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“As a friend maybe.”
He gives me a look, and I can’t help but crack.
“Fine. Yes. I do—or did.”
“Until I told Mina about your plan to buy their house, right?” Dylan murmurs.
“Well, yeah. That didn’t exactly help things. Why did you do that, by the way?”
“I…I guess I was just getting overwhelmed with my feelings for her.”
“So, you felt like the only thing to do was push her away?”
“Yeah.”
“Oh, buddy.” I hug him from the side. “I remember being your age. Girls are really tricky.”
“You got nervous around them, too?”
“Of course! I still do. And your first real crush can be a doozy. Mine was on the prettiest girl at Marina Middle School. Well, that is until your mother moved into town.”
“Did you ever go out with her?”
I brush my dark hair out of my face. “I wish. She wouldn’t give me the time of day.”
“Really? I always kind of assumed that since you were on the football team, you were popular with girls.”
“If only that’s all it took. No, I was kind of a nerd—despite being a somewhat decent athlete. And I was only on the team to please my brother.”
“So, what happened with the girl?”
“I asked her to the homecoming dance and made a complete jerk of myself in front of several other students.”
“She said no?”
I laugh. “Yep.”
“That must have stung.”
“It was embarrassing, for sure.”
“Then what?”
“I got over it—and her.”
“You think I’ll get over Mina?”
“Maybe. But I also think you should go for it if you like her.”
“But we’re not really going to live here. And who knows where her family is going to go after you buy their house.”
“Nobody knows what will happen in the future. That’s why all that matters is today and now.”
It’s not lost on me that I’m simultaneously giving myself advice about my love life. And if Coral is listening in on our conversation, I bet she’s dying with laughter at the irony.
Chapter eighteen
Mae - Rethinking Law?
