Friday Night Frights: A Monster Sports Romantic Comedy by Zora Black

Author:Zora Black [Black, Zora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-09-28T18:30:00+00:00

18

DALKAAR

“Pinch me! I’m dreaming!” Dee Dee squeals as I tell her the good news. We’re going to the playoffs! How we managed these wins is nothing short of a miracle. I simply don’t know how else to describe it.

“Not again. Once was enough,” I remind her, then cover my smile with a hand. This is big and just what the town needs, something to celebrate.

We sip our iced coffees out on my patio and check our phones at the same time since we’ve already discussed my recent sex life to the point of exhaustion. But a good exhaustion. Just like my sex life.

Our group chat with the rest of the squad is riddled with messages. It seems we’re all just as pleased. Practices will be even more intense now, which is exactly how I like them anyway.

“Should we jazz up our uniforms, you think?”

“What do you say to adding some flair to our normal ensemble?”

We both laugh as practically the same question falls out of our mouths simultaneously. I don’t have any ideas thus far past the initial quick thought, so I gesture for Dee Dee to keep going.

“Jinx!” she begins, just as her phone pings in her hand. My own buzzes on the table, and we each race to look at our own individual screens, no doubt reading the same text.

We should come up with something fun to wear in celebration! the text reads. The two of us grin at one another as I raise my cup high. She clinks her own to mine as her eyes go wide.

“Oh! What about face paint? Maybe like some warrior?” She points to her cheeks before pausing to chew her lower lip. “But, you know, flirty and fun.”

“I’m into it,” I assure her as I text her great idea into the chat. Of course, everyone’s into it.

Maybe some punk hair but flirty and fun! It’s the last comment I read before my phone rings. It’s Dalkaar, and I immediately take my drink into the house before answering. Dee Dee will be busy with makeup details for at least the next fifteen minutes.

“Hello, how’s your celebration coming along?” I ask with a wide grin. I can practically see him pumping his arm in the air while listening to some jock jams on high.

“What celebration? A babysitter’s job is never done,” he grumbles, then heaves a heavy sigh into the receiver. I flinch and pull the phone away from me. What could he possibly have to complain about now?

My chest grows tight as I feel my teeth grinding together. I don’t know I’m squeezing my free hand into a fist until I let go.

Just breathe, Alyssa. If Dalkaar wants to spoil this achievement, that’s on him. The reminder drowns out whatever Dalkaar’s saying. Don’t let the world’s most ungrateful quarterback rain on your parade.

“So yeah, now they’re fighting about that,” he finishes, and I wonder what he’d said beforehand. Maybe something about fans and the grocery store?

“Slow down, tell me again.”

The demand technically puts

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