Page 81 of Make Me Swoon

I haven’t said anything to him yet. I didn’t want to distract him from the fight or his training, but after tonight, I know that I’ll need to sit him down so we can talk. I’m getting tired of biting my tongue around him.

“Are you excited?” Sylvie asks as she catches up to my side in the locker room.

“I think I might throw up,” I whisper to her and she laughs.

“I was nervous too, but he’ll be okay,” she promises me.

“Where’s Finn?” I ask her.

I saw them when they first joined us in the hallway to head back here, but there are so many people around and I lost track of her in the crowd.

“Talking to Brooks and Kit outside. I’m sure that they’ll all be in here in a moment.”

I nod, looking over to where Jameson is talking with Niall and Everly. As if he can sense my eyes on him, he looks over to me and smiles.

My stomach revolts and I let go of Faith’s hand to look around for the bathroom.

“I’ll be right back,” I tell Faith and Sylvie and they both nod distractedly, too busy watching as even more people spill into the room.

I weave my way through the crowd and into the back area of the locker room. I head into the shower area and press my back against the cool tile.

“Are you alright?” Jameson asks a moment later.

I should have known that he would follow me.

“Yeah, just a little hot,” I tell him, but he doesn’t look convinced. “You should be worrying about your fight, not me.”

“I’ll always worry about you,” he says, stepping closer and cupping my face in his hands.

“Jameson, I—”

“No!” Faith yells and we both jerk toward her.

She’s standing there looking shocked as she stares between us and I know that she’s going to bolt before she starts to move.

“Faith! Wait!” I yell as she runs back the way she came.

“I’ve got her,” Jameson tells me, but I don’t listen to him.

We both run through the locker room and back out into the hallway.

“I’ll go this way,” I tell him and he nods, taking off in the other direction.

“Have you seen Faith? She took off,” I tell Niall when I run into him and he shakes his head.

“I’ll look this way,” he says and before I can respond, he takes off down the hallway.

If Niall hadn’t seen her, then that means that she must have gone the other way. We should still check in this direction though and so I yell thank you over my shoulder as I turn around and head after Jameson.

I have to push my way through the crowd gathered around the locker room door and then I sprint down the hall, my head turning as I try to spot any sign of her. What was she wearing? Her pink sweater?

I catch sight of it up ahead and skid to a halt when I see that Jameson has her. They duck down a side hall and I walk closer, trying to calm my racing heart.

“You can’t run off like that,” I hear Jameson tell her and I lean against the wall, wanting to give them a moment alone.

“I don’t want Phoenix to go away,” Faith says, and I can tell that she’s pouting.

“I don’t either.”

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