The waitress turns to look at me. “Um…I’ll just have a Bud Light. I have no clue what Garrett wants.”

“He drinks Sam Adams too,” Sutton supplies to the waitress, who nods and gives us a quick smile before leaving.

“How do I not know what Garrett drinks?” I ask in bemusement. “I think I just failed my first test.”

“Failed your first test in what?” Garrett asks as he sits down in the chair next to me and scoots it a little closer. His arm comes up to casually rest on my shoulders and he leans in to kiss me on my temple. He’s so fucking natural at all of these little things…the touches, the looks. It’s like he was born to be with someone, and I’m just lucky enough that right now, it’s apparently me.

“I didn’t know what you drink,” I say with a sad face and a dramatic whine. “I don’t know anything about you at all.”

Garrett snorts and leans in to give me a not-so-swift kiss. When he pulls away, he says, “That’s not true. You know more about me than most.”

“Like what?” I dare him to prove me not a fool.

“What’s my favorite candy?”

“Snickers.”

“What position do I play?”

I roll my eyes. “Right wing.”

“Favorite food?”

“Steak, medium rare, with grilled veggies.”

“Favorite song?”

“ ‘Eleanor Rigby,’ Beatles.”

I look around the table and no one is paying us any attention. Zack has his arm around Gina, whispering something in her ear, and Alex is showing Sutton something on his iPhone.

Garrett leans in closer to me and places his lips near my ear. The nearness of him causes goose bumps to break out on my arms. “What’s my favorite sexual position?” he whispers subtly.

My entire body quakes from the sexual promise in his voice and his breath along my neck. “That’s one I don’t know,” I murmur back.

“Well, for future tests, my favorite is with my face between your legs.”

I have to clamp said legs together hard to relieve the sudden ache there. Garrett gives me a knowing look and then leans back into his own chair, turning toward Alex. “Hey, dude…what are you and Sutton doing this weekend?”

Alex turns his attention to Garrett. “No plans. Why?”

“How about the four of us go somewhere? Like an amusement park or something fun.” Turning back to me, Garrett asks, “What do you think? Are you up for something like that?”

Yeah…I’m up for anything with Garrett. I’d be happy sitting with him in an empty room with bare walls, but the prospect of going to an amusement park…spending an entire day outside, expending adrenaline on thrilling rides, holding hands while we walk along…watching other women drool and lust over my guy. Sounds divine.

“I’d love to,” I tell him with a grin.

“Yeah…that sounds cool,” Alex says, and Sutton nods.

Garrett turns toward Zack and Gina, “What about you two? Want to go to an amusement park with us?”

“Man…that sounds fun, but Gina’s parents will still be here and we need to hang with them.”

“Some other time, then,” Garrett says.

Zack and Gina start talking softly to each other again. They look completely in love as Zack holds an arm around her shoulders and nuzzles her every so often. Alex and Sutton are totally at ease with each other, laughing over something on his phone.

I turn to Garrett and he’s facing me, eyes shining like emeralds and seriously intent. “Thanks for coming to my scrimmage.”

“Thanks for inviting me,” I tell him with a smile. “It was a lot of fun, and because your team was victorious, I won twenty bucks off Sutton.”

“You bet on my team?” he asks with an astonished grin.

“I bet on you,” I tell him. “You’ve proven to have more tenacity than anyone I know. I figured you’d get the job done.”

Garrett’s hands reach out to grab me by my waist, and he pulls me over onto his lap. When I’m settled with my arms around his neck, he leans in to kiss me. “I really, really liked having you there watching me. I wanted to impress you, so I played harder.”

“You always impress me,” I tell him. “It was really kind of hot, watching you out there.”

“Yeah?” he asks with keen interest. “Like how hot?”

“Like you will be a very happy man if you take me to your house after we finish eating.”

Garrett groans and leans in to kiss my neck. “Let’s leave now,” he whispers urgently.

I push back from him, laughing. “No way. We’re hanging with friends, then we can go. I’ll still be all hot and bothered later.”

He wraps his arms around me tighter and hugs me to him. “You’re such a tease. I’ll make you pay.”

“Get a room, you two,” Alex yells at us, and Garrett and I just swivel our heads his way, shooting him devious grins.

Reluctantly, I crawl off Garrett’s lap and sit back down in my own chair. But gosh, this is so much fun. Hanging casually with Garrett and his friends, sexy banter and tons of flirting, the promise of some mind-blowing sex later on.

I’m happy.

I can actually put aside my worries.

And, yeah…that’s because of Garrett.

Chapter 17

Garrett

I watch Olivia’s ass swaying in front of me as she jogs up the stairs to her apartment. For the past few hours, I’ve sat in the backseat of Alex’s Suburban with her as we all drove back from a quick getaway to Busch Gardens. She sat on the driver’s side behind Alex and I sat on the passenger side behind Sutton. There was a great big divide between us, but what could we do…we were strapped into place with our seat belts. We ended up bridging the divide by holding hands in the center, but it was driving me nuts sitting that close but not really being able to touch. Her long, bare legs encased in a pair of tiny shorts and flip-flops were begging to be stroked. She was wearing a purple tank top that curved low over her chest and showed a tantalizing glimpse of cleavage.