Page 54 of One Good Puck
“Oh god, yeah,” Bella says, sipping her champagne. She smooths her hand along the front of the white, off-the-shoulder, satin midi dress she’s wearing.
“Oh god yeah, what?” Ingrid says as she and Maya walk up to join us.
“Oh god yeah, Coach Porter’s hot,” Bella says.
Ingrid and Maya nod along.
“Who’s hot?” Blomdahl asks as he walks up and kisses Bella.
“Coach Porter,” Bella says, reaching up to smooth his thick blond hair.
He makes a grossed-out face. “Okay, I’m outta here.” All of us laugh.
He turns to walk off right as Camden walks over. “Hey. What’re you guys talking about?”
“Apparently how hot Coach Porter is,” Blomdahl mutters.
Camden jolts back, his expression horrified. “Wait, Coach Porter is hot?”
“So hot.”
“Very, very hot.”
“Ridiculously handsome.”
“Hands-down, the sexiest older guy I’ve seen in my life.”
All the ladies speak at once, except Sophie and me. I hold back a laugh at the bewildered look on Camden’s face.
“I can’t listen to this,” he says.
“Let’s get a drink,” Blomdahl says.
They walk off, and it’s just us girls.
Dakota turns to Bella, Maya, and Ingrid. “Abby almost kissed Coach Porter,” she says.
All three of them look at me with wide eyes. “Wait, are you serious?” Ingrid says.
“He hauled her up on his kitchen counter to fix her up after she hurt her knee,” Dakota says.
The three of them swoon in unison.
“So how did you go from that to almost kissing him?” Bella asks.
“I was tipsy from the wine,” I say. “He bumped his forehead on my chin, and I was touching his face to make sure he was okay. We were really close at that point. I was staring at him and kept looking at his mouth. I mean, here’s this handsome guy taking care of me. I was about to kiss him, but then Emma walked in after she had a bad dream. And that was it. The moment passed.”
“Have you guys seen each other since then?” Dakota asks.
I shake my head. “I usually leave early in the mornings with Emma for school, and he gets back after we’ve gone to bed.”
They’re quiet for a second. “Do you still want to kiss him?” Maya asks.
I bite my lip and nod.
“You totally should. I would if I were single,” Bella says. She looks over at Sophie and flashes an apologetic smile. “Sorry, Sophie. I know he’s your dad, but he’s really attractive.”
Sophie chuckles and shrugs. “It’s okay.”
