Take a Chance by Shelley Shepard Gray

Author:Shelley Shepard Gray
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 2018-07-30T15:36:53+00:00

CHAPTER 20

FROM LES LARKE’S

TIPS FOR BEGINNING POKER PLAYERS:

Don’t play when you’re mad, sad, or in a generally bad mood. Other players will notice this and take advantage of your weaknesses. Plus, playing poker this way won’t lift your spirits.

“You babysitting on Saturday night?” Sam asked Kayla as they walked through the front lobby of Bridgeport High.

Kayla smiled at him, then felt a burst of satisfaction fill her as she noticed more than one girl looked their way with an envious expression. She actually couldn’t blame them, since everyone considered them a real couple now. One of her girlfriends said they even looked like they were meant to be together.

She wasn’t sure if they looked like a match or not. Today, she was in her cheer uniform because it was game day. Sam was in his usual jeans, tight T-shirt, and brown cowboy boots. He’d just gotten another haircut, so his brown hair was cut real short, almost like a military cut. It suited him though. So did his tan. He looked as gorgeous as ever.

He was also carrying her laptop and chemistry book.

It was sweet. She’d never seen another boy carry her girlfriends’ books. The first time he’d tried to do it, she’d tried to stop him, explaining that no one did that here at Bridgeport. Sam had looked real surprised, then shrugged and took her things anyway. She’d learned right then and there that Sam Holland didn’t put a whole lot of stock in what everybody else did. He did what he wanted. End of story.

She was starting to imagine that he must have been a heartbreaker back at his old school. He was smart, crazy handsome, he’d played on his old school’s football team, and did things like carry his girlfriend’s books.

She didn’t know how she’d gotten so lucky.

His pace slowed. “Kay, do you know your schedule for Saturday yet?”

“Hmm? Oh, sorry. No. I’m not babysitting.” She smiled at him. Waiting.

But instead of smiling like he was pleased, he looked worried. “All right, then.”

“Why?”

“You know why. I want to see you.”

“Then why are you looking like something’s wrong?”

He swallowed. “It’s just that I wanted to take you to the movies.”

A dark theater next to Sam? She couldn’t resist smiling. “That sounds good. I like movies.”

If anything, her response seemed to make him more uncomfortable. “I’ve been so busy with school I haven’t been able to work as much as usual. I don’t have a lot of extra money.”

He’d also taken her out to eat twice last week. “Would you like to come over and watch movies in our family room?”

“You’d be okay with that?”

“I’m fine with it. I don’t want you spending all your money on me, Sam.”

He still didn’t look convinced. “Your parents won’t mind if I’m over for a couple of hours?”

“Sam, you know my mother loves you. She’s told me twice that you’re the most polite boy she’s ever met in her life. She’ll be glad we’re at my house.” Lowering her voice, she added, “She’s probably going to be happy that she can check on us every twenty minutes.

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