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with you. Just the way every guy probably would wish for. She’s nice, she’s pretty, she’s cool, and she’s fun. That’s everything I always hear from you.” I heaved a deep sigh and swung a few times back and forth, seriously wishing I didn’t have to say this. “What in the world keeps you from hooking up with her?”
    Tony sat up again, legs crossed. “I don’t know.” He sounded every bit sincere. “You know how much I like her. But I just can’t see us being together in a way like I want to be with Cloey. Not that I don’t find Liza attractive, that’s not it. Heck, she’s probably the prettiest girl in town.”
    She damn sure was. I got more and more confused as he continued.
    “But I already know her. Like every little thing about her. She’s been my best friend since forever and I love to hang out with her. But Cloey…”
    Damn, there was this devoted sigh that had gotten many men before him into trouble.
    “She’s so different. She’s wild and tells me what she wants. It doesn’t even bother her that she’s a few months older than me and going to be a senior.”
    The chains of the swing rattled when I got to my feet and walked to a tree, leaning one shoulder against it, folding my arms over my chest. “You do realize that she might have said the same thing to all the other guys she was together with in the past? And by together with, I mean for a couple of weeks if we stretch it.”
    “She told me it’s different this time. That she hasn’t felt this for any other guy before.”
    Hah! I wanted to laugh about that, but it was late and dark on the silent playground and would have made me sound like a mad serial killer. Besides, I wouldn’t laugh at a friend.
    “I think I want us to be official,” Tony confessed.
    I rubbed my hands over my face, feeling the need to drag Tony under a cold shower to open his eyes. “Look, I don’t want to sound like the older brother now.” Mostly because I always hated when Rachel did that shit with me. “But you should really think about it again. You and Cloey…well, you don’t have a future together. She’s not the type for a relationship. She’s like—”
    “You?”
    “Yeah, thanks,” I muttered. “But that’s probably what it is. That girl has a record where guys are concerned. You’re interesting for her now, but she’ll dump you before you can put your pants back on.”
    “That won’t happen. She really likes me.”
    Damn, he wouldn’t listen. How very frustrating. I straightened, and my voice became cold. “ You planning on sleeping with her any time soon?”
    Tony pressed his lips together and shrugged one shoulder.
    “Fine. We’ll talk again then. But be prepared that by the time you messed with someone else, Liza might not be there waiting for you to return to her.”
    “Liz and I becoming a couple, that’s not going to happen. I don’t need her to wait for me. I just don’t want to lose my friend.”
    “The way she feels about you, that might just happen, Mitchell.”
    “I just need time to tell her. So I want you and the guys to shut up about me and Cloey, until I get the chance to come clean.”
    I chuckled. “Just don’t say I didn’t warn you.”
    And then it became clear to me that I might destroy what little chance just dangled in front of my face if I said anything more. I didn’t intend to give that up when Tony was so set on the course he was currently taking with Cloey. However, there was one thing I needed to get straight. The bark of the tree rubbed against my back when I pressed a little harder against the trunk. “You want Cloey? Take her. I’ll keep my mouth shut. You want Matthews on the team? Consider her a member. But under one condition only.”
    “And that would be what?”
    “As part of my team, everyone sees her as that and no longer as your sacred little girlfriend.” I paused to let that first bit sink in before I went on. “She plays soccer, she comes to my parties. You don’t stop