Page 20 of Full Coverage (Boys of Fall)

“Okay.”

The smile he gave her made her heart thump in a way she hadn’t felt in a really long time. He looked like she’d just announced he’d been elected president. Wow, she hadn’t made someone else feel like that in a really, really long time.

“I’m going to head home and work on this chapter,” he said. “Maybe later you could come over and read through it for me? I want to be sure I got the game right.”

The chapter was about the district championship game that had put the Titans into the state playoffs. The playoffs that they’d ended up dominating. The crown jewel to their biggest and best season ever.

“That would be great,” she agreed, realizing that she’d been expecting him to kiss her. And that she was disappointed that he hadn’t. “Or you could come to my place. I’ll make you dinner.”

“Great plan,” he agreed easily.

She wasn’t a fantastic cook, but she wouldn’t embarrass herself. At least, not with the food. Why did she keep agreeing to spend time with Nolan when she tripped over her words and ended up feeling like a jerk?

Becauseheseemed to want to keep spending time withher. In spite of all of that.

“How’s seven?” she asked.

“I’ll be there.”

“Great.”

“Should I bring the tequila?”

She tipped her head. She was still surprised by Nolan’s teasing side. “I have plenty of tequila.”

He gave her a grin. “Right. It was the shot glasses you didn’t have.”

Randi felt her stomach flip and she crossed her arms, trying to not show how easily he affected her. “Right.”

“Have you gotten any since Coach’s party?” Nolan asked.

“Nope. I just drink straight from the bottle.”

He gave a nod. “That works. And I can use your belly button. So we should be good.”

She was pretty sure he realized how that affected her because she blew out a quick breath and said, “Okay then, I’ll be sure to wear something we can pull up.”

He gave her a hot look. “Yeah. You do that.”

Then he turned and walked away. Without kissing her. And she was still disappointed by it.

* * *

“Are you dating Miranda Doyle?”

Nolan looked up from his computer screen as his mother came in the back door of the house into the kitchen.

“Um.”

“Are you dating Miranda Doyle?” Teresa Winters set her reusable grocery bag on the countertop, the canned goods making a loud thunk.

Nolan saved his work and leaned back in his chair. “Do not tell your Bunko ladies or the beauty shop girls that Randi and I are dating,” he said. “That’s very premature.”

Teresa crossed her arms and leaned back against the counter. “So you want to.”

“Where did you hear this?”

“Nicole told Janice that Kristine took her car into the shop this morning and you were there. With Miranda.”

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