I turn on my call and see the missed texts.
I’m so ready for our match.
Scared, huh? I thought you were punctual.
Where are you?
Are you going to come?
Well, I guess I win by default then.
Look, the silent treatment isn’t cool.
I groan and slap my hand to my forehead.
“What’s up?” Robyn asks.
“Nothing much. I’ll call Allie sometime today and let you know what’s up, okay?”
“Sure. Sounds good.”
I blow out a breath.I completely forgot I had a job interview. Does two work?
A job interview? How did it go?
I got the job!
Good. At least one thing went your way today because once we grapple, you’re going down.
Yeah, I don’t think so.
I’m going to put all of my annoyance at your standing me up into this.
It’s a little scary how much you want to hurt me.
It’s not hurting you that I want.
Good, because you won’t be able to, and I’ll do my best not to hurt you.
So confident.
I don’t see how you can have any, considering you never took classes, and believe me, it’s all about technique. It’s not about size. I’ve brought down guys who are taller, heavier, and stronger than you are.
Yeah, we’ll see about that.
He’s so damn confident, and I have a feeling I’m going to regret this, but I would love to be able to put Rob into his place, and also, I want us to be friends.
If that’s possible.
It might not be.
Robyn pulls onto our campus.
“Hey, can you drop me off at Rob’s?”
“Ah, so that’s who you were texting. Are things better? Heading back toward paradise?”
“I wouldn’t go that far, but we’ll see how it goes.”