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"Shit, Andrea." She gives me wide eyes.
"Yeah, I know. My team loves him as well, so I will be the bad guy. Plus, he is such a good coach. I don't want to lose him, I have learned so much from him already."
"I bet you have." She eyes me suspiciously.
I throw her a dirty look. "You're supposed to be helping me," I whine.
"I'm sorry, Andy. I have to make a joke about it, it's crazy. Here I am, desperately searching for the perfect guy to steal my heart away, and you don't want anything of the sort, yet you found it, but you two can't be together. I really do think the Harper sisters are cursed."
I grab her arms. Her nonsense is making so much sense. "I never thought about it like that. You're right, we are. Destined to be alone forever." I laugh to cover how much it actually terrifies me. "Jasmine, you will find him, you know. Probably when you least expect it."
"What, like you?"
"Maybe? So, sister with all the answers, what do I do now, then, hey?"
"That I don't know the answer to. Only you can work it out, baby. Maybe it's one of those things that just needs time to play out. Like you tell him how you feel but you need to wait until the end of the playing season because you don't want your team to lose him as a coach." She shrugs. "Or something like that."
"Jasmine, I can't stay away from the guy, though. I'm like obsessed and so is he. I know I shouldn't be doing this, but I want him so much I can't help myself."
"Well, you better figure that out. Lock that pussy up for the year, cause you know the consequences." We make our way back up the street toward our house. I know my sister is right, but that doesn't mean I'm going to be able to stop what is going on between us. I'm too lost in him. I think it's already too late.
As soon as we walk in the door, Darcy comes sheepishly over to me. "Can we talk?"
I let Nala off the lead and she runs for my room. "Yes, of course," I say a little reluctantly, not knowing what I'm going to get from her.
We go into my bedroom and sit on the bed. I wait for her to go first.
"I'm sorry about before, I overstepped the mark. Whatever you do in your personal time is up to you."
I glance at her sad features; she looks really upset, and I don't get it. I mean, I know we lost, and it sucks, but it wasn't the finals or anything. "Darcy, what's really going on? It's never bothered you before what I do or who I sleep with. Normally you're all like,you go, girl, give me all the juicy details. Why are you so upset now?"
She nibbles her lip nervously. "I don't know. I think I just don't feel as close to you at the moment. We normally share everything, but you're being all secretive. I miss our chats. Have I done something wrong? Is that why you're pulling away from me?"
I didn't even realize I was distant from her. I guess I was so wrapped up in everything that's happening, and because I can't really talk about it, I was maybe avoiding certain conversations lately. "I'm so sorry, Darcy. I'm not pulling away from you. Ahh, it's just, I can't say what's going on. But that's not because of you or anything."
She grabs my hand. "You can tell me anything, you know you can trust me." She laces her hand with mine, and I know I can. She and Luna have been my closest friends since we started at college together, and I hate lying to them.
"Okay, but you have to promise me this won't leave the room. Seriously, babe, this could cause so much shit if people found out."
She looks pleased that I trust her. "I swear, I won't say a thing, you know you can rely on me."
"Alright then." I cover my eyes. "I'm sleeping with Brad."
She hits me across the arm playfully. "I knew it! You little minx, hooking up with the coach. I can't believe you kept this from me." She shakes my arms, and I glance at her.
"It's just a bit of fun, Darcy, that's why no one can find out. He'll get fired, you know, and he is like the best thing that has happened to our team in ages."
She nods in agreement. "He is. Don't worry, your secret is safe with me. Thank you for telling me." She wraps her arms around me in an embrace, and I know things between us are going to be okay.
There's a small knock at the door, and Luna pops her head around. "You two all good yet?"
I motion for her to come over and join us, and she runs over, hugging us both. Then she pulls back. "So, are one of you going to tell me what's going on here?"
"I'll let Andy do that, it's her story to tell," says Darcy.
I fill Luna in on what has been going on, and just like Darcy, she promises not to say anything, saying she already knew anyway but was just waiting for me to admit it. It feels good to get it off my chest and not be lying to my friends, but now I have the small problem that I probably need to tell Brad that they know. He's going to be pissed, for sure.
Brad
