

We? I hadn’t realized we were partners in this humiliation venture. Followed by a gleam of appreciation once she gets a good look at him. “You made it!” Relief fills her eyes at the sight of Jake. “I wasn’t stood up,” I lie, except the waitress chooses that moment to approach the booth and blow my cover. Overcompensating, you know?” I smile innocently.

“I feel like when somebody brags about all their friends, it usually means they don’t have any. “Including a very close one who goes to Briar.” According to my father, Coach Pedersen sacrifices babies to Satan and performs blood magic in his spare time. Dad and Jake’s coach, Daryl Pedersen, have been feuding for years. Not to mention that my father would skin me alive if I ever dated THE ENEMY. I’m not averse to hookups, but numbers 2 and 3 are non-negotiable. A lot of athletes maintain an active roster of chicks who are perfectly content with 1) hooking up, 2) not being exclusive, and 3) always coming second to whatever sport the dude plays.īut I’m not one of those chicks. This doesn’t make him an anomaly, of course. The guy is gorgeous, and he’s a phenomenal hockey player, but he’s also a notorious player off the ice. I mean, she transferred from another college after accidentally setting part of her sorority house on fire-how could I not fall hard for that crazy girl? She’s a fashion major, a ton of fun, and is convinced I have a thing for Jake Connelly. We pretty much went from strangers to best friends in about, oh, thirty seconds.

Summer and I have known each other only a couple of months.
