“Once upon a time,” Miller starts like this is story time.
“This is my story. Shut it.” Fields slaps him on the back of the head.
Miller holds a hand up. “But if it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t have met her, so isn’t it my story too?”
“No, you weren’t there,” Fields argues back.
“You wouldn’t have booked the flight.” Miller pauses and squints his eyes as if trying to recall the memory. “Wait, scratch that because I basically did that part too.”
“I booked the flight,” Fields corrects.
“I found the flight,” Miller jockeys back.
“But I paid for it.”
“But I did everything except put the card number in.”
“Are you guys serious right now?” I jump in. It’s like watching a tennis match. Back and forth they go.
Miller holds up his index finger silencing me while still looking at Fields. “One moment”
“I found the resort, which led to meeting her, so it was all me.” Fields offers a smug smile.
“You literally asked me what I thought before you booked it?” Miller throws his hands up.
“What does that matter?”
“Guys,” I cut them off again.
“What?” they ask in unison.
“Wanna clue me in?” If they keep this up, we’ll be landing in Nashville before I know how he met Ivory, let alone how they got together.
Fields asks Miller, “Can I speak now?”
“If you must.” Miller waves him on.
“It was 2020. We were in spring training and got sent home. We didn’t know how much time we’d have off but this moron—” Fields thumbs over his shoulder at Miller.
“Believe you mean,genius,” Miller butts in.
Fields ignores him. “—Convinced me to take a trip to Belize at the last minute.”
“Flights were cheap. You needed an adventure. I’d say you got the adventure of a lifetime.” Miller holds his hand over his mouth to cover his laughter.
Preston glares at him.
“Am I missing something?” My brows crease with confusion.
“No.” Preston rolls his eyes.
“Yes.” Miller clues me in. “Preston likes to say his trip to Belize was the adventure of a lifetime. Just ask Ivey.”
“Okay?” Will I ever understand the inside jokes between these two?
“Anyways. I went to Belize and Ivory walked into the resort bar on the first night.”
“Like an angel without wings.” Miller flutters his hands as he says wings.
