I opined that Louisville had missed its chance to make a giant step forward from the role of the upstart. If they’d won the game, it was possible they would replace Clemson as the team everyone thought of. Clemson had performed a similar feat when they replaced Florida State as the lead team in their league. I predicted that Clemson would use this win to get back to the National Championship Playoffs. They might even start to rival Alabama as the team everyone thought of as the best team in the country.
By the time we reached the dorm, the party had started without the football players. Brook was done with football talk.
“Can we talk about anything but football?” she asked.
“Sorry. You do know this is why I’m here today?” I asked to tease her.
“I don’t care about you right now. This is all about me,” Brook shot back.
“Oh, really?”
“I want to talk about us,” she said and invaded my personal space.
“Um, okay. I hope this isn’t one of those ‘we need to talk’ type of talks,” I said, suddenly worried.
“I’ve been talking to Tracy,” Brook began, which caused me to moan.
“It’s all good, I promise. Tracy told me that by now, we should have had the talk about how we want our relationship to be as far as other people were concerned. She said what you two had was a little one-sided. You were able to bring girls into it, but she wasn’t able to have the same options.”
“I was fine with her being with other girls,” I said, playing dumb. “As a matter of fact, if you wanted to bring me girls that we could both play with, I might be open to that.”
“Like the two that we met today?” she asked.
Brook was good. Half of me, the little brain, wanted to say, ‘yes.’ The other half smelled a trap.
“I’ll let you decide,” I said, feeling clever that I hadn’t shut the door on that bit of fun.
“Does this mean I get to decide about things like this?” she asked.
I was wise to her plans.
“Of course not. We both have to agree.”
“I thought I had you there.”
“You do remember Tami and my mom?” I asked.
Brook grinned and then got an evil glint in her eye.
“Come on. Let’s go have some fun.”
In one of the lounges, they’d set up a DJ, and people were dancing. Most of the rooms had been opened, and there was a variety of alcohol to be had. I decided a few beers wouldn’t hurt me, much to the delight of Wolf and Tim, who joined me.
“What’s the deal with you guys and the sisters?” I asked.
“They’re a lot of fun,” Wolf said.
“They
I snorted.
“Hardly the first time.”
“What’s up about that, anyway? I thought we had a deal that we would get your castoffs,” Wolf teased.
“You both found your current girlfriends just fine on your own, but if I remember correctly, they’re my friends that I introduced you to.”
Sarah, I’d met at model camp in New York. It was a happy coincidence that she went to school at Wesleyan with Tami. I’d set Wolf up with her for Prom, and they’d hit it off. Of course, Tami was one of my best friends, and Tim had asked for permission to date her. If these two cheated on their girlfriends, I would have a problem with it.
“What did we agree to?” Wolf asked.
“What happens on recruiting trips stays on recruiting trips,” Tim reminded me.
“But, they’re friends of mine as well. You two are putting me in a bad position,” I complained.
“You were the one who got us horny in the first place,” Wolf accused me.
“Me? What did I do?” I asked.
“You and Brook were quite vocal,” Wolf said to remind me.
“Don’t blame us if we need a little relief. Besides, it’ll just be a bit of fun, and we’ll never see them again,” Tim said.
I was about to tell them both off when the girls in question showed up with Brook. Since they were sisters, they looked almost identical. They were both tall, maybe five-ten, and they had long dark hair that hung to the middle of their backs. They looked athletic. If I were to guess a sport, I would say volleyball. I think I mentioned that they were cute. They reminded me of Beth, with their girl-next-door vibe. I would rate them a solid eight. Together, they would be an eleven.
I debated whether I should mention that my guys had girlfriends and sabotage things before they got started when Brook dragged me into the lounge to dance. We were having a great time when the football players began to show up. I spotted Terry with Chuck Tess. Chuck had attended Elite 11 with me as a quarterback.
“Terry told me he drew you and Larry Dell. I had to talk to you before you got out of town,” Chuck said, and then turned to Brook. “Who’s the new girl?”
“I took Tami to Elite 11 last summer,” I explained to Brook. I turned back to Chuck. “This is Brook, my girlfriend.”
“Nice to meet you. I’ll be sure to tell my teammates so there’re no misunderstandings. Someone like you will draw attention,” Chuck said.
