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“Is that the brunette or the redhead?”
“She’s the brunette. Taya Garibaldi?”
“Yeah, she’s cute. Bring her.”
“Of course you think she’s cute.” She rolls her eyes, and I don’t miss the bite in her statement.
I tuck a strand of hair behind her ear, and she looks into my eyes.
“You’re cuter,” I whisper. She gulps and gives me a small smile. “The party’s at 6 p.m. See you there?”
She bites the corner of her lips again before giving me another smile.
“See you there, Jake.” Pretty sure I’m gonna love this year.
And apparently so will everyone else. I can’t even focus on why my teammates are shit-faced on the couch when we have a scrimmage tomorrow night, because of the seemingly-willing blond female dancing on my crotch.
“You like that?” she asks, trying to attempt a sultry voice. But she smells like cigarettes. She’s also wearing eyelashes so long I thought spiders were crawling on her face.
“I certainly do, love,” I try. She believes me, though. Anything to get me through this little dance session. Anything to ignore the fact that Leia isn’t here yet for me to leer at.
Shit,Leia. Why am I thinking so hard about a girl who doesn’t even want me? I know tons of girls who do. I was just about to show this willing girl here how much I appreciate how willing she is...until I see her.
She’s walking in with Taya. But fuck me, Leia is gorgeous. In a purple thin-strapped dress that hugs all the right places. Her hair is different today, straightened. Her defined shoulders are exposed. So beautifully exposed. And so much fucking definition that I could run my...Fuck.Get your mind out of the gutter.
“Look, honey, this was fun, but I need to put more ice in the cooler.” Suddenly, Hunter walks by. “Here, Hunter can keep you company until I come back.” Yeah, coming back never. She seems to buy it anyway. She just nods, excited, and Hunter seems equally excited.By all means, be my guest.
She’s standing in the kitchen, chatting with some other girls. Such a glowing beauty radiates from her as she laughs at what one girl is saying. I’m almost to her, but that guy beats me there. Why does he follow her every-goddamn–where? I wouldn’t have been bothered if she didn’t smile at him. Or kiss him. Which is what she’s doing...as I’m walking up to sayhi. It’s like a knife stab through my heart. And yet again, I’m giving her the power to have this effect on me.
Then, she sees me. And her smile falls as she looks between me and her boy-toy.
“Larson, hey,” she says, her smile coming back.
“Hey, hun. You look gorgeous. As always.”
Her smile grows brighter, and my heart does funny shit. But the clearing of someone’s throat has me rolling my eyes.
“Am I pretty too, Larson?”
“You’re absolutely adorable, Noah. And it’sKingLarson to you.” Larson is strictly for friends. Or seemingly girls I’ve had dreams about screwing in the bathtub.
He grimaces. “It’s actually Nick.” Noah, Nate, who the fuck cares?
“Yeah, that’s great.” I wave him off. “How are you, Leia?” A nervous smile grows on her face.
“Um, I’m great actually. It’s good to see you tonight. I totally forgot you said you would be here. But this is like your frat, right? I know, it’s stupid to even ask, but—”
“Leia,” I say, making her stop. “Breathe.”
She lets out a deep breath while laughing. She has such a pretty one. And just like that, our moment is back.
“Sorry, uh...but yeah I’ve been great. How are you?”
I almost answer, but he clears his throat again. “Do you need a cough drop?”
Leia laughs as he gives me another grimace.Then stop fucking clearing your throat.
“Just a reminder that I’m still here. Since you two don’t care to notice.” He looks suggestively at Leia, who looks guilty. She looks down before giving me a nervous smile. What the fuck is going on here?
