Page 22 of Here and Now
Maybe not gods, but seriously, we fucking kicked ass.
Then we got kicked out.
After our last tournament win, a bunch of the other schools filed complaints because we ... won all the damn time.
The official collegiate league met with us and told us we either had to be full-time students in a four-year school, or we needed to join a different league.
Which means we needed to join the adults’ professional league or disband the team.
Well, no one puts the Disc Jocks in the corner.
We rallied and found a new league to dominate. Only to find out that—we suck.
“News flash, boys. You were never good!” Ainsley, Lachlan’s girlfriend, yells from the sideline.
“Fuck off, sweetheart,” Lach yells at her.
“Love you too, sugarpie.”
I roll my eyes. “You two are couple goals.”
“Whatever.” Lachlan grins.
He’s such a moron and so completely in love with that girl it’s almost uncomfortable to watch.
Everett clears his throat. “If we can get back to the topic at hand.”
“Yes, how do we improve?” I remind them.
“I was talking about your stupid-ass request to go drink coffee.”
For fuck’s sake. “Can we just drop this?” I ask.
“Not a chance, douchebag,” Everett says, arms crossed over his chest.
“Who cares if I don’t like coffee? I want to go, so what?”
Everett smirks. “You’re right. Let’s all go get coffee and see what really is on the menu that you want to sample.”
The three of them grin at each other, and I’m pretty sure I’m going to regret every second of this.
We pack up and head to the cars, which means I get to see Penelope again, and really it’s only because I want to make sure she’s okay.
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“Mom, do you think I can have a dad again ever?” Kai asks as we’re on the way to Prose & Perk.
Thankfully, my reflexes keep me from veering off the road.
“A dad?”
He nods. “I was thinking it would be good to have one.”
“You were?”
Apparently I’m unable to do anything but ask questions to each statement.
