Batter Up by Robin Leaf

Author:Robin Leaf [Leaf, Robin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary
Goodreads: 36299180
Publisher: Robin Leaf
Published: 2017-10-04T00:00:00+00:00

Seventeen

June 17, eight years ago

Baseball season was officially over last week. Luke was throwing an end of the year party at his rich new girlfriend’s house in River Oaks. It was going to be one of those theme parties, a Hawaiian Luau, complete with dressing up, roasted pig and fruity drinks. Yeah, real baseball stuff. I really didn’t want to go. I hated theme parties. They were always stupid. Plus, after St. Patrick’s Day, I didn’t want to ever drink again.

Etta and Beth were excited about it. They went shopping yesterday and bought everyone Hawaiian shirts and leis. That sealed the deal for me. No way was I going.

The party was due to start at seven and go well into the night. At 6:55 p.m., Chris sat in the chair next to the couch as he waited for Beth and Etta to finish getting ready in her room.

“Are you really sick?” he asked me.

“Yeah,” I lied. “My stomach’s been bothering me all day. I went to the movies with Etta last night. I had nachos, but I think the cheese was bad or something.” He studied my face, so I looked away. “Plus, if I go and feel worse there, all of you would have to leave. I can’t do that to y’all.”

I could feel him still staring.

“What?” I asked.

“Yeah, we saw Just Playing Around. It was a pretty good movie,” Etta said from behind me as she and Beth emerged from her room. “It was a modernized version of Midsummer Night’s Dream. Not exactly the same, but still. Oh, and the guy the main character lusted after? Friggin hot. You need to talk Chris into taking you to see it. Riley Tate is the actor’s name. His dimples alone make it totally worth the price of the ticket.”

Fucking Riley Tate. Etta tossed that name around all day. I rolled my eyes.

“You want me to take Beth to a movie just to see some hot guy?” Chris asked.

“C’mon, Chris. You’re not secure enough in your relationship to withstand a little man-meat competition? It’s not like we’ll ever meet him.” She walked around the couch and stood in front of me. “You feeling any better, Nathaniel?”

My eyes caught sight of her and my jaw dropped open. Holy shit. She looked friggin hot. Her hair was up with a huge flower pinned in it and some curly tendrils falling around her face. She was wearing makeup, not a whole lot of it, but her eyes sparkled. She had on very short shorts and a skimpy bikini top under the unbuttoned Hawaiian shirt, the background of which made her eyes stand out more. The flat, tanned skin of her stomach begged to be touched. Her full, tinted glossy lips beckoned to be kissed. Ugh. I wanted so badly to pull her on top of me and devour her.

“You girls about ready to go?” Chris asked.

Go? Oh yeah. The party. She was leaving. Dressed like that. To go to a party. With other guys. Half naked.

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