I don’t know whether it’s a big deal if you don’t tell me what it is
My sitter fell through for Saturday.
Need me to watch your kids? I’m sure Aspen would love it
Right but that’s the day I was going to have you at the game
Have you?Was she going to read into that? Did she think I was going to bang her in the locker room or something? Pull her hair in the shower?
Fuck, she’d probably hate how the locker room smelled. She’s someone who smells sweet and her hair smells like cookies. I know because I smelled her pretty fucking red hair when I hugged her and again when she was leaning against my guest bedroom door frame.
FUCK.
I gulped down some milk, then remembered how much milk sucks without cookies or cereal. I got up, pulled out some of those healthy fake Cocoa Puffs, and poured them into my glass, grabbing a spoon.
Consider the backpedaling underway.
I can try to find someone else but I thought maybe
We don’t have to go to the game if it’s too complicated
Fuckfuckfuckfuck was I putting a burden on her by even asking her to go to the game?
I mean do you want to go?
It’s fine if you don’t want to. You don’t have to.
Silence.
FOUR MINUTES OF SILENCE I had to live through. Mara O’Connell had the fucking nerve to leave my ass on read.
To kill time while I was being stranded, I texted Harper’s hockey coach.
You ever figure out how I can pay for someone on the team
CHRIS
Sorry, forgot to look into it
Would it be easier if I just sponsored the whole team
Wow. Probably?
Get me a number for how much
You got it
Then, my phone rang.
And it was her.
I stood up like she was a queen or something.
Or do you kneel for a queen?
Whatever. I felt like I should be formal.
My heart pounded as I swiped to answer the call. How do you answer the phone? Who calls on the phone? “Uh, hello?”
