I nodded.
“Not too much farther. You really don’t need to walk with me.”
“Brooke, it’s fine. I want to walk with you.”
“Thanks,” I said, trying to keep the butterflies in my stomach. I needed to figure out a way to repay him. And my lips wanted everything to do with it.
TWO
Brooke
We walked side by side, a thousand thoughts running through my mind.
“You’re quiet,” he said.
“Oh, not usually. I mean, I am when I meet someone the first time, but not when I get to know them. This whole situation is super weird. Ugh. And now I’m rambling.”
He laughed.
“Breathe. You’re fine now.”
The way he said it made me want to believe him.
“You guys are having a great season,” I said, trying to make small talk.
“Yeah, I’m the…”
“I know who you are,” I said, cutting him off. “I’m usually at all of the games.”
“I’m surprised I haven’t noticed you before.”
“I’m not, anyway you can go,” I said. “I’m good from here.”
“I’ll walk with you the rest of the way.”
“Thanks, why were you out here anyway?”
“We were on our way to a party on campus.”
“I thought the football players weren’t allowed to party.”
“Nah,” he said. “We can go as long as we don’t get ourselves into too much trouble.”
“Oh? So what can you get away with?”
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nbsp; I’m pretty sure I knew what he was getting at.
He peered over at me and grinned.
“All sorts of things.”
“Yeah, I know all about your reputation.”
“My reputation, huh?”
“You’re a player in more than one sense of the word.”