“No, most of them live closer to Oklahoma City.” She drops into a loopback chair, a corner of her mouth turning up. “You should give him a chance.”
“He called me a psycho and yelled at me at the gas station. Isn’t that a red flag or something?”
“That is unfortunate. Stupid boy. Did you yell back?”
“Well, yeah. I had to defend myself.”
“Two wrongs don’t make a right. Do I need to quote a Bible verse about forgiveness?”
I roll my eyes. No, I already know them. “I can forgive him—eventually—but that doesn’t mean I want to date him. Besides, after the Leo incident, I swore off dating until college, and I’m sticking to it. Hopefully, in that time, I’ll decide boys aren’t all pushy and rude.”
“What if Leo came running back to you? You’d take him back, wouldn’t you?”
“What? No. No way.” His beautiful face pops into my mind. Things were so great in the beginning, but I wouldn’t take him back. Would I?
She shrugs and rummages in a box, but that twist of her mouth says what she doesn’t. Great, she doesn’t quite believe me. “Well, either way, it’s time to move on, and Will’s so cute and sweet.”
“I can agree he’s cute.”
“Who’s cute?” a male voice says from the hallway just before the screen door snaps shut. Hudson walks in and then lowers his voice, glancing over his shoulder. “Are you guys talking about Will?”
“Yes,” Ava says at the same time I say, “No.”
Hudson slides onto a barstool. “He’s taking his bags in next door.”
Ava throws an arm around his neck, and they both observe me as if I’m a fun science experiment. “She thinks he’s cute. It’s a good start.”
Hudson nods and tosses some popcorn in his mouth. “We can work with that.”
“Please don’t,” I moan. “Can’t we just focus on your wedding?”
“Sure. Sure. But you should know we’re good at multitasking.”
The screen door snaps again. Ava wags her eyebrows.
“In here.” Hudson gives me a wink.
They’re mortifying. So much for avoiding the most annoying boy in the world. Guess I’ll have to shift to ignoring.
Will walks in, all nervous and windblown…and cute.
Dang it. This might be more difficult than I thought.
CHAPTER SEVEN
WILL
Well, if I thought Morgan was going to warm up to me, I was wrong. She’s hardly said a word, and she hasn’t glanced in my direction. How do you play nice with a girl who won’t look at you?
Hudson keeps glaring at me like it’s my fault.
Can we please finish this task so I can go to bed? I’m exhausted.
A few minutes ago, Morgan got up to go to the bathroom, and in her absence, Hudson and Ava laid into me.
“What are you doing?”
“Have you apologized?”
