Page 85 of The Perfect Spiral
“Carter!” We all turn to see some of the Giants players. I think that’s them—I recognize Caleb and Marcus from last time.
They join us in our section. Damn, I don’t remember Caleb being that hot.
“Alex! Hey, how’s it going?” Caleb greets me with a beaming smile as I approach.
I give him and Marcus a peck on the cheek. “Hey, Caleb! Marcus! I’m good. I didn’t know you guys were coming tonight. Oh, this is my best friend, Hannah. And you remember Andy, right?” I gesture towards Andy, who’s with Kyle. No surprise there.
“Yeah, we were coming here anyway, but Carter told us you all were coming, so we thought we’d join forces!... Hey, Hannah, nice to meet you. I’m not surprised a beautiful girl has beautiful friends.” Caleb and Marcus both kiss Hannah on the cheek, making her blush.
Caleb’s smile returns when he catches me rolling my eyes. “What? It’s true! Carter is one lucky guy.”
“Ugh! We’re not dating, that’s just something people are making up in the tabloids.”
“Really? So you’re single?” I nod, taking a sip of my drink that Andy had fetched for me after the shots.
“So I can kiss you at midnight and he won’t kill me?” He smirksat Hannah and me, while I choke on my drink in shock at his audacity.
“Well, I’m kissing her at midnight so no, and I don’t know if he’d kill you or not? My brothers might either?” I smirk back, pointing at Hannah.
“Well, we could always not tell them and go somewhere more private. Marcus can kiss Hannah at midnight, I want one from you,” he whispered in my ear, causing me to laugh. I turned to Hannah who was flirting with Marcus beside the balcony. She looks at me and I ask her.
“You want to kiss him at midnight and I’ll kiss Caleb?” She looks over at Marcus who is smirking at her, and then back to me with a grin and a nod.
“Alright, then buddy you got yourself a deal. But only one kiss! And don’t get handsy with me either, I give a mean knee to the balls. Ask Travis.”
“Perfect! You’re a feisty little thing, aren’t you... Yeah, I heard, he’s an ass though, always has been. But damn, you looked good that night, Alex! Don’t worry, I’m not like him, I’ll be the perfect gentleman,” he winked at me.
We kept talking for a while until we decided to take a seat at a table near us. We were flirting a lot, but he kept his hands to himself. We were laughing at each other’s jokes and he was easy to talk to.
“So tell me more about yourself, Alex.”
“Well, I’m in UCLA at the moment studying Mechanical Engineering. I have two master’s degrees under my belt, one in software engineering and coding and the other in mathematics.
I’m thinking of doing a degree in physics too but I’m not sure.”
“What the fuck? Are you serious! How old are you?”
“Yeah, and I’m twenty-three.”
“Wow, you must be really smart!”
“Meh, it helps when you have an eidetic memory. But I skipped two grades so I was in the same year as my brother and Knox.
I could’ve skipped more but my mom wouldn’t let me. Got a scholarship to college, blah blah blah.”
“Wow! Just when I thought you couldn’t get any sexier.”
I look down at my drink and swirl it around. That’s when Knox comes over to join our little chat.
“You guys want drinks?” We both nod with Caleb not looking at Knox.
“I’ll have a sex on the beach please.” “Will you now?” Caleb smirks at me. “I’ll have a whiskey on the rocks,” he tells Knox over his shoulder.
We continue to talk for a little until Knox comes back with drinks and Marcus with Hannah follows behind him. We all thank him for the liquid courage.
“So what are we talking about?” Knox asks after sitting himself down at the table.
“Well I was just getting to know beautiful Alex here, you never told me she was a genius, Carter?”
