project integrate 04 - soar by campbell jamie

Author:campbell, jamie [campbell, jamie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2014-07-21T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

“This wouldn’t have happened if you’d have let me drive,” I pointed out. I was only half-teasing him. In fact, I was still trying to shrug off my mood from yesterday.

“Just tell me where we’re going and I’ll get us there,” Lochie replied. I had been giving him directions since he picked me up but we were now kind of lost. It was also kind of my fault but I wasn’t going to admit that.

“Do you know where the Portview Pro Stadium is?”

“Yeah. You weren’t joking about playing basketball then? You don’t really look dressed for it.” He had told me I looked gorgeous when he picked me up. I guessed my short black skirt and flimsy red blouse didn’t exactly look basketball playing ready.

But it wasn’t supposed to. “We’re not playing, we’re watching. There is a playoff between Queen’s Ridge University and Karvan College tonight. You’re always going on about Queen’s Ridge, I thought you would enjoy it.”

The surprised look on his face was worth the effort it took to get the tickets at the last minute. “That’s tonight? I thought it was sold out.”

“It was. I know a guy.”

He arched his eyebrow in question but I wasn’t going to elaborate. Not when the truth was I had to beg and plead with Adoptive Dad to call in a few favors. It wasn’t my proudest moment, especially when I was already in his bad books.

“We’re going in the wrong direction for the stadium. Hold on.” At the next intersection, he swung a u-turn and started driving the way we had just come. Apparently my directions were terrible, perhaps I had the map upside down. “I didn’t think you were into basketball.”

“I’m not. But you are.”

He flashed me a smile before turning his gaze back toward the road. “That’s really nice. But it’s a date, I want you to be happy too.”

“I am. I get to hang out with you all afternoon.” And get a short reprieve from my problems. It was a win-win situation. “Remember, I was the one who forgot about our last date. I need to make it up to you.”

“You don’t need to do that, I know you’ve got a lot going on.”

“I wanted to do it anyway.” Especially if he was planning on leaving me and Portview behind. I didn’t voice that thought, it was better not to bring up such a touchy subject on our date. It was supposed to be perfect, after all.

We arrived at the stadium and had to park at the back of the lot, considering we were so late. On the plus side, most of the line to get in was gone. At least we didn’t have to wait around to get inside and find our seats.

I had one more surprise for Lochie before we joined the masses. I pulled two basketball jerseys out of my bag – Queen’s Ridge University, Lochie’s preferred team.

“That’s awesome,” he exclaimed. We slipped them on over our clothes, making it clear which side we were cheering for.

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