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He looked around us, his eyes landing back on me. “I talked to Coach after practice yesterday. He said he’s talked a couple of scouts into coming to the next home game.”

“What?! Oh, my God! Why didn’t you start with that?!” I threw my arms around him and then whacked him in the arm. “Why didn’t you tell me last night?”

He mock-rubbed where I hit him. “We kind of had other drama last night. Remember?”

“That game’s homecoming, right?” Izzy asked, steering us back.

Jet nodded. “Think so.”

“Well, either way, that’s awesome, man.” Tucker clapped Jet on the back, and Izzy hopped up, coming around to the lower bench to wrap Jet in a hug.

“We’re so proud of you.”

He laughed. “Well, I don’t have it yet.”

“You will, though. I know it.” I crossed my fingers.

“Hey, we should do something that night. To celebrate. Even if Jet doesn’t find out right away, it’s still exciting,” Izzy said as she came back around to her seat.

“You mean like a party?” I perked up. “It’s homecoming. There’s bound to be some. Corey will, for sure.”

Izzy’s face scrunched. “Honestly, after the last few, I’m kind of over the party thing.”

“Same,” Tucker scowled, and I deflated.

“Then what?”

“We could do a campout again,” Jet suggested. “The way y’all meant for mine to go. But with just us.”

I watched Izzy visibly sag in relief. “Sounds perfect. I love it.”

Heading back over to the school after scarfing down our lunch, my video had already started making its way through the masses, and all the smack that had been on Tucker before was now turned around on Lisa. She glared at me, and I just waved, triumphantly grinning as she threw open the door to head to class.

“Man.” David walked up, giving Tucker a fist bump. “Close call there.”

“Definitely dodged that bullet.” Liam came up next, one of the team’s running backs.

“No kidding.” Tucker grinned. “Catch y’all in athletics.” He turned to Izzy as Jet hooked his arm around me, sweeping me up against him.

“You are amazing. You know that, right?”

“You could say it again.” I grinned.

“Amazing.” He leaned in for a kiss, gently nipping my lips before pulling away. I nudged Tucker’s arm to break him from Izzy, and she and I watched as our guys took off down the sidewalk, my eyes never straying from the strong plane of Jet’s back and his ass.

Izzy finally laughed, hooking her arm with mine as we headed to class. “Do you have any idea how relieved I am?”

“Tons, I’m sure.”

“Definitely. I feel like I’m walking on air. Now, let’s talk homecoming outfits.”

I groaned.

Chapter 10

ANNIE

Homecoming week had come around fast, and thankfully, the next few weeks were mostly free of drama. Lisa had gone back under her rock somewhere after everything came out, her reputation dragged down the totem pole after the stunt she tried to pull. It wasstartingto become old news, but in a small town, stuff like that left a stain. It would take a while for people to forget. If ever.

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