Second Thoughts by Nicole R. Locker

Author:Nicole R. Locker
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nicole R. Locker

Chapter 7

“It’s ladies’ night at the Book Shelf, Porter. Are you going to bail on us again?” Jonas asked as we walked off the field at the end of practice, but his tone indicated that he already knew the answer.

“Sorry, not tonight. I need to study for an algebra test I have tomorrow.” I knew they wanted me to help them find some new girls to hook up with that night, but they were just going to have to figure out how to get along without me.

“What’s been going on with you lately? You’ve been spending an awful lot of time with this new girl you met.” This time it was Ethan. “You must really be into her.”

We walked into the locker room and started getting cleaned up and ready to go home for the evening.

“Yeah, I guess I am,” I admitted, knowing how the conversation would turn at that point and not looking forward to it.

“Have you hooked up yet?” Jonas teased, just as I expected.

I just laughed and shook my head. “Don’t you guys have love lives of your own to talk about? Ethan, what about Katy? How’s that going?”

Normally I’d join in on the guy talk, but knowing how they would talk about Zia if I went along with it honestly made my blood boil at just the thought of it. She was different, and she deserved more respect than that. I wasn’t going to go there.

“I don’t know,” Ethan replied. “Katy runs hot and cold. Sometimes she seems into it and sometimes I go days at a time without hearing from her. I haven’t talked to her since Saturday night, on Halloween.” It was already Thursday.

I remembered her trying to invite me out Halloween night and me giving her a push back in Ethan’s direction. It was nice to know she did, at least. I still wasn’t about to tell Ethan she had messaged me. It wouldn’t have done anyone any good.

“So call her. If you like her so much, why don’t you ask her out on a real date? Katy is high maintenance. You just have to feed her ego now and then. Give her some compliments. Buy her a nice gift. She’ll be receptive if you do that,” I explained.

“What kind of gift?” he asked.

“I don’t know, flowers, jewelry, concert tickets. Don’t you know anything about women?” I chided. “Just talk to her. Invite her on a date. Take her dancing.”

Ethan took my advice and texted Katy, asking her out for that following Friday and, of course, she accepted.

And while we were at it…

“Hey, Jonas, you’re looking for a date, right?” I asked.

“Yeah…” he answered with a puzzled look on his face.

“Next Tuesday night, go over to a Yoga Studio just off of ninety-eighth and Chicago at six-thirty. Look for a pretty red-head named Moira and ask her out. You can thank me later,” I said.

I figured she was a nice girl, and Jonas really needed a lead. What could it hurt?

“Yoga studio?” Jonas questioned.

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