Chương 10: Chapter 10

After ten minutes had passed, Mason was

starting to get worried. Had Parker forgotten, had he left him

standing there deliberately? Was all that had happened—earlier that

day, the ride to school, the lunch room, and the events of

Friday—just been a dream?

“Hi bud, sorry to have kept ya,” a voice said

from behind him.

Mason spun round and was immediately captured

by a pair of soft grey eyes. “Oh, that’s okay, I just arrived

myself.” Mason was relieved, aroused, happy.

Parker raised an eyebrow. “Liar.”

Mason felt his face heat up.

“Coach wanted a word with me after practice,

and…” The shy side of Parker seemed to be coming to the fore. Up

until Friday night when his mom had poked her head around the

French doors, Mason hadn’t known there was a vulnerable side to the

star jock. He couldn’t help but fall even more in love with Parker

because of it.

“No problem. Uh, you said you wanted to

talk.”

“Yeah.” Parker unlocked the door to his truck