When Jess didn’t answer, she looked up and saw that her friend was giving her a look that was supposed to be significant.
Ali stopped mid-bite, speaking with a mouth full of ice-cream and spoon. “Who? Me?”
“Yes, you. That man couldn’t take his eyes off of you the other night. If I hadn’t been so preoccupied with McKnight-in-Shining-Armor’s sudden reappearance I would have pointed it out at the time. As it was, it barely registered.”
“No way. He barely knows me! KJ never lets me go to class.”
“So? What does that have to do with anything?”
“I don’t think he dates his students’ family members.”
“Doll, we live in a town the size of a postage stamp. If he excludes people related to his students, then he’s going to be a single man for a very long time.”
Ali turned her attention back to Grey’s in an effort to deflect attention off of her. Coach Mills liked her? Did that matter?
Ali hadn’t even considered dating since they lost Patrick. Her life was a zoo and she didn’t want to invite another animal to the party.
But she had been lonely for a long time. Suddenly, Kade’s face popped up in her mind. She tried her best to erase it. Kade had always seen her as Patrick’s little sister. He loved her, but not the way she wanted him to love her. She hated him but she loved him equally as much. And she had a sneaking suspicion that by the time he left that ratio would be weighted in favor of love.
A flash of the naughty dream she’d had that morning went through her head and her body responded with a tingle that erupted deep in her belly. Maybe dating again wasn’t such a bad idea.
Yep. That settled it. If she was getting hot and bothered from the mere memory of a dream that at best was R-rated while sitting on her best friend’s couch, eating Ben & Jerry’s, watching Grey’s, it was time to fill up her masturbation rotation with some new material. ASAP.