Spencer burst out laughing at the description, which he remembered as somewhat accurate.Before he could say anything else, Misty’s smile turned into a leer.“Not to mention the first time I saw Jackson Chase on TV, I started to think maybe boys weren’t so icky after all.”
“Yeah, my first crush was on that show too.”
“Who?No, let me guess.Stacey.”
Spencer frowned.“Where would you get that idea?”
“Because just about all the boys wanted her, and all the girls argued over who got to be her on the playground.Looking back, it’s obvious that they wrote her in to get girls to watch too, but—”
“But I didn’t buy it,” Spencer said.“And I always liked Jordan better than Stacey.”
Misty’s eyebrows rose to give her a skeptical look.“Really?”
“Yeah, she was cuter and always seemed more—”
“One berry with extra protein, one kale with extra protein!”The barista’s voice interrupted the conversation, and he got up to get the drinks.
On the way to the counter, Spencer mused on the show he hadn’t thought about since he’d gotten too busy with school and kickboxing to watch anymore.Pretty as she was out of the Guardians costume that included a mask, Jordan hadn’t had an ounce of the romantic, if somewhat damsel-in-distress air that had hung about Stacey at times.If anything, sometimes she was the one who got sent on quests to save the others, and she handled it all with humor, courage, and determination.
The actress who’d played Jordan had black hair and brown eyes, and yet her character kind of reminded him of someone he was getting to know.He came back to the table, wondering if seeing that on the show had determined his type as he’d grown up.
Misty took a sip of her smoothie and theatrically shivered.“Are we sitting in the gym or the café’s refrigerator?”
Spencer barked out a chuckle before turning serious.“I keep meaning to ask.Why are you trying out for a winter sport when you don’t seem to like being cold?”
She stirred the drink with her straw before answering his question.“To be honest, I really haven’t dwelled much on that part.I’ve been thinking more about the athleticism of it, trying a new sport, and possibly going to the World Winter Games with Tish.”
“The WorldWinterGames,” he emphasized.
“Well, I don’t know how I’m supposed to train forthatpart.I can’t blast the air conditioner at home because my roommates would make me pay the higher electric bill myself.I don’t know anyone who’d let me sit in the back of an ice cream truck, and I’d probably get funny looks if I spent hours hanging around the frozen section of the grocery store in shorts.”
“There’s something we can do here, something where I’ll guarantee that if you can do this, you can handle any of the cold.”He fought to keep his lips from turning up in a devilish grin.“But you’re not going to like it.”
Chapter Seven
Spencer felt his eyeslight up as Misty met him at the front desk.Instead of dwelling on it, he asked, “Did you bring your bathing suit?”
