I huff a laugh. “No, they don’t.”
“Do you wanna do something?”
“Like right now?”
He shrugs a shoulder. “Yeah, right now.”
“Oh, I, uh… was hoping to go back to the hotel and chill out.”
“You could come to mine. Like when you used to visit my dorm.”
“For…”
“I don’t know, Huds. It’s been forever since we saw each other, you know? I just want to catch up.”
“I don’t—”
“Comeon,” he pleads. “I promise to keep the noise level to a minimum.” He leans in close, lowering his voice. “I’ll even talk like this if you want me to.”
I shove him away, laughing. “Fine. But I’m not staying long.”
“Totally. Whatever you want.”
I follow Trey’s lead to where his hotel is, which is thankfully in the direction of mine. I won’t have far to walk back to my hotel.
“So, what have you been up to?” he asks as we dodge the New York crowd.
“Working, mostly. You?”
“Same. I travel a lot. For work, I mean. You’re doing analytic stuff, right?”
“Yeah, I’m an operations analyst for the Minnesota Wolves.”
“Whoa,” he mutters. “Have you met any of them?”
“Just Trevor Hill once.”
“Holy shit! You mettheTrevor Hill?”
“It’s not that serious.”
“He’s got some of the best stats as a QB in the history of the team.”
“Yeah… I know,” I deadpan.
“Oh, right.” He laughs. “Sorry for fangirling. The agents at Nutri-Go would have a heart attack if they could get him on the endorsement list.” He whistles.
“It’s fine,” I say. “I get it. A lot of the people in the office dream about meeting the guys on the team. But they’re just other guys, you know? It’s like Alex. We know him as Alex, and then you have all these people fawning over him like he’s something special.”
“Well, he kind of is.”
I roll my eyes. “Yeah, but he’s just our friend. He’s a person.”
“Yeah, yeah. So, what else have you been doing? You said you aren’t seeing anyone, but are you interested in anyone? You dating?”
“No, no one. No time for that.”
He hums his agreement. “I’m here,” he says, pointing ahead to the hotel on the corner.
