Page 91 of Meant to be Falling
“You know we’re all standin’right here,” Archer says as Bodhi shakes his head.
“But Jensen’s not and we can’t leave him out of this!”
JENSEN: That’s awesome man, congratulations!
“See?”Montana says as the text comes through with confetti. “Jensen’s probably next.”
“Next for what?” I ask, settling back in my chair.
“Proposing. When are you asking Lana?”
“Not until shit gets resolved with her ex.” The words tumble out of my mouth and hang over us like some weird blanket as three sets of eyes land on me.
“What? No one should be surprised.”
“I’m happy for you, man,” Montana says, his head dipping a little.
“Thanks.”
“And is Beck excited for camp?” Archer asks and I nod.
“The camp starts right after the end of school, and I’ll keep doing everything I can to help him get ready in the meantime.”
“You know what we should do?” Montana says as a sly grin spreads across his lips.
“What?”
“We should play a pickup game before he goes.”
“What, three on three?”
He shakes his head, his smile widening. “We’ll get the guys from Clementine Creek to play.”
“I vote not covering Sorren,” Archer says with a shrug that says he’s not ashamed at the admission, then adds, “or Hank.”
“Oh, come on, it will be a pickup game…no tackling.”
“Cool. You can cover them,” he deadpans and Montana snorts into his beer.
“Lana would kill me if we let anyone tackle Beck.”
Montana groans. “No one is gonna tackle the kid. But think how fun this is gonna be—all the trash talking.”
“From the women?” Bodhi says, making Montana bark out a laugh.
“You’re not wrong,” he concedes. “Ellison will definitely be tryin’ to throw elbows on the sideline.”
“You know I’m in. Think the Thayers will do it?” I ask, already imagining it in my head.
“We’ll need Jensen to come back for it,” Archer says and then huffs when we all look at him. “What? He’s big.Hecan cover them.”
We laugh and I pull out my phone when it goes off in my pocket.
LANA: It’s weird sleeping without you
MASON: That’s why I needed the bonfire tonight
LANA: I won’t keep you I just wanted to tell you I love you
