Coach puffs out his chest a little, smirking. “Exactly. And if you play your cards right, you can have the hot wife and the big, gorgeous house too.”
He’s so full of himself, but there doesn’t seem to be anything to say to that. Luckily, he’s called away and my phone buzzes in my pocket.
It’s Billie.
BILLIE: How’s the party? Are your teammates nice? Tell me everything when you get home!
I laugh because that’s always been our thing at the beginning of every season, with me telling her about new teammates, coaches, whatever the situation is.
BODI: Oh, I have a story for you, but it’ll have to be later, on the phone. I can’t talk about it now, I’m still at the party.
BILLIE: Seriously? You’re going to leave me hanging?!
BODI: Let’s just say I met a girl. I like her. Guess who showed up today? And guess who her father is?
There’s a long silence before I see the three dots, indicating that she’s typing a response.
BILLIE: PLEASE don’t tell me she’s your coach’s daughter…
BODI: Okay, I won’t.
BILLIE: ROFL I’m sorry, you do know this is karma, right?
BODI: Yeah, yeah. Laugh at my expense. I deserve it.
BILLIE: You really like her?
BODI: I thought I did. I mean, we only met a couple of times. Obviously. I didn’t even know her last name—and before you get snarky, we did NOT hook up.
BILLIE: I’m guessing her dad isn’t down with you dating his daughter…
BODI: Nope.
BILLIE: I could be snarky but I won’t be. I’m sorry. Maybe he’ll chill out if you guys get serious?
BODI: Not happening. We already talked about it and decided it wasn’t worth the risk.
BILLIE: Shit. Well, if you want to talk when you get home, I’ll be here. I’m off today, just relaxing and doing some cleaning.
BODI: I don’t know how late I’ll be but I’ll call you this week if you don’t hear from me tonight.
BILLIE: All right. Love you.
BODI: Love you too.
I’m just about to put my phone away when it buzzes again. To my surprise, there’s a message from Jeannie.
JEANNIE: Hey, how are you? We haven’t talked in a couple of days, but I was thinking about you and wondering if you’d want to meet up?
Chapter
Twelve
Jayne
My heart thunders against my ribcage once I hit enter to send the message to Broderick. I’d been thinking about it for a couple of hours but then decided to bite the bullet. He’s probably going to shoot me down but after the disaster with Bodi, I need to feel good about something. I don’t know what’s come over me, because I never, ever make the first move.
Today just seemed to break something in me.
