In fact, I’m leaving too early. I just couldn’t bear the tension of sitting in my room, waiting. Every second felt like an hour. I had to get out of there. I take a meandering walk outside, killing the minutes until I can start making my way to Last Word without arriving embarrassingly early.
My phone rumbles in my pocket. Pulling it out to check, I find a notification from the group chat with the guys who graduated last year.
Sebastian
RED ALERT, RED ALERT
JAMIE HAS A DATE
A puff of frozen air appears in the orange glow of the streetlight above me as I huff a laugh, shaking my head.
Tuck
HOLY SHIT
Rhys
With a woman? A human woman?
Carter
Believe it or not, yes
Lane
Don’t be mean to your captain, guys
Tuck
Hudson, where are you? THIS IS A RED ALERT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
HUDSONNNNNN
I roll my eyes as a couple more messages pop up from Lane and Rhys, demanding details from Sebastian and Carter.
Hudson
Tuck, is THIS why you called me?
Tuck
Of course
Rhys
Lmao. Tuck, you really made a phone call to tell him to check this chat? You couldn’t have just told him the news on the call?
Tuck
Wouldn’t have had the same effect
It was important he find out the same way the rest of us did
You know, for team building
Lane
We’re not on the same team anymore
