Page 16 of Soulmates and Slapshots
She waves her hand dismissively. “Not as much as some of the others. But it doesn’t matter. I wanted to contribute.”
“By launching freezing water at me?”
She shrugs, trying to play it cool. But then her eyes move down to my still-soaked shirt, now clinging tightly to my torso.
She cringes and nods. “Well, like I told you—I’m always willing to help a good cause.”
I peel the clinging fabric of my shirt away from my stomach. “And so are the Ice Breakers apparently. Clearly, we’ll do anything to win over this town.”
She grins. “I’d say you’ve already done that. This townadoresyou guys. Especially the ladies.”
I groan, dragging a hand through my wet hair. “Yeah, I noticed. These shirts were a bigger hit than I expected.”
“So…Mama’s Boy, huh?”
I shake my head, laughing under my breath. “Cute, right? And for the record, I didn’t choose the name.”
“But is it true?” she teases, tilting her head to the side.
I shrug nonchalantly. “I mean, yeah. I do love my mom...”
She bites back a smile. “Well, that’s actually kind of sweet.”
“Still,” I say, squeezing water out of my shirt, “I’d rather be Mama’s Boy than stuck with one of the other options. Princess Sparkles or Cupcake? No thanks.”
She lets out a full, genuine laugh. “Yes. You got the better end of the deal.”
“And thank you for being the one to soak me. I wasreally hoping it wasn’t going to be some grandmother holding that bucket.”
She snorts. “I’m glad I could help. My aunt wanted to do it at first, but I think she got distracted.”
“By what?”
“Your coach. She thinks he’s sexy. Those were her words, not mine.”
I make a face and pretend to gag. “Coach Hauser? Ugh. That’s going to haunt me.”
She shrugs, laughing again. “I’m just the messenger.”
“Thanks. That mental image will never leave me now.”
A breeze cuts through the air, and I shiver in my wet clothes.
“You should probably get changed,” she says. “You’re freezing.”
“Yeah. This will be my first and last Drench for Defense in September. Or ever.”
She smiles, but there’s a hint of something more serious behind it. “If it’s any consolation, you helped raise a lot of money for Maple Falls today. You guys really did something special.”
I meet her eyes once again. “Yeah…it was worth it.”
At this point, I’ll take any chance I can to spend time with Fiona.
CHAPTER 6
FIONA
Wait until I tell Hayley what I’m doing tonight.
