Page 20 of Grumpy Spring Sunshine
Even Nick snorted at the comment, and I pointed a finger at him. “What is he doing here?”
“He needed a break, Keith. I know it’s a family dinner, but he’s my best friend, I can invite him,” Kylie said. “Besides, Tim and Kayla are just dating and she invited him.”
I rolled my eyes at her, not even the same thing. But I wasn’t going to get into that.
“Ignore them, Brittani. They’re just pains.”
“But it’s great to see. I don’t get to see you around your family and the dynamic is cracking me up.” She got some food before finding a place to sit. “Please keep harassing him, I’m here for it.”
I bumped her side, making her grin as she shoved a forkful of food in her mouth.
“Anyways, I want to ask Kory a question,” Kylie said, propping her head on her hand and staring at her cousin.
“Yeah, sure, what’s your question?”
“Did you happen to see who the new music teacher was in town?”
Kory’s fork stopped halfway to his mouth and I watched him, my brow lifted. Even Brittani stopped eating, picking up on the fact that this was something huge. And it kind of was. I saw her around town, I’m sure Kory did too.
“You mean Amber?” he finally got out, setting his fork down.
“Yup. I’ve known you’ve seen her. Have you said anything to her?”
“I can’t,” he got out, pushing a hand through his hair. “I’ve wanted to a few times. She even waved at me, but there’s a kid with her and I don’t…Kylie I can’t get hurt again.”
My eyes flashed to Brittani who looked at me.
“Amber left Storyville. They were the hot young item, thought they were getting married. Then one day she left, no explanation, no nothing. And now she’s back, and none of us have talked to her because of Kory.”
“I’m not part of the family,” she said, looking at him. “I’ve talked to her a few times at the school. She’s amazing. She’s also single.”
Kory’s head popped up to look at her.
“How do you know?”
“Because her mail says Ms. O’Shea. I looked her up, saw her maiden name was O’Shea. So, not married.”
She didn’t know it, but she just made his day. Because we saw the kid and assumed she was married.
“It wouldn’t hurt to talk to her, Kory,” I offered, making him cringe.
“Yeah, maybe,” he said, before turning the conversation to anything other than him.
The one rule we had, though, was no shop talk, and that’s the one thing we avoided. Even if we did have some exciting news, we just didn’t go there.
“Man, there was no drama tonight,” Kory said, walking out of the house. We leaned against his car, and I couldn’t help but chuckle, Brittani leaning against me.
Kylie and Nick walked over, both of them shoving each other and Brittani just looked at me, a brow raised.
“Are those two ever going to realize they need to date?” she asked me quietly and I burst out laughing because that was a question we asked all the time, but they just claimed that would never happen between them.
“When you figure it out, let us know. Because we tease them all the time, and they just wave us off.”
“It’s going to take something big for them to see they were meant to be,” she offered. “But then again, friends make the best lovers.”
“Oh, just friends do?” I wiggled my brows at her and she smacked my chest, making Kory groan.
“On that note, I am so out of here. You two take care. Be safe. And no humping each other in public.”
