Page 112 of More To Us

He shrugs. "Kind of, but not really. I can't take a job until May so it's not really worth applying for anything yet." He slings his arm over Austin's shoulder and grins at me. "So my boy, Austin, here won't stop talking about you. I think he might be in love. How'd you break him?"

I ignore the love comment and say, "What do you mean by 'break him'?"

"How'd you break him of his bachelorhood? He hasn't dated a girl this long in months. It usually doesn't go past a few dates."

"Yeah, I'm sure she wants to hear that," Austin says, taking Dylan's arm off him. "Why don't you go find something to eat? Soak up some of that alcohol."

Dylan ignores him and says to me, "Austin says you have a roommate. Maybe you could set us up. We could all go on a double date."

Did he seriously just suggest that? If he only knew who my roommate is.

"Um, sorry, but she has a boyfriend," I say.

"That's right. I forgot. Austin mentioned that." Dylan gulps his beer. "What's her name?"

Do I tell him? I might as well. A lot of girls have that name.

"Amber," I say.

His face falls and he looks down and mutters, "Amber."

Austin leans over and whispers to me, "Amber's the name of the girl he wrote the song about."

"Oh," I say, pretending I didn't know that.

"I need another drink," Dylan says, holding up his cup. "See you guys later."

"He's so messed up from that girl," Austin says. "Did you see his face when you said Amber's name?"

"Yeah. Sorry, I didn't know."

"Don't worry about it. A lot of girls have that name. But whoever this other Amber was, she got in Dylan's head and he can't get her out. He hasn't even slept with anyone since that night."

"He hasn't?" I ask, sounding surprised, but actually I'm shocked. He hasn't had sex since doing it with Amber?

"He's had plenty of offers," Austin says, "but he turns them down. Van and I told him he needs to just do it so he can move on. Hopefully he'll find someone tonight. There's plenty of girls here."

Just as he says that, a girl comes up behind him. She's taller than me with long dark hair and dark eyes. She has on a sleeveless navy dress that's sporty and looks like something I would wear. Her arms are toned, like she works out a lot.

"Hey, Austin." She puts her hand on his shoulder and I get that tightness in my gut that I get whenever I see girls touching him.

He steps over just enough so that her hand falls off him. "Haley, how's it going?"

"Good." She smiles at him. "I was hoping you'd be here tonight."

He puts his arm around me. "This is my girlfriend, Kira. Kira, this is Haley."

We say a brief hello, then she focuses back on Austin. "I saw you guys play last weekend. I like your new song."

"Dylan wrote that, but yeah, it's good. A lot of people like it."

"You still work out at the same gym?"

"Yeah. Why?"

"I was thinking of joining. I wondered if you could give me a tour of the place. I'd take you out afterward as a thank you."

"Sorry, but I can't. If you go to the gym, they have people there who can show you around."

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