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Cody leaned forward, completely unfazed “I have better one-liners saved up Want to hear them?”
“No Not nearly buzzed enough for that”
“Come on,” Cody insisted “Trust me, it’s a true talent I have”
“Well, you keep living the best life you can, and I’ll keep waiting for you to give me your orders”
“Ouch” He clasped his hand on his chest, falling back against the booth “You wound me Why so mean?”
“Because I just want to take your orders so I can go back to pretending to hen I’ as sweetly as I could
Cody laughed as he reached over, snatching the phone out of one of his friends’ hands “Well, let’s not keep you fro too hard”
The guys finally gave me their orders, and I walked back the short hall, past the restrooh the double doors into the kitchen I found Bobby in the back, tugging a hair net on, s his man bun I turned in the orders and then wheeled around, heading back to the counter
“You guys need anything else?” I asked the girls as I picked up the empty fry basket
Abbi shook her head “Nah I’ out of here soon”
“Are you walking hohed as she eyed Phillip “Why does he have to be so good-looking?”
“You have the attention span of a gnat You askabout Phillip” Abbi rested her head on the countertop “Your ADD has ADHD And yes, I was planning to walk home I live, like, five blocks from here”
Megan grinned as she faced her “You do realize I actually have ADD, right?”
“I know” Abbi raised her arms but kept her head down “We all know that You do not need to be a professional to know that”
“Did I ever tell you about that tio kids?” Megan picked up her braid and started fiddling with the ends “She wanted to get my aura tested”
Slowly, Abbi lifted her head and looked at her, her lips slightly parted “What?”
Leaving them to that conversation, I took that basket to the kitchen and checked the guys’ orders When I stepped back out into the hallway, I spotted Cody in the hallway leaning against the wall across from the restrooms
My steps slowed “What’s up?”
“You got a second?”
I eyed him warily “Depends”
After running a hand through his shaggy blond hair, he then dropped his arm “Look, I actually did want to see you”
“Uh, for what?” I crossed ht from one side to the next
“I needed to talk to you about Sebastian”
My brows lifted with surprise “Why?”
“Sebastian and I are good friends, but I know you guys are closer You’re like his sister or so”
Sister? Seriously?
“Anyway, I wanted to ask you so about not wanting to play ball to you? Like I said, he and I are close, but he won’t talk tolike that”
I stiffened for a fraction of a second and then foldedto betray Sebastian’s confidence Not even to his friend “Why would you think that?”
He then tipped his head back against the wall “He’s just I don’t know” Cody dropped his arm from his head “He just doesn’t seem into it Like he’d rather be anywhere but at practice Couldn’t see season When he’s on the field, he’s only half-there He’s got talent, Lena The kind of talent he doesn’t even have to work for I’ve got this feeling he’s going to throw it all away”
Biting the inside ofto say and finally settled on, “It’s only football”
Cody stared at rown a third hand out of the center of my forehead that then flipped him off “Only football? You mean it’s only his future”
“Well, that sounds a little dramatic”