“Hey, Jason. We were just talking about you.”
My spine bristled at Shelly Halstead’s dulcet tone. She didn’t even look twice at me, fixing her overly made up eyes right on Jason.
“All good, I hope?” He gave a strained laugh, clutching my hand tighter.
“Oh, you know it.” She smirked, licking her lips seductively.
“We’re meeting Gio and a few of the guys at The Gridiron. You and Fee should come, hang out.”
“Actually, we’re just on our way home,” I said, giving Griffin a weak smile.
“Come on, one drink.” He pouted.
“You should totally come, Jason.” Shelly twirled a strand of hair around her finger. She couldn’t have been any more obvious if she'd tried.
But what did I expect?
Jason was the star... and I was invisible by all accounts.
“You should go,” I said before I could stop myself.
He gave me a confused look.
“Go, hang out with your friends. I’ll see you back at the apartment.”
“What are—”
I took a step backward right as Griffin and Shelly grabbed Jason and started steering him in the opposite direction. “We’ll return him to you in one piece,” Griffin called, but I was already hurrying away from them.
Tears burned the backs of my eyes as I folded my arms around myself and tried to fight the wave of emotion crashing over me.
“Felicity, wait...”
His voice gave me pause but it only made me angrier. It was irrational, I knew that. But I also knew Shelly had completely dismissed me just now, as if I was no one. Insignificant. Just a bug to be stepped on.
“Felicity, will you just wait a second?” He snagged my arm and I finally stopped, inhaling a ragged breath. “What are you doing?”
I pressed my lips together, willing myself not to cry. But tears clung precariously to my la
shes.
“Felicity, babe, look at me.” Jason began to turn me in his arms. “What the fuck is going on?”
“She just acted like I wasn’t even there.” I could barely look at him. This wasn’t me. I wasn’t insecure about a jersey chaser.
And yet...
“Shelly, you’re worried about Shelly? She’s no one to me, you know that.”
“I know.” My bottom lip quivered.
“Have I ever given you a reason to doubt me?”
I shook my head, unable to find the words to even begin to explain what was going on in my head, when I didn’t even truly understand it myself.
“You know I wouldn’t have gone with them just now, right?”
My eyes dropped, hating that such a lovely night was ruined.