The Perfect Score by Maggie Dallen

Author:Maggie Dallen [Dallen, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Maddie

Ox wasn’t the only one who didn’t believe that I was over dating.

Kelly and Tiffany were standing on either side of Ox on the sidelines, either not noticing or not caring that he looked about as pleased to be a part of their small talk as he was about being on this field at all.

“Of course Maddie would think to make this a singles’ event,” Tiffany teased. She gave an eye roll that said leave it to boy-crazy Maddie.

I turned to look for Kate—out of habit, more than anything. She always had my back when my other girlfriends were on the “make fun of Maddie” bandwagon. I spotted Kate’s back as she chatted with Noah, who’d agreed to help out when he wasn’t away for the weekend visiting Callie.

I turned back to Kelly and Tiffany. “All right, ladies, line up.” They both ignored my shout. In fact, everyone seemed to be ignoring my attempts to get the next game underway.

Kelly giggled as she leaned around Ox to talk about me like I wasn’t right there. “She had to organize a singles’ event that was open to everyone since she’s been through all the guys at Fairfield.”

Tiffany laughed.

It wasn’t clear if Ox even heard her.

But I had, and my chest tightened to the point where it hurt to breathe. She was kidding. This was how we joked around. I knew all that. Heck, I was the one who perpetuated the whole boy-crazy Maddie persona. I wasn’t ashamed of the fact that I liked guys. But still…something about her words stung more than it ought.

I saw myself through their eyes and the whole Alex fiasco just seemed so pathetic. I mean, I’d finally fallen in love. Flirty, sassy, always-up-for-a-good-time Maddie had finally fallen fallen in love.

And he hadn’t loved me back.

A football hit the side of my head with a painful thud. Levi’s mocking voice called out, “Better stick to softball, Maddie.”

Laughter filled the air and I cursed as I spun around to find that the next game had gotten underway as I’d stood there gawking at Ox.

To be more precise, I’d been staring at my two friends who were hitting on Ox.

Anger rose up so quickly it hurt. They only liked him because I’d told them he was a guy to like. They were pathetic, and catty, and shallow…and it took everything in me not turn back around and tear their hair out.

I clenched my fists as I struggled to get control.

Who was this person? This wasn’t me. I didn’t do girl fights. I didn’t fight with my friends or get weirdly possessive over my guy friends. I took a deep breath in and let it out slowly. My back was still to Kelly and the others, so when Ox’s low voice was right next to my ear I jumped.

“You okay?”

I looked up to find him glowering down at me. But here’s the thing. At some point during this odd new friendship with Ox, I’d started to understand his glares. Not every stern stare was the same.

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