Page 71 of Hockey Player Seeking Fan

"Erica? Is that you?"

"Yes, it’s me. How’s it going?”

“What do you mean, how’s it going? I’ve been trying to talk to you for?—"

"I know, I know. Life has just been busy."

"What do you mean, life has been busy? Too busy to call me back? Or to text me? Or to?—"

"I’m sorry. You know how these things go. I’m sure you don’t call back every woman who calls you, right? Have you been in contact with the redhead I saw you with the other day?"

He lets out a deep sigh. "Before we go any further, that is not what you think. She was trying to sleep with me, but I had no interest. She was far too jaded for me."

"I don’t really care about your personal life, Tyler."

"We need to talk."

"We’re talking right now."

"I want to see you. I want to talk in person."

"Why?"

"Because we made love. I took your virginity. You disappeared. I never saw you again. I want to sort of... figure this out."

"And what if I don’t want to talk about it?"

"Why not?"

"Maybe I don’t want to talk about it, Tyler. Maybe that’s awfully feminine of you, wanting to talk about your feelings all the time, but maybe that’s not something I want to do."

"Erica—shut up."

"Excuse me?"

"I say this lovingly, but we’re going to chat. And we’re going to chat in person. And it doesn’t have to be tonight if you’re not ready, but it’s going to happen. Because I need some answers.»

“Oh my gosh, you’re so bossy.”

“Meet me tonight.”

“I don’t know.”

“Meet me tonight. We don’t even have to chat about that. We can just pretend we’re meeting for the first time. As strangers.”

“What? I don’t understand.“

“So when we came up with the bet, there were two sides of the bet, right?”

“Yeah.”

“The first side—your side—was that you would be wooed and courted and find the love of your life, and everything would be like a fairytale.”

“Okay. Yes, that sounds right.”

"And the other side—the flip side, my side—was that you’d allow yourself to go on a journey of sensuality and fun. And just take chances.”

“I don’t know that that was exactly what we said…”