Holding You (Love Wanted in Texas 3)

Maegan laughed. “Oh my gosh! She’s still using the move she had in high school.” We all started laughing until the guy moved his lips to Libby’s neck. Dropping her neck back she let him kiss her.

“Oh my God! What is she doing? She’s kissing,” Taylor shouted as she jumped up.

Not really liking where this was going, I turned to Alex and she winked at me. Something was up with those two. Grace and Maegan were shouting and hollering as the guy pulled back and said something to Libby that caused her to start laughing. The song ended and he reached into her back pocket and pulled out her cell phone.

“Oh. My. God. Are you kidding me?” Grace shouted as she stood there stunned. Libby gave the guy a flirtatious wave a she walked back over to us. Holding up her phone she showed everyone the number.

Greg was his name and the moment Libby showed Maegan and Grace, she deleted the number. Sitting down next to me I turned to her. “How could you let him kiss your neck, Libby?”

Leaning closer to me she said, “If you looked closely, his lips were nowhere near my neck. He was telling me about a kids’ show his daughter loves to watch on TV.”

Wait. What? A kids’ show?

I was about to ask what she was talking about when Grace announced it was her turn. Making her way back over to the guy she had just danced with, he took her hand and began dancing her around on the dance floor to a Luke Bryan song. She spun around and made sure at one point when he pulled her back in she was flush up against his body. Her hands were moving everywhere on his body and Alex yelled, “Slut!”

Grace must have heard her, because she lifted her middle finger in Alex’s direction.

The song ended and she handed him her phone. He punched his number in and she reached up and kissed him on lips. It wasn’t just a quick kiss. They were practically crawling into each other’s mouths. Laughing I turned to Alex and Libby and rolled my eyes. “I guess it doesn’t count since she had already gotten the number.

Grace walked back up and declared she was keeping that cowboy’s number. Reaching for my water, I took a sip. It felt extremely hot in the dance club and I began feeling light headed. Gesh Lauren. Get it together. It’s just a bet. It’s not like you’re cheating on Colt. It’s just a dance. Simple as that. One dance.

Maegan was next. She must have had her sights on someone because she walked up and whispered in the guy’s ear. He pulled back and nodded his head. Maegan glanced over her shoulder and winked.

The guy pulled her into his arms as a slow song started to play. “Damn. Meg is all up in that shit!” Grace said as she tossed her head back and laughed. Staring out at Maegan dancing my heart broke for her and Grace. They were both so beautiful and I knew they could easily walk out of here tonight with a guy. The both wanted to have fun, but that was as far as it went.

The song ended and Maegan followed the guy back to his table. I strained to see them through the crowd of people and for one brief second I began to worry. We had all agreed not to split up. What if this guy had taken Maegan off to a corner or something? Grace was trying to stand on her tippy toes to see Maegan. She turned and looked at Alex with a concerned look.

“Why would she walk off with the guy?” Grace shouted.

Maegan came walking up and pulled Grace’s hair as she said, “Because I needed to get my cowboy’s room number along with his phone number. I’m half tempted to go to his room tonight!” Maegan wiggled her eyebrows up and down and said, “He’s from Montana.”

Grace laughed and said, “Montana dick. I bet it’s nice.”

“Gross, Grace!” Taylor said as she pushed Grace, causing her to stumble a bit.

Grace lost it laughing but pointed to Taylor. “Tay. You’re up.”

Taylor began pulling and pushing her lower lip in and out of her teeth as she stood up and looked around. Maegan pointed to a guy standing near the bar. “He’s got a killer ass and I got a look at him earlier. The guy is fucking beautiful.”

Taylor nodded her head and made her way over to the guy.

“Fifty bucks she turns around before she even gets to him,” Alex yelled over the song now playing.

Grace nodded her head. “I’m voting she’s gonna do it. I feel it in my bones. Our little Tay is growing up, y’all.”

Standing up, I watched Taylor walk up to the guy. She placed her hands on his shoulders and stood up on her tippy toes, attempting to talk into his ear.

“Oh my glitter! She didn’t even get a frontal view! She went in blind!”

We all started yelling out Taylor’s name as the guy turned around and smiled. Taylor’s smile dropped instantly. Oh my. The guy was for sure very good looking. “Did he just say her name?” Libby asked.

“Wait. Does she know him?” Maegan asked. My smiled faded as the guy took Taylor’s hand and led her to the dance floor. Taylor turned and looked at me with nothing but panic on her face. I mouthed, are you okay? Shaking her head she mouthed back, it’s Jase.

“It’s, Jase! What are the odds?” I said out loud as four sets of eyes turned and looked at me.

Grace took my arm and pulled me out of my trance. “Lauren, does she know him?”

Nodding my head, I turned back to watch Taylor. “Yes! Oh my gosh