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“Nicole’s,” Jacqueline answered immediately.

“Ohreally?” Leo bent to kiss his girlfriend’s head, before plopping himself next to her on the ground and raising his dark eyebrows at me, “And why do you want Nicole’s number, T?”

I gave him a blank look as I responded, which wasn’t hard to do since I had been giving Leo those looks since the first day we met, “No reason.”

Leo snorted.

Jacqueline frowned as her dark brown eyes bounced between the two of us, “Wait, are you interested in Nicole?”

“I’m interested in inviting her to more of our practices,” I said while avoiding eye contact.

Jacqueline nodded as a pinch in her brows formed, “To motivate you to play better?”

I blinked at her, “What?”

Leo was grinning from ear to ear, leaning back on his arms as he let his girlfriend explain herself.

“When you first invited me to practice, it was because you wanted Leo to show off and play better. You thought that if I were here, it would motivate him,” Jacqueline nodded, “So, by your own logic, if you like Nicole, wouldn’t inviting her here make you play better, too?”

Well.

Leave it to Jacqueline to lay it all out there like that.

Might as well admit defeat.

“What if I was interested in Nicole?” I asked my question as I plopped down next to them, crossing one ankle over the other as we enjoyed the cool breeze brushing over the grass.

“Then you should ask her out,” Jacqueline nodded, “But be nice. She’s fragile.”

I grinned at Jacqueline, “Oh, I plan on beingverynice.” I wiggled my eyebrows and winked. Jacqueline’s dark eyes widened as a blush stained her cheeks, and I chuckled to myself before Leo wrapped his arms around her and pulled her against his chest.

“Jacqueline,” Leo’s voice lowered as he dropped his lips to her ear, “Don’t let them fluster you so easily.” He trailed his fingers down her arm once, and her faint blush turned bright crimson.

Yeah, Jacqueline was still mostly straight.

Unlike her boyfriend.

“What do you mean by fragile?” I asked.

Jacqueline leaned back into Leo’s embrace before replying, “She’s still recovering from her breakup.”

I frowned at that.

I couldn’t believe grown adults were still so horrible at relationships at our age. Why anyone in their thirties would think cheating on a partner instead of saying the words, “I think we should break up,” was a better option, was mind-boggling to me.

People were so selfish.

Nicole didn’t deserve that.

I barely knew her, but anyone with eyeballs could see how sweet she was. How kind.

The thought of anyone getting bored or annoyed with her astounded me.

I only shared one single kiss with her, and I was already becoming obsessed.

“Right,” I nodded, “I can’t believe that woman cheated on her.”

“It’s a fucked thing to do,” Leo nodded as he twirled some of Jacqueline’s hair between his fingers. His eyes were focused on the lock of hair as he continued, “I think you’re a good rebound for her, though.”

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