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“She’s got to be the issue, right? Because it can’t be over him. Not with those stunning looks and his sweet personality.”
“Hey now, don’t talk about another man in front of your boyfriend. Especially not his brother.”
She laughs lightly. “You’re right. I’m so sorry. Never again.”
“Good,” I tell her with a smile. “The thing with B is he’s only ever had one girlfriend before this current one and that was during his senior year of high school to freshman year of college—before he switched to culinary school. But it ended horribly.”
“That’s awful. Beckett is far too sweet to be hurt like that. If for some reason he doesn’t want to bring his girlfriend, I know Mia would go. She loves going to games and contrary to how she messes with him, she wouldn’t do anything to hurt his relationship.”
“I know. I wish I could fix everything for him, but I can’t. You can mention it to her and gauge her reaction.”
“Of course. I don’t think we’ll have to worry about her saying no. It won’t hurt her feelings if he decides not to bring anyone.”
“Thank you, Shortstack.”
She grins, and I’m flooded with thoughts about how right being with her feels.
Emmaline is starting to fit into my life like she was there from the start, and I never want to let her go.
Chapter 18
Emmaline
The girls and I are out to dinner tonight,finally!
We’ve all been so busy lately that we made plans to get a bite to eat and catch up. Since I’ve been craving Pauly’s fried ravioli I asked if we could meet at Anatoli’s. When I made the suggestion, Piper was the first to agree because she wanted to take a box of cannoli home for Callum.
We’ve already placed our order and have our drinks in hand when Piper looks to Colette and asks, “So what’s the plan this year for your birthday?”
Colette grins. “Unfortunately for most of the group, Cori gets to pick this year. Which means, we’re all going to end up at the Haunted House & Trail in Charleston. Costumes are mandatory.”
Mia and I share a knowing look, neither of us are too thrilled. We love our friends so much, but there are only so many scares a girl can take.
“Cori better be glad I love her, otherwise I’d be a no show,” Mia says playfully.
“Oh my gosh, Cal is going to preemptively piss himself when I tell him the plan,” Piper’s eyes twist with a mischievous gleam. “He’s such a big chicken but for some reason lets me drag him to scary places.”
“Yeah, forsome reason,” Mia mutters under her breath low enough that only I catch it.
“Please don’t let him back out, he’s always fun to watch in spooky situations,” Colette all but begs. “I obviously invited Spencer since you two are dating. Oh! I also invited Beckett,” she looks between Mia and me. “Maybe they’ll protect you from the big bad scary clowns.”
“When I talked to Beckett last week, he mentioned you’d invited him. That was nice of you,” Mia says, ignoring Colette’s playful dig.
I, however, swat Colette’s arm. “You know damn well those clowns are scary. You and Cori are so sadistic for this. I’ll be sure to have some liquid courage and it’ll be fine.” I look back to Mia. “Wait, did you ask him if he’s taking Aria to the game?”
She nods. “I did. He said he wasn’t and then asked if I would want to go with you guys. Clark was feeling brave, I think.”
“Yay! I’ll let Spence know he doesn’t have to talk to him about it then. Did he say why Aria wasn’t going?”
“I asked him if it’d be a problem with his girlfriend and he said that there was no girlfriend anymore.”
“What? Really? Did he say what happened?” I ask, shocked.
The funny thing about Mia is that when she lies, her nose twitches. Which is how she got her family nickname of Bunny according to Theo.
“No,” Mia says, with a twitch of her nose. “I didn’t want to come off as nosey.”
Rather than call her out on it, I let it go.
