Fumbled (Playbook, The) by Alexa Martin

Author:Alexa Martin [Martin, Alexa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2019-04-22T18:30:00+00:00

Twenty-one

“Hi, Miss Jane!” Ace calls out as he darts past her and runs straight to the stairs leading to the Mustang practice fields.

This journey out to Dove Valley almost made the mayhem of yesterday fade away.

Almost.

There is still a big crowd and more than one drunk idiot stumbling across the street, but the masses didn’t come out in full force this evening. Plus, knowing where to park kept my stress levels from rising above a four.

“I take it he enjoyed himself yesterday?” Jane asks with a smile that makes her already kind face even warmer.

“You could say that,” I say. “You could also say it was the absolute best day of his life, which is what he’s told anybody who’d listen to him for the past twenty-four hours.”

“That’s just wonderful.” She tucks her clipboard under her arm and claps. “What about you? Did you have fun?”

I think for a minute before answering, “I did.” I tell her the truth and I’m still a little surprised by my answer.

Jane’s smile is smaller this time, but there’s understanding and quiet support in her eyes. “I thought you would.”

I return her smile and make my way to the family tent. The hesitation and fear I felt yesterday are missing and in their place is excitement at a chance to talk with Vonnie and Charli and watch Ace run wild with his new friends.

And to see TK in his football pants, but that’s a given.

I walk through the opening in the air-conditioned tent and spot Charli and Vonnie sitting at the same table we were at yesterday. I also note that Dixie and her friends, all wearing caked-on makeup, cleavage-revealing tank tops, and skintight jeans, are at least in flats today. I mean, they’re covered with the intertwining C’s of Chanel and G’s of Gucci with coordinating handbags slung over their shoulders, but at least I’m not the only one not rocking five-inch heels.

“Hey, girl!” Vonnie calls across the tent, drawing Dixie’s attention my way. I watch with avid fascination as her smile transforms from actual happiness to a plastic one that does nothing to conceal her disdain toward me.

I aim a smile almost as fake as hers in her direction before waving to Vonnie and maneuvering around tables.

“Hey!” I flop onto the hard, plastic-backed chair. “I didn’t know if you guys were going to be here.”

“Me and my crew will be at every practice unless there’s been a grave or critical injury.” She lifts a water bottle to her red-painted lips. “I need them to work out their energy someplace that’s not my just-been-cleaned house . . . because, I swear, all I fucking do is clean up for them to make an even bigger mess.”

“And I’m bored.” Charli shrugs, her gleaming chestnut hair not moving out of place. “I binged all the good shows the first couple of days they were gone. Now all I have to do is study and who wants to do that?”

Next to Charli, Vonnie purses her lips and rolls her neck, a look I’m already well acquainted with.

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