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her face, I could make out the curves of her body and without willing it, I found myself licking my lips in anticipation.

    Fuck, she looked tasty as hell. Whoever that girl was, I had to meet her. Lance and Drake could have Charlotte and Lily, this girl was mine.

    And then she turned around, her brown hair moving around to catch up with her as if in slow motion. She looked me right in the eyes, and time and motion stopped in that moment.

    My eyes widened.

    Oh shit.

    Mackenzie Mayfield.

    I should have known it would be her.  

    As our eyes locked together and time resumed, Mack noticed me and waved, smiling at me so wide that my breath caught in my throat. She was beautiful, I’d known that from the second I had laid eyes on her years ago, but this time she was on another level of beautiful.

    She wasn’t just stopping traffic, she could stop air traffic, holding planes in the sky till she personally approved of their landing.

    I was mesmerized. She lingered on me for a few seconds, and I don’t know if she noticed just how discombobulated I must have looked, because she turned away and raised her champagne glass to her lips while talking to the man next to her, blond guy with blue eyes who just screamed finance guy.

    That must have been the famous Steve I had heard nothing about till this afternoon.

    That run-in with Mack after practice had been both the best and worst part of my day so far.

    I wanted to go over there and talk to her, but I knew at the same time that I really did not want to meet her date. Steve could have been the nicest guy in the world, but I knew myself - I would find a way to start some shit with him, and that wasn’t fair to Mack.

    “Hud!” I heard my name called from behind me and I shook my head, trying to dispel thoughts of Mack from my mind, but knowing she’d come roaring back to the front as soon as I picked her up in my peripheral vision again. I turned around and saw Drake and Lily standing there, arm in arm, just after they had arrived.  

    Drake looked dapper and trim in his navy suit, and Lily wore a matching navy dress that made her look even more beautiful than she normally did. “Drake! Lily! You made it!”

    They stepped toward me, and I cocked my head toward the nearest bar. Drake nodded and we walked there together, passing a bunch of players and their wives or girlfriends, and some coaches too. Of course, Patriots players and employees weren’t the only people in attendance, but the rest of the patrons all gathered together, as if they were scared to mix with the players.

    “Where else would we be?” Drake said.  

    “It’s the only place in town tonight,” Lily added, in that way she did. I went back and forth between it being really awesome and totally irritating that they had started finishing and adding to each other’s sentences. Like they were quickly becoming one instead of two distinct people. I felt a twinge of regret, like I was jealous that I hadn’t found someone like that yet.

    Drake punched me on the shoulder, bringing me back to Earth. “You all here, man?”

    “Wha-? Yeah, I’m good, just something crossed my mind.” I clapped my hands together like we did in the huddle during games to show we understood the play and were ready to go, then I looked around the room. More people were starting to show up, everyone dressed to the nines.

    We got to the bar and stopped, a few spots from the front of the line. I grinned. Charity events were some of the best places to keep a steady flow of drinks coming. So many stuffy society types milling around, all trying to convince each other they were somehow more regal and richer than everyone else.

    At least it was for a good cause - that was the only reason I came to these things. I would rather spend my dwindling free time doing more direct and hands on volunteering stuff, but even I couldn’t deny that charitable organizations most of the time needed money more than they needed volunteers, and