Intercepting Love (Second Chances #5)(34)
“Okay,” he hollered.
Slipping on my white, strapless sundress, I slid my feet into my white wedge sandals and flat ironed the stray pieces of hair that had turned wavy on me from this afternoon. Luke’s footsteps echoed off the walls as he climbed the stairs and met me out in the hallway.
He whistled and handed me my purse. “Wow, you look amazing in that dress.”
“Thank you,” I said, reaching into my purse to find my lip gloss. “You look mighty dapper yourself.” Wearing a pair of khaki shorts and a striped navy and white polo shirt, he had his blond hair gelled into spikes along with the devilish smirk he always wore. After I put on my lip gloss and placed it back inside my purse, I smiled and grabbed his arm. “All right, I think I’m ready to go. Have you talked to Evan?”
“Yeah, he says he procured a DJ and for us to be prepared to dance. He also asked if I would race a couple of the guys on the track for fun.”
After we got down the stairs, Luke opened up the front door and I followed him out. “What did you tell him?” I asked, locking the door. “Are you going to do it?”
My brother had a whole motocross track built in his backyard. Evan rode for the fun of it, but Luke actually went out there and practiced. “I told him I couldn’t since tonight was the only night I had for our date. I didn’t want to waste it by riding my bike. Don’t you think that would be selfish of me?”
“No,” I laughed. “I think everyone would love to watch you race with the guys. I don’t mind if you want to. I’d be happy to watch.”
He opened the door to his truck and his smile brightened. “Really? If you want me to, I will. You haven’t watched me practice in a while. Before I hurt my leg I had gotten a lot faster. I can show those football players what it’s like to compete in a real sport.”
“Whatever you do, don’t let them hear you say that,” I stated, laughing.
I’d hate to see what happened if he did.
After watching Kate and Luke leave for the party, I figured it was about time to pick up my date for the night. Even though Kate and I were seeing each other, I wasn’t about to go to the party alone. It just so happened that it didn’t take long to get to my date’s house … only about one hundred feet.
“It’s about time you got here to pick me up,” Lara teased, meeting me in her driveway. “I thought I was going to have to go to the party alone. Does Kate know you’re bringing me?”
“Nope, she still thinks I’m bringing Lindsey. I told her yesterday after practice that I couldn’t take her. She wasn’t exactly happy with me after that.” While Kate was busy looking over one of the guys, I snuck away and told Lindsey that I had other plans for the party. She wasn’t surprised, so that at least made it easier on me.
Lara laughed and took my arm as we walked back to my car. “I bet not. I hope Kate realizes how lucky she is to have you. I figured you would still want to take Lindsey since Kate was going to be with Luke.”
“I’m not going to lie, the thought did cross my mind. However, the last thing I want to do is cause problems between me and Kate. I don’t like to play games, but I will if I have to.”
When we got to my car, there was a small white piece of paper under one of my windshield wipers that I hadn’t noticed earlier. Lara waltzed over, slid it out, and unfolded it. “What is that?” I asked.
Eyes wide, she furrowed her brows and passed the note to me. “Well, unlike you, it looks like someone else does like to play games.”
In big, bold letters the note said:
Glaring at the note, I crumpled it up in my hands but then read it again. “What the f*ck! Really? He’s going to be like this?”
“Do you think it was Luke?” Lara asked.
“Who else?” I snapped. “It’s not a secret that he’s pissed off about me and Kate.”
What are we … in high school? The last thing the letter did was scare me away from her. If that was Luke’s mission, he failed.
Lara took the letter from me and shook her head. “This is so strange. I’ve known Luke a long time, and I’ve never seen him do anything like this. Are you going to show Kate?”
She handed it back to me and I looked at it one more time before angrily putting it in my back pocket. “I don’t know. I’m probably going to go straight to him.”
“Well, I think you should tell her. If he’s actually that psycho over her, she needs to know. Trust me, I know what it’s like to have a crazy boyfriend and it’s not fun.”
Getting in my car, we started on our way to Evan’s house in complete silence. The wheels in Lara’s head were turning and I knew she was just as perturbed about the situation as I was. She had a point, though; if Luke was being serious about the note then Kate needed to know. My only problem was getting her away from him to tell her.
When we arrived at Evan’s house, a majority of the team and their friends were already there and congregating outside. Walking side by side, Lara and I went on our search for Kate and Luke. When we walked past Lindsey, she rolled her eyes and turned her head, but not without Lara noticing with a smirk on her face.
“Was that the girl you were supposed to bring?” she asked. “She’s hot.”