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Even if I wanted to, I already have plans with Daniel to meet up at the bar across from his office after he gets off work tonight. We're supposed to discuss us and honestly, after last night with Seven, I'm more confused than ever.
I've only seen Daniel a handful of times since we got home. Between my meetings with the publisher, editor, and PR team and his busy schedule trying to catch up with the firm's backlog of work from having half their team gone for the last eight months, our schedules haven't matched up.
"I can't. I have plans with Daniel tonight. Can I get a raincheck?" I ask, just to be polite.
The last thing I should be doing is putting myself in a position to see Seven in his element, decked out in hockey gear.
Why is that so damn sexy?
"Ok…I'm just going to say it," she says, putting her mug back down on the solid wood table. "Dump the idiot and date my dad."
She leans over the table and stares back at me.
"Cammy, I—"
"Don't give me some lame excuse. You already know that you two should be together—we all do."
"Cammy, he doesn't do relationships. Twenty years is a long time and is evidence enough of that. I'm not going to ask him for something that he'd only be doing for me."
Her eyebrows stitch together, and a deep frown forms, replacing the smile that's been there since I showed up.
"Doing it for you? Are you kidding? The man is crazy about you, don't you see that? He's nurtured plenty of relationships over the last twenty years without any issues. Look at his relationship with Rita, Silas, and me… and the twenty-three men on the team's roster who he's been friends with for years."
"Yes, but those aren't romantic relationships. He hasn't had one of those since your mom, and he hasn't wanted one since. What happens when he makes concessions for me, and then, over the years, he resents me for it? I couldn't live with that."
She chews on the inside of her lip for a moment as she thinks. She's trying to come up with a rebuttal, and as pathetic as it is, I hope she comes up with one strong enough that I can believe in, too.
"Do you think my dad does anything he doesn't want to?"
I think back on all the things that Seven has done for me and for others that he didn't want to do but did anyway. He tries to act like he could care less about the people around him, but that's not who he is. He'll do the right thing even if it doesn't serve him.
"Yes," I say simply.
Cammy laughs. "Ok, yeah… he probably does, but not in this case. He wouldn't enter into a relationship he didn't want to be in just because you asked him to. Otherwise, he'd be back with my mom right now."
Josslin— the reason he puts on that rough exterior is to protect himself from being taken advantage of again. I understand that more now than I ever have before.
What I wouldn't give to see him shed that armor for me.
Maybe last night he did.
My head is reeling with what I'm going to say tonight to Daniel. I can't agree to moving forward with him when I have feelings for Seven, can I? Is that fair to Daniel, or Seven… or me?
Cammy's phone alarm goes off on the table.
"Shoot, I have to get back to the stadium. I'm helping Shawny and Juliet decorate the lobby before tonight."
"Who are they?" I ask.
"Come tonight, and you can meet all the player's girlfriends. You might as well make friends with them now; I have a feeling you're the next add-on to the group," she stands before I can refute the possibility.
I shake my head, but the idea of being Seven's girlfriend and coming to all of his home games has excitement bubbling in my belly until I remember that I can't because I need to meet Daniel. The bubbles all disparate into instant dread and my stomach turns at the thought of having to make a decision that will end a relationship, whether that's with Daniel or Seven… I'm still not sure.
"I'll leave a ticket for you at will-call… just in case," she winks. "Coffee next week? Same time, same place?" she asks.
I nod but stare back at the wall in front of me.
What am I going to do?
