The Dividing Line by Victoria H. Smith

Author:Victoria H. Smith [Smith, Victoria H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, United States, African American, Romance, Contemporary, Multicultural, New Adult & College, Multicultural & Interracial
Amazon: B00I8YCFRG
Barnesnoble: B00I8YCFRG
Goodreads: 23214464
Publisher: Victoria Smith
Published: 2014-02-02T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Drake

I didn’t know what was up with that look Derrick gave me outside the aquatic center, but I figured I’d ask him about it later. Perhaps he was confused as to why I was at the Y when I turned him down about playing ball. I wasn’t too concerned and decided to stay and finish my workout. The girls and I did a few more laps before I realized I should probably get home and get to bed. It was the weekend tomorrow, but I told Lou I’d come in for a couple overtime hours.

I left the girls at the lane and was surprised when I came out of the locker room. They were right outside the doors in their street clothes, their hair blown dry. What was weird was they were arguing about something. Again, I couldn’t understand what they were saying, but it sounded heated despite the fact they spoke in hushed tones. Mina glanced over her shoulder. When she saw me, she sauntered over leaving an agitated Natalia.

“Everything, okay?” I asked. These girls were cool enough, but they were kind of odd sometimes. Like when they were whispering about something in the language they spoke down at the pool earlier. I didn’t really appreciate that. By the clueless look on my face when they spoke, they had to have known I didn’t understand them.

“Great,” Mina said. The girl really was tall. Past my chin and I was six foot two. “We were wondering if you wanted to come to dinner with us.”

“Dinner? At…” I checked my watch. “Nine-thirty at night?”

Mina gave a look like the odd hour wasn’t peculiar at all. “Yeah. There’s a great Korean barbeque place we’re headed to. You should join us.”

I glanced over Mina’s shoulder to Natalia. She wouldn’t really look at me, staring around the hall like everything but Mina and me was more interesting.

“Uh, I don’t know,” I said to Mina. Swimming with them was one thing but dinner was another. I didn’t know either of these girls and didn’t want them to get the wrong idea about anything.

Two guys came down the hall, speaking to each other in what sounded like the same language Mina and Natalia were. They were the other two at the park I saw that day, the one breakdancing while the other cheered him on.

The taller one, who wore a white t-shirt and skinny jeans with a chain, slung his arm around Mina, making her giggle. He was the one cheering that day.

“Mina,” he growled into her ear.

“Kyle oppa,” she crooned, pushing him away by the chest.

Those two were apparently together.

The guy pecked Mina on the nose. “You girls ready for some eats? We’re all done.”

His friend the break-dancer, who sported choppy, blond hair like a Final Fantasy character, swooped in, doing a strong man pose. “Yep. We pumped some iron so now it’s time to undo all the work we did with some bulgogi.” Strongman took noticed of me, tipping his chin. “‘Sup, bro?”

Laughing,

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