us weave through the crowd and occasionally, we talk to someone we know. Dane finally comes into view as we near the fire. “Lettie.” Dane swings her around. “Damn girl, those leather pants are tight.”
She’s on the Stallion Equestrian team and her legs are amazing.
She blushes. “Do you like them?”
“Fuck, yeah. So will every other guy here. You’re staying with me, got it?” The tone of his voice is teasing, but his body language says otherwise. His arm tightly drapes around her.
What the hell is going on? I’ve never seen Lettie blush or let a guy take command. She’s alwaysI’ll do what makes me happy and make men work for it.
“Okay,” she says softly.
Glancing around the field, there’s three huge feeding troughs of alcohol, at least fifty camping style chairs around the fire, and hammocks scattered under trees a little farther away.
“I’ll grab drinks. What do you want?”
The girls want White Claws, and the guys want beer. I trudge over the hard winter grass towards the alcohol station and pull my phone from my purse. Just one peek to make sure Caleb is being good. Part of me wants him to need me to come home. It’s nerve wracking to have one night to make a connection and then hope to never see them again.
Honestly, neither my heart nor libido wants to do this. When the guy at the car gave me the twice over, there was no fluttering in the pit of my stomach, possibly because I’m scared to get laid even though I want to get laid. My mind knows the pitfalls, but my lady parts are long overdue. Almost four years overdue.
I pack my purse with seven drinks and pop the top on mine.
“Alittleperson like you will get drunk fast. Take it easy.” The voice is gentle but rugged and low.
I spin my head to look at him, but he’s already headed in the opposite direction. The way he emphasized the word little sounded familiar. My gaze fixates on his tight jeans hugging his thick legs and tight butt.
After returning to my group and handing out drinks, my eyes are drawn to the hammocks where mystery man sits by himself. Did he have a poor performance during the game? Is that why he’s not mingling and having fun?
Jules and Tess giggle and sit on the laps of our new basketball friends.
Dane’s friend asks, “Do you want to roast a s’more?”
“No offense, but I don’t date athletes.” Why did I blurt that out? He didn’t ask me on a date; he asked if I wanted to burn a marshmallow. I’m so rusty.
“Why not?”
I don’t know if Lettie has told Dane that I’m a single mom and if he’s told his friends. “I’m concentrating on graduating. I’m already on the five-year plan.”
The guy nods and takes a pull of his beer. Dane laughs and when his goofy grin spreads across his face, Lettie sighs, aloud. The girl has it bad but won’t admit it.
I don’t know why I’m not taking the bait. Dane’s friend has gorgeous green eyes, black curly hair, and light-brown skin. While stuffing one hand in his pocket, he responds, “I get it. The pandemic messed us all up. I should graduate this year, but I have another year of eligibility because of the lockdowns.”
“Yeah, that was the year I had?—"
