“Come on, Rivers,” Josh says, physically pulling Reed away. “Goodbye, Miss Rodriguez. Wish me luck.”
“Good luck, Mr. Faraday,” I say. “You’re gonna need it to beat Jonas.”
“Gee, thanks for the vote of confidence. I’ll be sure to tell him you said that, you traitor.”
I giggle.
I watch Josh and Reed stride away from me toward the beach. Josh puts his arm around his dear friend’s shoulders, leans into his ear, and says something to him—and not two seconds later, Reed turns completely around ’til he’s walking backward in order to face me, lays his hands on his heart, and flashes me a shit-eating grin that makes me laugh out loud.
Holy hell.
Note to self, Tessa: stay the fuck away from Reed Rivers.
46
Ryan
“Kat!” I shout to my sister. She’s floating on an inner tube with Josh and his crowd down a circular lazy river, her adorable, bulging belly on glorious display in her white bikini. “Kat!” I call to her again.
Kat finally hears me and looks toward my voice.
I motion to her like, “Get the fuck over here!”
My sister says something to her group and paddles to the ledge and somehow manages to get her graceless body out of her inner tube and over to me.
“What’s up, Rum Cake?” she asks, waddling up to me.
“You still dying to play matchmaker, Kum Cake?”
She smiles. “I really don’t think that’s necessary anymore, do you?”
I stare at her, holding my breath.
“I know all about you and T-Rod,” Kat says, answering my unspoken question.
I exhale. “What do you know?”
“I know she’s Samantha. And I know you’ve already slept with her.” She snickers. “You devil, you.”
I grab Kat’s arm and drag her into a private corner by a fake waterfall. “How the hell do you know all that? Did Colby tell you?”
“Colby knows, too? Ha! Awesome. How’d he figure it out?”
“Because I told him.”
Kat scowls. “Bastard! You told Colby and not me? What the fuck?”
“Jizz, you’re a blabbermouth.”
“So.”
“So, Tessa’s afraid for anyone to know. She especially doesn’t want Josh to know.”
“Why? We’ve all been there. Or, at least, I have. Many times.”
“She’s not like you. She’s, you know,nice.”
Kat flips me the bird.
