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Matty leans in for a kiss, and Fielder gasps.
The boys perk up like scared bunnies and scuttle away through the bramble, leaving dust clouds in the wake.
We both collapse into each other and laugh until we can’t breathe.
Chapter 14
If He Were Feeling What I’m Feeling He Would Know How It Feels!
Hi, reader! It’s me again, Fielder Lemon! Did you miss me?
Let’s check in with Operation: Ricky @ Second Glance, shall we?
Lite Sabotage
Win over Ricky’s family
Get Ricky alone to see if he still has feelings for me
Remind Ricky what he’s missing (I feel like we’re here, yes?)
Show him how much I’ve grown and changed (jury’s out)
Compare/Contrast: Pros of Fielder vs. Cons of Cam
Figure out if Ricky actually loves Cam
Isolate (then eliminate) Cam!
I still feel a bit icky about that last one, but not terribly so because I still haven’t figured out how to break it to Ricky that Ithink Cam might be hooking up with randoms on the side. I have no proof, though, other than what Tyler, Benny, and I saw.
Anyway, I’m not worrying about that right now because I’m having the single best day of the last thirteen months with Ricky, and I’m not getting my hopes up at all, but I’m saying nobody in the history of days has ever had a better day.
With the Matty of it all, it keeps getting better.
“Matty isn’t answering his texts,” I say.
“This is amazing,” Ricky repeats, over and over again.
“Yes, except Matty didn’t tell me he was going on a date! When I woke up this morning, Matty was already gone. Now I know it’s because he was sneaking out to meet the lemon farmer’s son! Which, hot. Kudos, Matty! But it’s upsetting. Matty tells me everything!”
“Leave him alone,” Ricky says. “He’sclearlyenjoying himself.”
“But—”
“Are you worried he’s going to somehow mess up your connection to Niccolò?”
I wasn’t, but now that you mention it, yes!“Nooo.”
He glares at me, knowingly.
“Matty can be messy . . .” I trail off.
“A Lemon, messy? Never.” He rolls his neck and smirks, all suave, and it makes me swoon. Hard.
“Ignoring you.”
“He’s your best friend.” Ricky’s attributing the “best friend” label to someone other than himself hurts in a way I couldn’t have expected. “I’m glad he was there for you this last year.”
