Page 68 of When to Call a Blitz

“What are we doing?” I ask as I set my gear down.

“We’re practicing our next touchdown dance.”

“You haven’t gotten a touchdown in weeks.”

Silence. “You didn’t have to go there, bro. It’ll happen. Leo’s been kissing Owen’s ass.”

“Hey!” Owen yells across the room.

“You’re not including him?” I hook my thumb back toward Owen.

Owen scoffs. “He told me I don’t get any more lucky dances. He thinks having one lined up will make him get one.”

“And it’s true,” Coop shrugs.

“Alright. Anyways, what are we doing?”

I go along with whatever nonsense Cooper asks of me for about an hour before Leo peeks into the room, his eyes narrowing on me.

“It’s been weeks, man,” he hisses, and I know instantly what he’s referring to.

Leo got home Halloween night to all the women passed out in his family room. They had broken out a large air mattress that Briar had purchased just for movie nights, and were all cuddled up.

Leo thought it was adorable. He took a million photos.

But all hell broke loose in the morning as Briar trapped him in his room, demanding to know if he told me anything about Heidi.

Because the idiot can’t keep a fucking secret to save his damn life unless it has to do with Briar, he eventually caved.

She hasn’t had sex with him since.

I immediately feel bad. Not for my friend’s lack of sex life, but because I know I fucked up that night. I had to eventually go outside for some air, and when Leo had followed me, I told him what I said.

I got slapped.

I deserved it.

I know I did.

My plan was to originally stay in the cold and freeze, but when an eerie scream blew through with the wind, I decided that Halloween wasn’t the time to be outside in the dark.

“Fuck off, Leo!” Cooper teases, but with a middle finger, Leo runs off to wherever he was headed in the first place. He turns his attention back to me. “Let’s run it back!”

“I need you to stop moping,” Cooper whispers as he sets his lunch down at the table.

Shaking my head, I take a bite of my meal. “I’m not.”

“You are, and it’s making me sad. Heidi has already moved on, I’m sure she’ll be fine. Stop feeling so guilty.”

My head snaps up, and Cooper’s eyes grow wide. “What do you mean she’s already moved on?”

He shrugs. “I saw her on a dating app this weekend.”

“You’re dating?” I’m shocked, but I probably shouldn’t be.

Coop’s brows furrow. “Yeah? I have been for awhile.”

“I kinda thought you were starting something with Amara.”

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