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We lost, and there was no going back.
No second chances.
“Whatever. It’s done now.” Clenching my fingers around the glass, I tilt my head back and empty the drink, letting the whiskey burn its way down my throat.
It was all my damn fault.
“What are your plans now? Finals are done. Are you going with the Coles for Christmas?”
Yeah, right. I haven’t been talking with either of the Cole siblings, and I was pretty sure they didn’t want to see me.
“Nah,” I lift my head and signal the bartender for another drink. “I have to go home.”
My dad’s been on my ass since the loss, demanding that I come home. I didn’t see the point. It’s not like they want me there. But now that school was done, and there wasn’t any more football as an excuse, there wasn’t anything that I could do to avoid the inevitable.
“You’re going back home?”
“I already told…” The words die on my tongue as I register the sound of the voice.
Abruptly, I turn in my seat and come face to face with Jade. It’s like the air’s been kicked out of my lungs at the sight of her. “Jade,” I breathe as I just stare at her.
She’s the last person I expected to find here.
“Sorry,” she looks down, tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear. “I didn’t mean to listen, but I couldn’t help overhearing while I was waiting for my order.”
“Your hair.”
I reach for it, like the dumbass I am, but stop myself at the very last second.
I have no right to touch her.
Not any longer.
“Gotta love Prime, right?” she chuckles nervously. “Girls convinced me to get a few different wigs. See how I feel about them.”
The dark brown wig looks similar to her natural hair, except this one has the first strand bleached platinum. It looks good on her. Then again, even if she put a potato sack on, it would look good on her.
“You didn’t need to get a wig.”
“I know,” she shrugs. “It actually helps. People don’t stare as much since I blend in, which makes me feel less self-conscious.” There’s a beat of silence as we stare at one another. The bartender placed a drink in front of me, but I let it sit. I’m too wound up to drink, to do anything really.
“I’m sorry about the game,” Jade whispers. “I know how much you wanted to go all the way.”
Of course, she knows. She was there to see me at my lowest, see how much I sacrificed to win, and still, it wasn’t enough.
It’ll never be enough.
Because everything I touch turns to shit.
Turning back to the bar, I grab the drink, gulping down half of it. “It is what it is.”
Jade shifts from one foot to the other. “Well, I’ll let you boys be. I guess I’ll see you around?”
“Yeah, sure.”
She stands there for a beat longer before she finally leaves. I watch her from the corner of my eye as she moves a few feet away and picks up her order from the bartender. The guy flirts with her, and she returns his smile.
My fingers tighten around the glass as I glare at him across the bar.Back the fuck off, douchebag.
