Page 67 of You Found Me
To which he very quickly agreed.
Another reason I don’t deepen our kiss is Mia and Beckett are watching, and I honestly don’t want to hear her wolf whistle.
He pulls back, with a half-smile. “Are we all ready to leave?”
Mia is the one to answer, seeing as I’m momentarily stunned, “I mean, Clark said we looked ready. So we must be.” She winks at him, pulling a chuckle and an eye roll from Beckett.
“So, I’m not the smoothest when it comes to women. Sue me,” he says, cheeks once again blossoming bright red as he tries to shrug us off.
“It must be a familial trait because this dork said ‘howdy’when we met again this summer,” I joke, taking some of the heat off of Beckett.
“Oh my gosh, you’re right,” Mia exclaims. She looks between the guys. “Please tell me your dad is the same way.”
They chuckle and Beckett nods. “Actually, yeah. I think Mom’s talked about his lack of swagger back when they first met. Apparently, she found it endearing.”
I mutter, “I definitely see the appeal of it.”
Mia chuckles, making me realize I said it loud enough for her to hear.
Which means Spencer, who’s right beside me, heard it even better. When I take a peek at him, his dimple is out, and instead of his usual smirk, a big smile is in its place.
“So, we should probably get going, yeah?” I ask.
Spencer checks his watch. “Probably for the best. Do you ladies have everything?”
Mia nods. “We were double checking that when you knocked on the door.”
***
We get to downtown Charleston, and I’m surprised to see a lot of people decked out in Tennessee’s colors.
Which means no one gives the guys a hard time for wearing Sebastian’s jersey. We grab a drink at some hole in the wall bar before heading to the Cougars’ stadium.
When we make it inside, instead of going to our seats, we take our time, walking around to explore the facilities because none of us have been here before. Naturally, I locate thedessert stands right away. We’re talking loaded funnel cakes, mini donuts, hot fudge sundaes, anything you could think of! Plus, the traditional bags of popcorn and cotton candy.
I hang back when Mia pulls Beckett with her into one of the lines with actual food and notice how easy it seems between them. I glance over at Spencer and find him watching them as well.
I bump my shoulder into him. “I talked to her about Beckett, and she said they’ve been talking quite a bit. She also knows why Aria broke up with him, even though she lied. But Mia enjoys being around him. I don’t think she’ll hurt him.”
“I know she wouldn’t hurt him on purpose. I’m just protective when it comes to Beckett. He changed and went into a dark place after his first girlfriend. To me, ever since then he seems to be missing something.As if when they broke up, she took the light from him. If that makes sense.”
“It does. I think I get that more than you know. But for what it’s worth, Mia is probably the one person you’d want in your brother’s corner. She’s fiercely protective over us. I mean you saw her last week.”
“You’re right.” Spencer nods. “He could use more friends like that.”
Before I can comment, they come back over, and I cackle at the sheer amount of food they’ve brought back.
Spencer huffs out a laugh before playfully asking, “Did you leave anything for the rest of the like 80,000 people here?”
“If they wanted any of this,” she says gesturing at the trays and smirks, “they should’ve checked the forecast to see Hurricane Mia coming.”
Beckett laughs, then gestures to Spencer with a head nod to the left, where our seats are. Luckily for us, Tennessee has a decent following with fans who like to travel, so we’re surrounded by a sea of red and blue.
Spencer told me last week that Sebastian had offered to put us up in a private section, but he and Beckett told him absolutely not. They wanted to watch him like they did in high school and college. And I’m glad they did because I like our seats. We’re atthe fifty-yard line at the top of the lower bowl and should be able to see every play from this vantage point.
The first quarter is pretty much at a stalemate. Neither team scores. But in the second quarter, Sebastian catches a pass and runs thirty-seven yards, scoring the first touchdown of the game. Getting to see someone that Spencer loves, doing what they love, is really something else. The excitement and pride both he and Beckett have for their cousin is amazing.
I don’t think they’ve stopped smiling this entire time.
