sis,” Cade chuckled, giving my hand a squeeze.
She stuck the spoon in her mouth, licking away the yogurt, and then pointed it at us. “Hey, I’ve been gunning for this from the moment I found out you two knew each other. My best friend and brother together forever? I mean, that’s just awesome. But I better be the maid of honor at your wedding or I’ll cut a bitch.”
I snorted. “Um, it’s a bit too soon to be talking about weddings. And, we weren’t even friends when you found out that Cade and I knew each other.”
“Logistics,” she waved her hands wildly through the air. “I knew we’d be best friends one day and guess what? It happened.” Grinning, she added, “It’s like I can see the future or something.”
Cade snorted. “Or something, sounds right.”
She narrowed her eyes on her brother. “Do not make me flick yogurt at you. You know I will.”
Cade chuckled, raising his hands in surrender. “This is my favorite shirt. No yogurt please.”
“For that reason alone I should flick it at you.”
Cade looked at me and sighed dramatically. “Little sisters are so annoying.”
“And big brothers are a pain in the ass,” Thea added. “Do you know that a guy from one of my classes was going to ask me out and this oaf comes along and scares the poor guy away? He’ll probably never speak to me again.”
“As it should be,” Cade nodded. “Besides, what could you possibly see in a guy that wears skinny jeans? I mean, I don’t see how he even has any balls in pants that tight.” Cade picked up his bottle of water, spinning the lid around before taking a sip.
I snorted at his words and Thea looked mortified.
“They were not that tight!” She hissed.
Cade eyed her. “They were. I’ve never understood guys that think that looks cool. It’s just weird. Your balls need room to breathe.”
Thea clapped her hands over her ears. “Shut up! I don’t need to hear you talk about balls. It’s gross.”
Cade chuckled, lowering the water bottle to the table. “Okay, okay. No more talk about balls of any type. Not bouncy balls, or hairy balls, or footballs.”
Thea picked up her tray, glaring at her brother. “I’m out of here. Enjoy your breakfast.”
With that declaration she moved to another table.
I swiveled to look at Cade. “You did that on purpose to get her to leave.”
“Maybe I did,” he shrugged, picking up the apple from his tray and taking a bite. “I wanted to enjoy breakfast with my girlfriend.”
Girlfriend.
Cade had said that word a lot this morning. It was like he enjoyed saying it, which blew my mind. Wasn’t the guy supposed to be the hesitant one in the relationship, not the girl?
As if he couldn’t control himself, he leaned over and kissed my forehead. My eyes closed and a soft breath passed between my lips at the gesture.
“Oh, I wanted to talk to you about something,” he started, taking another bite of apple. Once he’d swallowed, he continued. “Some of the guys on the football team are throwing a party. They share a house off campus and I’m supposed to go, and I want you to come with me.”
“Uh…” A party at a bunch of football players house didn’t sound like my cup of tea, but Cade was giving me that puppy-eyed look and it was hard to resist. “When is it?”
“Friday,” he answered.
I didn’t want to go, but I knew I needed to. Rachael wouldn’t have hesitated to go. Besides, I’d be with Cade and that would make it worth it.
“I’ll go,” I replied, hoping I didn’t regret this decision.
Cade smiled like I’d given him the best present ever. “Thank you.”
“Do I need to dress up?” I asked.