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"That’s not necessary I’m sure my dad booked a hotel for us" I shook my head and tried to pull my hand away
"Alexa, don’t be hasty," lued to Drake’s hand over ift horse in the et to know Drake here"
"Yeah, Alexa Don’t you want your dad to get to know o ofoutside the hangar A guest house, a charter flight for the weekend, and a liuy?
My dad followed behind with our bags Crap I just couldn’t see any easy way out of this And now I could expect a million questions from my dad about Drake, too
chapter 5
Luckily, the car ride from the airport to Drake’s parents’ house was only supposed to be twentyvery well They mostly talked about sports, and I learned that Drake was attending Blythe College es offered rugby as a club sport, but he’d transferred this year when his dad learned that Blythe had decided to go the varsity sport route He’d thought it would iby union sevens tea to represent the US in the Suh hopes that he would have the chance at a gold medal
He kept possession ofnew Olympic sports My dad was old-school and didn’t think that activities like tranized as a sport The conversation didn’t get too heated since he supported the idea of rugby as an Oly it was a real sport unlike bad up as Drake continued to rub his thuers with his Every once in a while, his thuers Goose buled not to visibly shiver in reaction as I didn’t want him to kno much his touch affectedas happening Why the sudden interest in ? Our cheh the roof, but I wasn’t sure it orth the bother I couldn’t really trust a guy who didn’t seeirlsI needed was a repeat experience of the cheating boyfriend scenario, not that I thought we’d end up as boyfriend and girlfriend or anything Myaround and around in circles
I could feel Drake’s gaze ona hole in the back of my head My dad was accustomed to my occasional brain-dead hts without thinking twice Drake’s hand squeezed etdrive, lined by tall trees
"Alexa, we’re here," Drake said as we pulled up to a palatial farmhouse This wasn’t a house--it was a country estate And I hadn’t packed to see anything other than the inside of a hotel roo pool Great Another chance foras possible in front of Drake
"Yeah, I kinda figured that one out ot to h he could ainst my skin, I was still pissed about what he had said earlier and wasn’t looking forward towoefully unprepared
"We didn’t really have ti Did we, Alexa? I promise, you will love them My mom will be excited to meet someone froirl around the place for the day You’ll be like a surprise present for thehe was here whenever Drake looked at n at all "Well, then I hope they think my dad’s a present, too"
"Alexa, don’t be so worried Drake’s father had offered to let ht I told him it would depend upon if I flew Drake up by myself or not So we’ve both been invited to stay"
"Dad! You never said anything about staying here when you asked lared at my dad since I probably would have packed a little differently if I had known that ould be around people while aited for the return flight ho would be the same no matter where ent or e did