Dare You to Catfish the Hockey Player (Rock Valley High Book 6) by Lacy Andersen

Author:Lacy Andersen [Andersen, Lacy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: young adult romance, sports romance, sweet romance, clean and wholesome romance
Publisher: Lacy Andersen
Published: 2021-02-07T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

“Guys, I don’t know about this.”

I stared at my computer screen, my palms suddenly getting sweaty. Gabriel hadn’t logged in yet. We’d both agreed to be there ten minutes before the game started to make sure we didn’t repeat the near miss of the first round. We were up against a sophomore and a junior from Rock Valley. While both had decent stats, I was confident that we could take them down. What I wasn’t sure about was whether I wanted to continue with this crazy plan of interrogating Gabriel about me.

“Come on, Beth, he won’t suspect a thing.” Lexi sat perched on the desk next to my laptop, wearing a cream mini skirt and yellow tights. She was chewing on a pen and practically vibrating with excitement. “You can trust us.”

Riiiiiight. I seriously doubted whether Lexi had the same kind of concern for my self-preservation as I did. She lived for the match. She’d practically thrown Charlotte and Hunter together last summer. I’d seen her matchmaking styles. They were haphazard, at best.

“If he likes you, maybe he’ll ask you to the winter ball,” Charlotte said excitedly, her gaze scanning the screen.

“Ooooh, good idea, Char.” Lexi squealed and rubbed her hands together. “Triple date. Perfection.”

I rolled my eyes. That was so far from anything on my current list of fears and anxieties. We didn’t need to add a high school dance to the mix. Where would I find a dress this late in the game? Did I even know how to dance? And was Gabriel the school dance type?

Ugh—I didn’t even know for sure if he liked me and already I was worried about it. This was getting ridiculous. That’s what I got for hanging out with two girly girls all of the time.

But I didn’t have to worry about it for much longer. Battlescar13’s username lit up at that moment, sending a jolt of fear through me.

“Look, he’s on.” I leaned closer to the monitor, pushing off the sudden desire to throw up. “What do I do? Tell me what to do.”

“Be calm.” Charlotte put a hand on my shoulder. “Wait until he says something first.”

I nodded numbly. She was right. There was no use rushing into this situation. Better to let Gabriel take the lead. Just like he had the other day when he’d kissed me.

Pressing my knuckles to my lips, I grimaced into my fist. Miracle of miracles, somehow today I’d managed to avoid Gabriel at school. Tomorrow, I wouldn’t be so lucky. We had anatomy class together. For the first time in a long time, I was seriously considering playing hooky. Or maybe even dropping out altogether. Maybe I could convince my parents that getting my GED early would be the way to go. At least it would save me from all of this embarrassment.

Battlescar13: Hey partner — what’s shaking? Ready to rock this thing?

I stared hard at Gabriel’s casual greeting. Lexi and Charlotte had pretty much convinced me yesterday that there was no way Gabriel could know this was me.

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