Page 106 of Home Run

“Anything?” I whispered to her, splaying my hands over her belly in case the baby kicked.

It hadn’t happened yet, but according to the books it could be any day now, and I had no intention of missing it.

“Nope.”

“Oh well, tomorrow.” I held up my crossed fingers in front of her.

As she relaxed into me, my lips found her neck. It was hard to tell whether it was the base of the music or the beat of her heart that had her skin vibrating.

“Mmm, that’s nice.” She hummed. “Are you having a fun evening?”

“I am now you’re here,” I replied, before kissing her like I’d been wanting to kiss her all night. “How’re you doing? You feeling okay?”

“I’m a little tired,” and as if on cue, she let out a wide yawn. “It’s been a while since I was up this late, even with a nap.”

“Then let’s get the hell out of here and go to bed.”

“Really? I can leave with Radley, you can stay?—”

“No way, I’m not staying without you. I wanna get into bed and snuggle down with you, and tomorrow we don’t need to wake up for hours.”

“Okay, then maybe I can find a little extra energy when we get home.”

My dick stirred, desperate to make up for all the time we were away in San Francisco. “Let’s get your coat.”

“Hmm,” she sighed against my chest, “maybe five more minutes, it’s so comfy here.”

“Deal. But only five.”

My eyes were on the verge of closing when Millie spoke again.

“Parker, are you okay?” she asked, stifling another yawn. “Why are you staring at me?”

Everyone turned to Parker to find he was—indeed—staring at Millie.

I was beginning to wonder whether he was staring or had actually fallen asleep with his eyes open when he spoke.

“Well…because…” he began, then stopped and scratched his head. “Because…two things, really. One, you guys look good together, almost as good as Scout and me. And B, we”—he swept his hand around our table—“were just talking about love, and how we can’t wait for you to tell Tanner you love him. Also how you’re gonna do it. I said skywriting, but Lux thinks it might be on a cookie…”

If only he’d fallen asleep with his eyes open.

He looked so pleased with himself he clearly hadn’t realized Millie didn’t feel the same way. I could tell though, her body bristled in my arms and Radley’s eyes had grown so big, I could see her entire irises and more.

“What?”

“Can we be there? I’ll film it, like they do for proposals…” Parker’s whole face lit up with excitement. A direct correlation to how fast my stomach was dropping. “You haven’t told him yet, right? That’s what Tanner said.”

Before I could answer, Millie spun around in my lap. “Tanner, what the hell?”

I hadn’t had quite as much to drink as Parker, but I’d had enough. It didn’t lessen the very sober, very angry expression on Millie’s face however.

No, not angry.Betrayed.

“Babe, please…don’t listen to him. Mills, he’s drunk.”

“Iam, Millie, I’mverydrunk.” Parker wagged his finger. “But we all love Tanner, and we want you to love him too.”

“Parker,shut up,” hissed Lux, attempting to kick Parker’s shin but missed, instead sat up and scanned the crowds below. “Where the fuck is Scout?”

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