I laugh softly. “Okay then.”
We sit and watch, and I’m completely lost. You throw the Frisbee to someone, but once you catch it, you can’t move your one foot, and then if you drop it, then it’s over. I don’t know, I guess when they play another team, it’s different.
“Trust me, it doesn’t get better,” Ainsley says. “I’ve been to enough tournaments, and I promise, you just drink wine and hope no one gets hurt.”
I go to grab a glass and hear a chorus of winces. “Oh, that’s going to hurt,” Ainsley says before yelling to Lachlan, “Are you okay, honey?”
He stands, wiping off the grass from his shirt. “Never better, babe.”
“He says that now, until he can’t move later and he’s icing his knee,” she grumbles and the other girls laugh.
As much as I know they said this is all for me, or to make Killian look stupid, so far, I’m not seeing that. He’s caught pretty much everything, scored twice, or at least I’m assuming he did because the girls were cheering, and looks like he’s completely fine, while Miles is starting to pant a little.
“So, Tessa, how is it staying on the ranch?” Hazel asks.
“It’s been fine. So much better than the antique store.”
Hazel shudders. “I can’t believe you were going to stay there. I swear, Mrs. Thornberry is so sweet, but no one should pay for that place.”
“Or the shitshack I stayed in and almost caught on fire,” Ainsley adds in. “You know, maybe that’s what you should open, Penelope.”
“What?” she asks.
“Some kind of lodging for Ember Falls. There are no hotels, no apartments or houses that are in decent shape. You could make a killing,” Ainsley says before turning to me. “When I came down to write my article on Lachlan, I ended up in what they called a cabin. The pictures were great, looked fine. It was not. After I caught the generator on fire, kind of, Lachlan moved me out and into his house.”
“After the roach crawled into my cup of water, that was it for me,” I say, with the ick running through my body. “I was so grossed out.”
I still am. I swear, I can see it and I just…can’t.
“I would be too,” Hazel agrees. “Oof, Penny, it’s your man this time.”
Penelope shifts up onto her knees. “Miles, can you get up?”
He lifts one hand, still on the ground. “Just need a minute, love.”
“All right.” She sits back down and pops a grape in her mouth. “Men.”
I chuckle.
Their practice continues and so does the girl talk. I didn’t realize how much I’ve missed this. I had my friends in college, but after we graduated, we all went our own way. In grad school, I really didn’t have anyone, and then I went to New York where I just have my roommate. She and I don’t get to hang out like this since she’s so busy with work and when she’s home, I’m usually at work.
Our schedules allow us to get along so well, but I do miss hanging out and shooting the shit with a friend.
“Oh, thank God,” Ainsley says with a deep sigh. “They’re done and we didn’t need to call for medical help.”
Everyone gets up and starts to pack up. “Tessa, if you’re still here next week, I hope you’ll come hang out with us,” Penelope says.
“I’d like that, thank-you.”
I don’t say that I really hope I won’t be here, that by then, I’ll have figured out what’s going on with Killian’s company and a way to save it. If not, I’m pretty sure Brynlee is going to either fire me or keep me as a junior publicist forever.
The guys approach, and I really take a look at Killian. His dark brown hair is pushed back and he reaches for the hem of his shirt, pulling it up and wiping his brow.
God, I forgot how perfect his body is.
That small glimpse, the little peek at his body has mine overheating, and it’s really not that hot out.
He laughs at something Miles says and then looks to me.
