At Bluebonnet Lake (Texas Crossroads Book #1): A Novel by Amanda Cabot

Author:Amanda Cabot [Cabot, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC042040, FIC027020
ISBN: 9781441246370
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2014-10-13T22:00:00+00:00

19

Kate frowned as yet another serve went out of bounds. “I might as well give up. I just seem to be getting worse.” She picked up another ball and tossed it over her head, this time failing to hit it.

“That’s because you’re not concentrating,” Greg said as he walked to the net and handed her the first ball. “Tennis is like any sport. You need to give it your full attention. My guess is you’re thinking about that new account.”

“Partly.” Kate nodded as Greg tipped his head toward the bench, silently suggesting they take a break. There was no question that she’d been distracted by the Aunt Ivy’s account. She had even considered canceling tennis to give herself more time to work, but she hadn’t.

Though at first Kate had rationalized her decision by reminding herself that exercise often triggered creativity, that was only an excuse. The truth was, she wanted to spend time with Greg. It was probably foolish. While she should have been focused on work, her mind had drifted back to the bluebonnet festival and the kiss they had shared.

Kate sank onto the bench and accepted the bottle of water Greg offered. Though they hadn’t been out long, she was still unaccustomed to the warmth of the Texas sun.

“I got an email from Gillian—she was my best friend in high school—saying she’d just received the invitation to our reunion and wondered if I planned to be there. They’re planning a formal dinner-dance exactly ten years after our graduation day.” Kate wasn’t certain why she was giving Greg all those details. He didn’t need them.

He took a swig of water before he spoke. “Are you planning to go?”

“I don’t know.”

“Do you want to?”

That was the problem. Kate wasn’t sure. “I don’t know,” she said for the second time. “I have mixed feelings about high school.”

Greg nodded as if he understood.

“I imagine my school was like most,” Kate said. “We had a caste system. I wasn’t on the bottom rung, but the fact that I was what the teachers called a high achiever meant that I wasn’t accepted into many groups. Gillian had the same problem, because even in grade school, it was obvious that she was a talented musician. Fortunately, we had each other.”

“And I’m guessing she won’t attend the reunion unless you do.”

“Exactly.” Greg did understand. “The thing is, I’m not sure why I’d be going. It’s not like I’ve spent the last ten years wondering what happened to my classmates.”

When Greg said nothing, Kate raised an eyebrow. “Did you attend your reunion?” He shook his head. “Why not?”

Greg’s laugh betrayed bitterness. “Because unlike you, I was on the bottom rung. At Orchard Slope High, if you had a Y chromosome and couldn’t play sports, you were nothing. I wasn’t an academic success, either. My grades were average, because I didn’t care about who fought in the Peloponnesian wars or why Shakespeare wrote both comedies and tragedies. My only interest was computers. Fortunately, my SATs and the software I’d developed convinced Stanford to take a chance on me.

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