Page 120 of Fall For Me
“Yes, Coach,” my teammates say in unison, breaking me out of my thoughts.
We filter out toward the locker room, and I whistle the entire way while a plan for her smart mouth takes shape in my mind. After a hot shower, I pick up my stick and head to our machine shop to see if there’s anything I can use to make some modifications.
I never make empty promises, Rebel.
Thirty-Five
Hannah
“You survived,” Aspen says as I round her doorway, still scrunching my damp curls from the shower.
“Barely.” I plop down in the chair across from her desk and release a huge puff of air. “Next time I volunteer the team to do something like that, remind me of this moment right here. My arms feel like they’re about to fall off. But it’s done, so there’s that.”
“Any of the guys give you shit?”
“Not really. I could tell by some of their faces they weren’t pleased, but other than that, the only one who said anything was Aiden.”
“Hey guys.” Cammie pokes her head into the office.
“Cammie!” Aspen jumps up from her desk and throws her arms around Cam’s neck. “What are you doing here?”
“I just got off work. Thought I’d stop by and see if all you girls wanted to grab dinner.”
“Aww . . . I can’t today,” I say, looking at the time, then stand to give Cammie a hug. “I have an appointment soon. By the way . . . where have you been lately? I haven’t seen you around.”
“Yeah . . . come to think of it, we haven’t either, and River told me that you haven’t been by their place in a while. Everything okay?”
“I’ve just been kinda hangin’ out, ya know? Doing my own thing . . .” Cammie trails off.
As she tinkers with the paperweight on Aspen’s desk, an idea springs to my mind. “Ooh. You know what? You should come to Vegas with us next week!”
River pops into the office behind Cammie and slings an arm around her shoulder. “Yeah, you should totally come.”
“Did y’all forget what happened last time you were in Vegas?” Cammie laughs.
River releases her and plops down in the chair I just got up from, propping her feet up on Aspen’s desk. “Your brother hit the lottery?”
“That’s how I remember it,” Aspen agrees. “Come on! We’ve missed you.”
Cammie hesitates, her lips pressing tightly together. “I don’t know.”
“Hey, Sunshine,” Aiden says, the innuendo lacing his voice as he waltzes into the office.
“Oh, for fuck’s sake!” Carter snaps.
A storm brews behind his eyes as he and Cal saunter in behind Aiden. I wonder if he’s ever gonna let this whole Aiden and Cammie thing go.
“Family meeting?” Cal chuckles under his breath.
Carter turns his head and cuts him a glare, making him laugh even harder.
“We’re trying to get Cam to go to Vegas with us. We can go down a couple of days early and have Mom come with us to watch the kids. It’ll be a good time. . .” Aspen trails off.
“I bet our mom would be glad to come up and help too,” Carter chimes in.
“If Carter’s mom and your mom get together, then you know my mom is gonna wanna come too,” River says to Aspen.
“Let’s make that happen!” Aspen encourages, pulling out her cell.
