Page 11 of Reviving Kendall

It isn’t even the full five minutes later when Teagan, followed by Goose and Maverick, come strolling in through the door.

Teagan throws Lucas a shit eating grin right before he catches sight of me sitting next to him. He halts so fast in his tracks that Goose slams into his back and it knocks his phone to the floor.

“What the fuck, T?” he all but yells as he bends to pick up his phone. “You better hope you didn’t crack the screen mother fu--” Teagan elbows him in the stomach before he can finish. He follows his line of vision and smiles at me. I could be wrong, but I think Maverick was the first one to see me. I feel his gaze like sunburn after sitting on the beach all day.

Goose walks around Teagan and slides into the booth opposite us, “You didn’t say that you were on a date.”

“It’s not a date,” I say quickly jumping in to defend Lucas and possibly even my own pride. I don’t want to hear Lucas say it. He cuts his eyes over to me in question, but smiles as if he already knows my reasoning. Maverick slides in after Goose and leaves Teagan to grab a random chair to sit at the end of the table.

There’s an awkward silence for a few seconds before Lucas breaks it, “You guys get out for good behavior or something?”

The three of them smile, but it’s Teagan that answers in that smug tone of his, “It was Ms. K dude. Just told her we were hungry and growing boys and we needed food.”

Wow. These guys really are used to getting their way, “What were you in detention for anyways?”

“The usual,” Maverick says then pointing at Goose and Teagan, “These two were horsing around and talking shit.”

“And you just got caught in the middle?” I ask.

He nods, “As always. The staff just assumes now that we’re all in on it, even if we’re not even close to each other. The only reason Lucas lucked out is because he doesn’t have that class with us.”

“Yeah dude,” Teagan says offended, “What the fuck? Why didn’t you do something to get locked up with us?”

Lucas laughs, “You’re kidding right? I’d say that I spent my time much better than that today.”

Maverick’s eyes narrow on me and I have to look away as he says, “Yes, I would say that you did.”

I could kiss Judy as she chooses this moment to bring out three plates that look exactly like ours did. They dig in just as quickly as Lucas had earlier. It’s surprising to watch teenage boys eat hamburger and fries with such refined table manners.

“What?” Goose asks as he catches me watching him. I just shake my head. I’d rather not insult them by saying they’re supposed to be acting like complete slobs.

Teagan is the first to finish, “So, what are we doing this weekend?”

“Well,” Lucas starts, “I think we’ll be going to Kelly’s lake house for the party after the game.”

Maverick looks up from under is glasses with a confused look on his face and Teagan laughs, “And why the fuck would we be doing something stupid like that?”

Lucas smiles over at me, “Because Kendall told Eddie that we would.”

I cringe down in my seat a little, “I was only trying to be nice and I didn’t say that you guys would go. I just told him I would.”

Maverick’s eyebrows are high on his forehead and he smiles for the first real time since I met them. Goose shakes head and looks at Lucas, “You must not have explained it to her.”

Now it’s my turn to be confused, “Explain what?”

Teagan smiles at me, “We don’t go to anything like that alone. Always as a group.”

“It saves us from doing stupid shit,” Maverick adds.

I shake my head, “I’m not in your group though. Besides, I probably won’t even go, so it’s no big deal.”

They all look at each other before Lucas says, “Let’s just say you’ve got a temporary pass and we’re going to the party Friday night.”

Teagan just about jumps out of his seat, “Does that mean you’re coming to the game too?”

I shrug, “It’s been awhile since I’ve been to one. I always work on Fridays plus our team sucks.”

The guys laugh like Lucas had earlier and Teagan says, “Yes they do. So that means you need to come watch how the game is really played.” He jumps up from his seat and strolls over to the table in the corner where Eddie and his friends are. My eyes travel across his body and I can’t help but admire the swag that he puts into his step. It makes his jeans hug in all the right places.

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