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pay. In fact, no girl I’d
ever taken out had.
    “I was going to buy yours.” I
held her gaze, trying to count all the different shades of gold flecks in her
brown eyes, while feeling the blood surging through my body at the feel of her
hand on top of mine, then the loss as she moved it away.
    “Not necessary. You’ve saved me
the humiliation of calling my pops to come and fetch me on my first day out on
my own.”
    “Ok, it’s on me when we eat out
next time,” I confirmed, standing up quickly and shoving my wallet back in my
jeans. She blinked a few times and opened her mouth, as if she was going to
object. What the hell was going on here? No woman had ever turned me
down for a date. Not that I’d exactly asked her out, but surely she could read
between the lines. “Come and get your bike when you’re ready. I punch out at
five today, no game or practice. See you two guys later.” I shot out of the
diner before she had a chance to object, and before JT came back to drag me
out. What were the damn odds of her doing the same course as Josh? And how the
hell had I just walked away without her number, or a firm date to see her
again? That was going to be rectified the minute she walked back in the shop
for her bike. Nate Hudson had a reputation to uphold.
     
    Sky

     
    “Wow, is that the time?” I
exclaimed, as I picked up my phone to find a message from Mom asking if I was
far from home.
    “It’s gone fast, hasn’t it,” Josh
confirmed as he finished his drink. We’d been sitting here chatting, with one
drink after another, most of the afternoon. Conversation with them both had
come so easy, I was really glad I’d met them.
    “Sure has,” I agreed, quickly
tapping out a reply to Mom and pocketing my phone. “I’m sorry I’ve got to run, but
we’re going out for a family meal tonight.”
    “No problem,” Billy grinned,
quickly standing up at the same time as I did while Josh slid across the
leather seat to join us.
    “It was great to meet you both,
thanks so much for agreeing to hang out with me next Saturday to show me around.”
    “I was hoping you’d just meet me,
but if you insist on this ugly dude tagging along, so be it,” Billy laughed,
gripping poor Josh in a headlock and ruffling his hair.
    “Knock it off, Billy,” Josh muttered,
struggling to get out of his cousin’s hold.
    “Pussy,” Billy teased as he let
go of him, and Josh immediately reached up to finger-rake his tousled hair back
into place, shooting me an embarrassed look. I gave him a smile, which made him
blush. He was so adorable.
    He was the quiet and slightly
more reserved one of the two cousins, but the way he’d talked about Nate, the
adoration shining from his face, it was obvious he looked up to his big
brother. I wondered if Nate’s personality made Josh keep to the shadows, as if
he felt he couldn’t compete. Nate seemed confident, borderline cocky even, with
an obvious sex appeal that probably enhanced the former two traits, whereas
Josh had his looks, but none of the swagger or confidence, which was crazy. He
seemed so sweet, and I’d been stunned to hear that he was single. Billy was the
total opposite, over-talkative and not afraid to play the fool, like he’d realized
that he had to make up for not having his cousins’ good looks. I wasn’t completely
sold on him yet, it was like he was trying too hard to make everyone like him,
and I found that a little off-putting. I’d rather he just be himself. I found
it hard to trust people who didn’t show their real faces to the world, but it
wasn’t like we weren’t going to have lots of time to get to know each other. We
had the next four years at least, maybe more depending on which police forces
we applied to. The fact that my link with them meant I was likely to see Nate
around too wasn’t lost on me. That definitely fell into the bonus category.
    We headed outside, with all three
of us shouting out a “Thanks” to Rosie, and I noticed the four