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Didn’t mean it like that. I know you’ve been broken up for a while. I just meant you haven’t been in the city that long.
Trixie:
I’ve been here for a bit.
Where are you living anyway? Got an apartment in the suburbs somewhere?
A hotel.
A hotel? Is it a long-term stay or? Seems like it’d get old after a couple weeks.
Something like that. Still trying to figure out if I’m going to stay here for long enough to justify something other than a hotel.
Well, tell your date he better give you some good reasons to stay. The team needs you.
I’ll be sure to let him know you said that. His profile said he’s a big Chaos fan, so he might actually listen to you.
Then tell him if he cares about the team, he’ll cut the date short so you can go to the fair with me. I have to have her over there at 7:30.
Okay. I’m meeting him for coffee at 6, so I might be able to meet you there. Where’s the fair? I’ll have to get a ride. Still no car either.
Must be a pain getting to the stadium every day.
I’m staying close. Walking distance. Mads has been picking me up for other stuff, and I’ve been grabbing the occasional ride. It’s been okay so far.
The fair’s kind of out in the country. Where are you going for coffee?
The typing bubble pops up and disappears a few times. I’m not sure if she doesn’t want to tell me or she can’t remember the name of the place.
Trixie:
The Perk or Later. Why?
I can come to pick you up. Just text me when you’re done, and Lizzy and I will get you on the way. I can take you home too.
Are you sure? I don’t want to be a pain.
I’m more than happy to pick her up and even happier to grab her from her date. Not that I want to be a dick, but I also don’t want to lose my shot before I even get a real chance.
You’re doing me a favor by going and keeping me company. The least I can do.
I grin at my phone. I’m gonna give her the best fair experience of her life, one so good she’s going to forget she even went on a different date earlier in the night.
5
Beatrix
I’m sitting across from my date, sipping on my iced tea, when his eyes suddenly light up as he looks over my shoulder. He looks like a little kid who was just told Santa was arriving any minute, and my eyes track his, looking back to see what he sees. When I do, my stomach somersaults. It’s Cooper.
He’s dressed in worn-in jeans, an olive-colored vintage tee, and a backward, frayed baseball hat that makes him look like he could just be the guy next door. It’s obvious, though, that half the people in the room have clocked their favorite wide receiver at the counter.
Their incredibly sexy wide receiver with biceps that make his T-shirt sleeves stretch and forearms that have me, and half the people in the room, staring. He’s at the counter ordering a frozen coffee drink, but when he’s done, his eyes start to scan the room, headed straight for where I’m sitting. I turn around abruptly, refocusing on Darren, my date. I’ve almost forgotten I’m on one, too distracted by thoughts of Cooper, and I don’t think I thought through what it would mean to have him pick me up.
“Do you know who that is?” Darren looks at me.
“Yes, I know him.”
“You a Chaos fan too?” It’s a rhetorical question because he gushes on. “I just fucking love them. I know everyone thinks Undergrove is a liability, but I think he’s going to be the X factor for the team. Give Westfield something to fight for, and Rawlings is going to help get them there too. I can’t wait to see what they do. I just got some tickets for summer camp open days. Me and some of my friends are planning to go. Hoping they’ll sign a few things too.”
