I head to Bellevue to get Ally since I offered to drive us to the bridal shop. She’s been my chauffeur lately, and I figured I’d repay the favor. I might even buy her lunch. Plus, I want to show off my car. I pull up to her dorm and park behind her car.
Me: Here.
Ally T: Coming. Two seconds.
She’s a liar and I know this, but I don’t say anything. I set up my radio, play with the navigation, and adjust the colors of the interior lighting while I wait. Two seconds is actually ten minutes, and by the time she comes out the door, I’m annoyed. Mainly because there is nothing else for me to play with in my car. I get out of the car as she raises her brows and takes in my bright yellow Mustang.
“Aw, Ash, I didn’t take you for the kind of guy that needed a car like this to make up for your small penis.”
My grin falls, and I glare. “Rude.”
She looks the car over and then glances back to me. “Trying to be the broke-down version of Shia LaBeouf with this Bumblebee-looking monstrosity?”
“Get it out now. Please,” I say, waving my hands to her.
She fights back a grin as she looks at my badass Mustang. Her hair is up in a messy bun, and she’s wearing her volleyball jacket since she’s coming from practice. Her purse hangs loosely on her arm, and when her gaze meets mine, I wait for it. “You know you won’t make it in Fast and Furious, right? No matter what you do in your audition video.”
“I was going to flex, show off my muscles.”
She nods. “Exactly. You won’t make it.”
“You’re crazy. This car is a total babe magnet.”
She perks a brow. “If you need a car to draw babes to you, you need to reevaluate life.”
I laugh as I walk around, opening her door. She looks over at me and then holds out her hand to the door. “See, this attracts the babes.”
I scoff. “Who said you were a babe?”
She cracks up. “Good one.”
“Well, you’ve come at me with an arsenal of insults.”
She beams up at me as she sits down in the black seat. “I’ve been thinking of them since your mom sent me the picture of you and DumbleDee here.”
I glare as I pet my car. “Hey, his name is Rocket. Be nice. He has feelings.”
Ally scoffs. “Naming your car after your penis won’t make it grow.”
“Wow.”
“I know. That was off the top of my head,” she says happily, and I roll my eyes exaggeratedly as I shut her door on her laughter.
Once I’m in the car, I back up, and she’s on her phone texting. I’m pretty sure I know who she is texting, but I don’t want to actually know. So, I don’t ask. When she tucks her phone into her purse, I feel her gaze on me as I turn out of the dorm parking lot. “I’m worried about Angie.”
“Really?” I ask, bringing my brows together. “She’s still acting weird?”
“Yeah, really weird. She won’t even look at me, and on the court today, she was not herself. We weren’t clicking.”
“Huh. That’s not good.”
“My thoughts exactly. I was goi
ng to take her out tonight, try to get her to talk to me. But when I asked her to, she said no. I don’t think she wants me to cancel my date with Taco.”
When I hold in my groan, I’m proud of myself. “I would think your friend is more important than that asshat.”
She shrugs. “Of course she is, but she said no. I think I’m going to get us lunch tomorrow and go on a picnic. It’s supposed to be a beautiful day.”