Page 91 of Over the Moon

Bridger

Good luck with that.

Easton

I was born cool.

Axel

There are a lot of players to control on this chessboard of yours, Clark. I don’t understand why you can’t just say you’re friends.

Archer

Aren’t they friends?

Rafe

I’m getting lover vibes. I think he’s holding out.

Easton

Agreed. I think the hockey stick has left the building.

Axel

You think so?

Easton

I saw him this morning. He had a little more swagger in his step.

Archer

Dry spell is over?

I don’t kiss and tell.

Rafe

That’s the same thing as saying you did the deed, brother. Because if there was nothing to tell, you wouldn’t have to say that.

Bridger

What happened to talking less?

Maybe you can all say you got a bad case of laryngitis tonight and stay home.

Easton

Stop worrying. We’ve got this.

I arrivedat the house with Randall, and my family was already talking his ear off. They’d met him many times, along with Coach Gable. But they had never met Sebastian, as he was newly taking over the day-to-day operations for the Lions.

The doorbell rang, and my father went to answer the door. He walked in and made an over-the-top announcement, completely off-script from what I told him to say.

“Look who we have here. We’ve all met Coach Gable, but we’ve not yet met Sebastian Wayburn nor Coach Gable’s daughter, Eloise. Is it Eloise, am I saying it correctly? Whenever I meet people for thefirst time, I’m terrible with names,” my father said, looking at me like he just earned an Academy Award.

He’d most likely win a Razzie Award for this performance.

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