Page 77 of Broken Hearts
“You have to find her and talk this out before you leave.”
“I’d rather catch up with my best girl. How the hell are you?”
I know he’s deflecting, but lord knows I’ve done it enough times to him that I let it go for now. “I’m good. I finally fixed the footwork sequence that was giving me trouble and I think Coach is going to let me add the double lutz back in at my last competition.”
“That’s awesome. What day is it? Maybe I can come down.”
“You can’t run away from your partner.”
“What? I never ask for time off. I’m sure Taylor can manage without me for a couple of days when we get back.”
“You will do no such thing. You’re so close. Talk with Taylor and get back to work. I’m only friends with you so I have a legit excuse to go to the winter games next year. Don’t ruin this for me.”
That makes him smile and I feel better. Because of Elias’s crazy training and being away from home, he doesn’t have a lot of friends and I feel bad that I’ve been preoccupied lately.
“Do you like her?”
“No, of course not. You know that I don’t. She annoys the shit out of me on a regular basis. She does this weird thing when she kisses where she hums softly.”
“Yeah, well, you wouldn’t know that if you didn’t go around kissing her.”
“Touché.”
After Rhett is done showering, we go back out to the living room to watch the movie. The entire group is over. Heath and Ginny are curled up on the opposite end of the couch as me and Rhett, Mav sits between us with Charli.
Dakota’s in the armchair and Adam and Reagan laid a blanket on the floor and she sits in front of him, her back resting against his chest.
“I can’t believe you’ve never seen this,” Ginny says. “Doesn’t your sister play hockey?”
“Yeah, but this movie was made like… thirty years before she was born. I have seenMiraclean obscene amount of times though.”
“Ooooh, that’s a good one too.” Mav’s eyes light up. “We should watch that one too.”
Rhett yawns, making the group laugh.
“What?” he protests through a laugh. “You guys insisted on turning the lights out. You know how I get.”
“Real talk,” Heath says, looking to me. “Does this guy make you leave the lights on when you have sex?”
Ginny elbows him. “You can’t ask people that.”
“You wanted to know too,” he says, tickling her sides.
“I have never fallen asleep on her,” Rhett defends himself.
“That he remembers,” I quip.
The movie starts and everyone quiets down and turns their attention to the TV. Rhett leans in to whisper in my ear, nipping the shell of my ear as he says, “I could never fall asleep while naked with you.”
“I might make you prove that later.”
“You’re on.” He sits forward. “Anyone else want a Monster drink?”
It’s still early when the movie ends, but we both have to be up in the morning for practice, so we duck out and head to Rhett’s room.
Despite the energy drink, my man is sleepy.
I’m undressing and grabbing a T-shirt from his drawer when he steps up behind me. His palms glide over my hips and stomach sending goose bumps racing over my skin.
