Along for the Ride by Rachel Meinke

Author:Rachel Meinke
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: YAF052020, YAF018070, YAF047030
Publisher: Wattpad Books

CHAPTER 17

Nothing felt better than a full night of sleep back home in my own bed. My mom was making breakfast when I came downstairs, the smell of pancakes wafting through the air.

“I love you,” I said, as I sat down on a bar stool at the kitchen island. “This smells so good.”

She blew me a kiss, and then pointed to her Bluetooth. I grabbed myself a glass of milk as she talked on the phone.

“Okay, I’ll see you then,” she said. “Love you. Bye now.”

“Was that Connor?” I asked.

She shook her head. “Your dad.” She came around and kissed my forehead. “Good morning.”

“I’m so excited for pancakes.”

“Some things never change.” She flipped the pancake in the pan.

“I used to make you and Connor Saturday morning breakfast every weekend. And the two of you would fight over what you wanted every single time.”

I’d forgotten about Saturday morning breakfast fights. “Connor for French toast, me for pancakes.”

“You almost always won,” she said. “You sure do know how to get your way. You must get that from your momma.”

“What did Dad want?” I asked.

“Your soccer game is between the New Orleans and Orlando shows, so he and Connor are going to fly in for the game.”

That couldn’t be right. “Dad and Connor are going to fly here from Louisiana to see my game?”

“Connor’s idea.”

Wow. I didn’t know how to quite react to the fact that Connor was going to hop on a five-hour flight to come and watch me play.

Connor never came to see me play. Neither did my dad for that matter.

“And this wasn’t under your influence?” I asked.

She shook her head. “I was always going to come to your game, of course. But Connor said he wanted to come, and of course your father is excited to see you play too.”

I highly doubt that. But I appreciated the lie nonetheless. “Wow.”

She handed me a plate, two pancakes stacked on top. “Next batch is cooking.” My mom knew me too well.

As I dug into my pancakes, my phone buzzed on the counter next to me. I glanced down to see Zach’s name on my home screen.

My fork dropped out of my hand in surprise. Zach had not only read the winky face text, but had actually responded. My hands shook in anticipation as I opened up my text messages. Hopefully he didn’t think I was being too forward.

beautiful, as always.

I let out a loud gasp, causing my mom to look over at me in alarm. “Are you choking?”

Zach Matthews called me beautiful. I didn’t know how to react, let alone how to respond.

“I need to call Jenica.”

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