“Well, I’m sorry I have a thing for hockey players,” she burst out.
Mike was laughing too. “Now that you mention it, I guess you do. Her previous boyfriends were hockey players…all of them. She’s attracted to them like a moth to the light.”
I looked over at her with a raised eyebrow “How many boyfriends have you had?”
“Just a few.”
“Emily, don’t lie to the boy.”
“Yeah, Emily. You aren’t supposed to lie!” Drake gives her a pointed look while I wait for an answer.
“Six is a few. There was Gregory, Trey, Derek, Conrad, Aaron, and Zachary.”
“Ah, yes, Conrad. That breakup was hard on you. They were inseparable,” Mike added.
“You’ve had six boyfriends, Emily? I can’t even get one girlfriend,” Drake exclaimed and we all laughed.
Six boyfriends? And she had been inseparable from one? Was that the bad break up she mentioned? Emily’s quiet demeanor returned for a second as if she was missing something. Or someone. A wave of jealously washed over me at the thought that she was missing Conrad. This was dangerous territory and I was ready for a subject change.
“Jake hasn’t had that many girlfriends,” Drake laughed.
I gave him an evil glare. “That you know of, little brother.”
Emily chirped in, “Well, how many Jake? I had to spill, and so do you.”
“Four. Mike, how many girlfriends did you have in high school?”
He gave a hearty laugh and said, “Too many to count. I was what you kids call a player these days.” We all laughed.
It was getting time to head home. “Drake, wipe your mouth. We should probably get going.”
“Thanks, Drake. Ice cream was exactly what I needed,” Emily said as we were leaving, wrapping an arm around his shoulders.
“Next time, we should go to Cold Stone,” he said.
A beautiful smile broke out on Emily’s face. “Cold Stone it is. Maybe we’ll go this weekend, if Jake says you can come with me.”
I wrapped an arm around her shoulders and said, “What? I don’t get to come?”
She wrapped an arm around my waist and said, “Of course you can.” I grinned and kissed her forehead.
We reached Mike’s car and he got in. I stopped Emily and told Drake to get in my car that was a few spots down. I leaned in to whisper in her ear, “Will I see you later?” She nodded. “I’ll come around eleven, okay?”
She nodded again. “Bye, Jake.”
I waved and headed for my car with a smile plastered across my face. I got in and headed home.
“Ev
erything okay?” I asked after Drake had been quiet for a few minutes.
“Are you and Emily dating?”
“Why do you ask?”
“Because you kissed her.”
“Do you not want me to date her?”