laughed as I stopped and turned around to wrap my hand around the top of his t-shirt.
Jayce pushed at my shoulder, knocking me a little off balance as he moved in front of William and gave the poor kid a good tongue lashing. Aubrey was off-limits for anyone on the team unless she chose to give one of them a chance, and even then... it was highly unlikely that Jayce wouldn't make the poor guy’s life hell.
He would make my life hell. I'm the guy. Right?
"Okay. Fuck. I get it. Jeez." William jerked away from Jayce and stormed off in front of us mumbling about us being pricks or something of that nature.
"Why is that guy on the team again?" Jayce let out a sharp sigh and nodded toward the rink. "Let's go. Coach will have our balls if we're late too."
"He's a great player, but still such an immature kid." I rolled my shoulders before lifting my hands toward the sky. I wanted to turn around and see Aubrey one more time, but Jayce would know what I was up to. No chance explaining that one.
"Hey!" Layla walked up and joined us, staying on my right where Jayce was on my left.
"Hey, Layla. What's up?" I glanced down at her, admiring how naturally pretty she was.
"We were thinking that maybe one of the money-making events for the car wash could be a strip tease dance by you guys." She gave us a funny look.
Jayce responded for us. "Not only no, but hell no. We're not getting naked in public. Coach would hear about it, and we would probably go to jail."
"Not naked. Jeez. Aubrey's in charge. She wouldn't allow that anyway." Layla worked to get something out of her backpack as we stopped in front of the rink. "You would wear these."
She dangled a pair of light blue and silver Speedos in front of our faces as she grinned like a villain might.
"I won't fit in this." I grabbed them and held them up in front of Jayce's face. "You might, but I'm a man and you're still a boy."
"Give me that." He grabbed it from me as Layla and I laughed. "I'm not wearing this. None of us are."
"We're pretty sure we can raise a thousand dollars or more by simply putting that event on the flyers for the car wash."
She barely got her sentence out before Jayce nodded. "Yep. Put us down for it. Coach is always saying we need to get out of our comfort zones more anyway. This would be a good exercise for the guys. Lucas?"
"I'll shake my ass for a thousand dollars. Just make sure you have security available. I'd hate to have to beat off a hundred women." I laughed and headed for the door, leaving the two lovebirds to figure out the details. They might both deny that something existed between the two of them, but the rest of us could tell just by being around them for more than ten minutes. Too bad they were clueless.
I walked into the chilly air around the rink and stopped to breathe in deeply. The day had gone much better than I'd expected, and the pressure to be anyone but me almost seemed muted for the time being.
"Hey son. How's it going? You wanna give the guys a pep talk about the upcoming game? It's going to be a make 'em or break 'em situation. I know you know that, but let’s make sure everyone else knows it as well." Coach patted the side of my upper arm before turning and walking back to his office. The dark circles under his eyes told me something wasn't right.
"Hey. What's up Coach? You okay?" I followed him into his office and closed the door behind me. "You look like shit."
He laughed and dropped down into his large leather chair. "Yeah, I'm all right. I had a long talk with my staff this morning, and we're just trying to figure out what to do about a few issues that keep cropping up. Seems like any time you have large personalities to wrangle, you also get the rest of the shit that goes with it."
"Such as?" I pressed my hands to the back of the chair in front of his desk and leaned forward.
"Drugs, women, rape, liquor, allegations of theft. You name it, and it seems like I'm always dealing with something." He shrugged. I couldn’t
Jayce pushed at my shoulder, knocking me a little off balance as he moved in front of William and gave the poor kid a good tongue lashing. Aubrey was off-limits for anyone on the team unless she chose to give one of them a chance, and even then... it was highly unlikely that Jayce wouldn't make the poor guy’s life hell.
He would make my life hell. I'm the guy. Right?
"Okay. Fuck. I get it. Jeez." William jerked away from Jayce and stormed off in front of us mumbling about us being pricks or something of that nature.
"Why is that guy on the team again?" Jayce let out a sharp sigh and nodded toward the rink. "Let's go. Coach will have our balls if we're late too."
"He's a great player, but still such an immature kid." I rolled my shoulders before lifting my hands toward the sky. I wanted to turn around and see Aubrey one more time, but Jayce would know what I was up to. No chance explaining that one.
"Hey!" Layla walked up and joined us, staying on my right where Jayce was on my left.
"Hey, Layla. What's up?" I glanced down at her, admiring how naturally pretty she was.
"We were thinking that maybe one of the money-making events for the car wash could be a strip tease dance by you guys." She gave us a funny look.
Jayce responded for us. "Not only no, but hell no. We're not getting naked in public. Coach would hear about it, and we would probably go to jail."
"Not naked. Jeez. Aubrey's in charge. She wouldn't allow that anyway." Layla worked to get something out of her backpack as we stopped in front of the rink. "You would wear these."
She dangled a pair of light blue and silver Speedos in front of our faces as she grinned like a villain might.
"I won't fit in this." I grabbed them and held them up in front of Jayce's face. "You might, but I'm a man and you're still a boy."
"Give me that." He grabbed it from me as Layla and I laughed. "I'm not wearing this. None of us are."
"We're pretty sure we can raise a thousand dollars or more by simply putting that event on the flyers for the car wash."
She barely got her sentence out before Jayce nodded. "Yep. Put us down for it. Coach is always saying we need to get out of our comfort zones more anyway. This would be a good exercise for the guys. Lucas?"
"I'll shake my ass for a thousand dollars. Just make sure you have security available. I'd hate to have to beat off a hundred women." I laughed and headed for the door, leaving the two lovebirds to figure out the details. They might both deny that something existed between the two of them, but the rest of us could tell just by being around them for more than ten minutes. Too bad they were clueless.
I walked into the chilly air around the rink and stopped to breathe in deeply. The day had gone much better than I'd expected, and the pressure to be anyone but me almost seemed muted for the time being.
"Hey son. How's it going? You wanna give the guys a pep talk about the upcoming game? It's going to be a make 'em or break 'em situation. I know you know that, but let’s make sure everyone else knows it as well." Coach patted the side of my upper arm before turning and walking back to his office. The dark circles under his eyes told me something wasn't right.
"Hey. What's up Coach? You okay?" I followed him into his office and closed the door behind me. "You look like shit."
He laughed and dropped down into his large leather chair. "Yeah, I'm all right. I had a long talk with my staff this morning, and we're just trying to figure out what to do about a few issues that keep cropping up. Seems like any time you have large personalities to wrangle, you also get the rest of the shit that goes with it."
"Such as?" I pressed my hands to the back of the chair in front of his desk and leaned forward.
"Drugs, women, rape, liquor, allegations of theft. You name it, and it seems like I'm always dealing with something." He shrugged. I couldn’t
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