Page 97 of How to Lose at Love

You still here?

I gave him my phone number after letting him know I was coming to the game, friends in tow, once I was able to convince my coworker to swap shifts.

Yes, we’re slowly gravitating toward the exit.

Want to meet me in the parking lot?

Which parking lot, you weirdo

I park at the back, there’s a section for us by the entrance closest to the locker rooms.

And you want me to meet you there so we can…do what?

I don’t know. I thought I could drive you home.

What about your brothers? Don’t you drive them around?

They can find their own rides.

Oh.

I guess I could meet you in the parking lot. How do I get there

You’re gonna wanna walk from your section to section AA, which is the clubhouse entrance…I park in that lot.

I didn’t even know that lot existed.

I’m typing as I walk and have yet to tell Winnie and Sav I’m going to say my goodbyes once we’re in the corridor, hallway thing. It’s a miracle I’m not smashing into people as I walk and text at the same time, my eyes trained on Winnie’s backside so I don’t lose her.

Well I’ll be down by my truck waiting. Jumping in the shower real quick.

They have showers in the locker room?

I mean, duh—of course they have showers in the locker room.

All right, don’t be long. I don’t want to be wandering around a parking lot that may not be the right parking lot.

I’ll find you

Ok.

Sliding my phone into my back pocket, I tap Winnie on the back and get Sav’s attention.

“Ladies, change of plans. Dallas just texted me and wants me to meet him in the clubhouse parking lot.”

Clubhouse parking lot? Listen to me sounding like I know what I’m talking about.

“Oh my God,” Sav enthuses, getting excited. “I can’t wait to meet him in person.”

Well, this is going to be awkward. “Just me, I think.”

She cocks her head. “Did he say he just wanted it to be you?”

I laugh. “Uh, pretty sure he wasn’t interested in a crowd. He’s telling his brothers to find their own ride home. We’re gonna hang out, I guess.”

Sav stares at me, feet pinned to the ground, unconvinced Dallas Colter intended for me to meet him alone.

She’s being so weird, and I don’t like it.

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