Page 79 of Undeniably Perfect

“Yes. Just a ball of nervous energy at the moment.”

“That’s understandable. Just keep your eye on the ball, I mean not literally keep it on the ball. I learned that much.”

He laughs. “You have so much more to learn.”

“Shut it, I’m trying.”

“I know. And I love that you are trying.”

I grin like a schoolgirl that just had her crush say hi to her in the hallway.

“I miss you.”

“I miss you, too,” he says. “Only a few more days and then we can spend real time together.”

“I know. I can’t wait.”

“Why don’t you pick somewhere you’d like to go, and we can plan a trip?”

“OK…” I trail off because a trip is like a serious thing. I’m still unsure about our relationship status. We haven’t had “the talk” yet.

“I have to go, but…thanks for coming to the games. You have no idea how much it means to me,” he says and my heart swells at his admission.

“You’re welcome, Kent. I wouldn’t be anywhere else.”

“See you later, alligator.”

“After a while, crocodile,” I respond with a smirk and hang up.

Chapter Thirty-Three

Kent

There’s one game left. Game seven happens to be home for us. I’m so channel focused on the game that I almost forgot to call Tabby.

She answers on the second ring.

“You ready?”

“As ready as I can be.”

“You got this.”

“Yep. I do.”

“That’s the spirit. Uh, don’t bother looking at the family chat till after the game because C-Dog posted an inappropriate gif and now there’s a whole discussion about his behavior going on between Tilly, Betty, and your mom.”

I laugh. “That kid needs to get his shit together.”

“He’s only eighteen. Give him time.”

“I know, I know.” My coach calls for me to come to get ready for an interview. “Listen, I gotta go. I’ll see you afterward.”

“See you on the flip side,” she says as we disconnect.

I look down at my phone. I put a photo of Tabby and me that Di snapped at the last family dinner as my screensaver. She’s laughing with her head thrown back as I grin down at her, clearly having said something that I thought was clever. Her hand is on my chest, and it looks like it was made to be there. This woman so has me wrapped around her little finger, and she has no idea. I need to rectify that as soon as I make it through game seven.

Tabitha

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