Chapter 14
FOURTEEN
RIGGS
What did I just witness? Walking out to the parking lot, I see Reagan in a serious discussion with Drew. Then they’re hugging and both crying. It doesn’t look like the end of something. It looks like a beginning.
I hear my name being called, but it seems far away. I shake the fog and realize that Reagan is in front of me and trying to get my attention. As I look over her face, the red and puffy eyes stand out.
“Are you okay?” It feels serious, so I decide against using the nickname I gave her.
She’s nodding before she responds. “Yeah, um, just a conversation that I wasn’t expecting to have. I wanted to tell you that I’m going to catch a ride home with Drew.” At that, she looks down at her feet before slowly raising her eyes back to mine.
I don’t know what my face looks like, but it must be intense because she almost flinches as we make eye contact. My body is thrumming with warring emotions: anger and jealousy.
I'm not sure what to say, so I give her a nod. I don’t trust myself with words right now.
When she realizes I’m not going to respond, Reagan decides to speak again.
“I’ll talk to you later. It was fun today.
” Then she turns and walks back over to Drew, who puts his hand on the small of her back as he guides her to his car.
A bright green Mustang that is as obnoxious as he is.
I can’t keep staring at them, so I walk to my car on the other side of the parking lot. My mind is full of chaos as I try to sort through what I’m really feeling about the girl who just left with another man.
I stop at my car door as realization dawns. I’ve been fighting myself over allowing this girl into my life as anything more than my teammate’s sister, more than my friend. I can’t pretend that she doesn’t matter anymore.
I want her.
I want my teammate’s off-limits sister.
I want Reagan Mills as more than a friend.
And now, Drew Cole has made it clear he does too.