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She rolled her eyes. “I bet you could go stark, raving mad and talk totrees,and everyone on this campus would still worship you.”
I snorted and shook my head, arguing, “As if,” just as a couple of guys rushed over to ask if they could take a picture with me.
“Mm-hmm,” Raina countered, crossing her arms over her chest as she watched. “You were saying?”
I sent her an eye roll before turning my attention to the pair, smiling and giving them the football quarterback they’d come over to meet.
As soon as they were gone, Raina and I started back on our way again, and she sent me a speculative glance. “Honestly, why aren’t you a cocky, self-involved asshole after getting this kind of fame?”
“Hey,” I argued as I opened the door to the journalism department. “The request for pictures doesn’t happenthatoften.”
“It happensenough,” she argued as she followed me down a hallway toward the press release room. “I’ve certainly never had random strangers ask to take pictures withme.”
“Whatever.” I shook my head as we reached the door. Then I glanced at her silently one last time to let her know I had to pretend she didn’t exist from here on out. She nodded and ran an imaginary zipper across her mouth.
Inside, the half a dozen other players who’d been invited to the photo shoot were present, along with a handful of coaches, photographers, and journalism students.
When I spotted Connor Resson across the room with a laptop bag hanging from his side, I tipped my face to the side and murmured from the corner of my mouth, “Oh look. It’s Lover Boy.”
She groaned and rolled her eyes. “God. He’s even wearing his shades inside. Nowthere’sa cocky, self-involved asshole for you.”
I shrugged. “Maybe he just had eye surgery.” When Raina sent me a dry frown, I chuckled. “Or maybe not.”
“Foster!” a familiar voice called from across the room, interrupting us.
Tearing my attention from Raina, I turned to find Oaklynn hurrying over.
“Hey, hey.” I opened my arms for a hug, even as I asked, “What’re you doing here?”
“I’m a journalism major. Hello,” she reminded me. “I’m here to interview you, of course.”
“Really?” I cocked up one eyebrow in question. “This is newsworthy enough to rate thebroadcastingstation’s interest?”
She sighed. “Things are slow right now. It was either this or interviewing some science professor about some new microbe he thinks he discovered.”
I straightened with interest. “Was it Professor Minton?”
Oaklynn blinked at me as if I’d lost my mind. “I have no idea.”
Beside me, Raina demanded, “Tell her I say hi.”
“Raina says hi, by the way,” I dutifully reported.
“Oh!” Oaklynn glanced around in surprise. “Is she here?”
“To my left,” I told her, only to huff out a long breath. “We’re basically connected at the hip now.”
“Hey,” Raina scolded, slapping at my arm but only swinging her hand right through it. “You don’t have to say that as if it’s such a terrible thing.”
“I didn’t say it was terrible,” I argued, glancing at her. Then, turning back to Oaklynn, I lifted my eyebrows. “It’s beengreat.”
“And I’m still detecting sarcasm,” Raina sang.
“There was no sarcasm,” I insisted, only to crack a grin to let her know I’d been teasing her the entire time.
Oaklynn laughed and bumped her arm into mine. “Sounds like you two are getting alongjustfine.”
“It’s actually not too bad,” I admitted with a half-shrug. “I’m thinking you really should’ve pushed harder to set us up.”
