“Great.”
“You look gorgeous.”
“Thank you.” I turn to Hayley. “You ready?”
“Yeah. Sure. Whatever. You do know this is going to be a disaster, don’t you?”
“It’ll be fun.” I attempt to encourage her but even I don’t believe my fake cheer.
She rolls her eyes but comes along.
“Dude, get in the back. Liri rides up front with me,” Killian scolds his best friend.
“I called shotgun,” Liam slurs.
“It’s fine. Hayley and I will ride in the back to Donali’s, but I will ride shotgun to mini-golf. Problem solved.”
Killian winks at me. Hayley and I climb in the backseat. She appears on the verge of tears again, and I regret coercing her into this. It doesn’t take long to arrive at the pizza place.
Woodrow, Porter, and Ben are in the back booth where we sat last time. His face is bruised, and his lips are still swollen from the beating Liam and Killian gave the jerk. Killian told me how crude he was. Woodrow has lost my respect.
Porter gives Killian a chin lift, and Liam glares at Woodrow.
“No fighting tonight,” I tell him, and he lifts his shoulder with indifference.
“Nothing worth fighting over anyway,” he mutters.
Hayley’s teeth dig into her bottom lip.
“Let’s grab a table on the other side,” Killian suggests, grabbing my hand, and pulling me into him.
Liam is still being an ass. Him and Killian are sitting across from Hayley and me.
We order our soda and a large pizza. We are right next to the pool tables, and I cringe when I catch a glimpse of Hunter and some guy calling dibs on the next game. Killian notices him too.
“I swear he is fucking stalking you or some shit.”
“Let’s just ignore him.” I go to run my foot up his leg but do it to Liam by accident.
“Seriously, Hayley,” he sneers at her.
“What?” She looks at him confused.
My cheeks flame and Killian laughs. “My bad. I was trying to tease Killian.”
“Oh.” He grins.
“Ugh,” Hayley complains. “I’m going to the bathroom.”
“Want me to go with you?”
“No.” She shakes her head. “I’m fine.”
Once she is out of earshot I jump on Liam. “You could try being a little nicer to her.”
“You have no clue what’s going on between us. I doubt she told you everything.” His gaze darkens and he looks to Killian.
“What then? What don’t I know?”