The Game Changer The Final Score - By L.M. Trio Page 0,98

it for me and always will be. We want the same things, we’re comfortable with each other and we know all of each other’s secrets, good and bad. She’s the only girl I’ll ever trust completely.

When I finally arrive at the Iguana, I’m happy to see Luke is alone at the table. The girls are busy dancing, and Dan is making his way to the men’s room. I don’t waste any time filling him in. “So, I’m on the way to the airport and my phone rings. I’m not sure how he gets my number, but anyway, he goes on to tell me that he was involved with Lora Rae in high school. They were together for awhile until he ended up meeting someone else and breaking things off with her… What do you think happens next?”

“She’s pregnant,” Luke responds.

“Exactly. So this guy is freakin’ out because one, he’s only in high school and he’s thinking, oh shit, now I’m gonna be a dad; and two, he cares about Lora Rae because they were together for a while and he didn’t want her to go through it alone. She insists on having the baby. So, he breaks things off with the other girl and goes back to Lora Rae. He’s with her for like four months or so, and finally he realizes she’s not getting any bigger…”

I stop mid-sentence when I spot Mya and JJ walking towards our table. I look past them and spot Deanna dancing with some guy who’s all over her in the middle of the dance floor.

Luke interrupts. “And…”

I break my gaze away from Deanna momentarily, obviously now I’m distracted, but I manage to wrap up my story quickly. “Turns out she was lying the whole time.” I turn my attention back to the dance floor where she seems to be really enjoying this asshole’s company.

“So what do you think?” Luke asks, interrupting my crazy thoughts again.

“I’m gonna check it out.” I’m no longer able to concentrate on the conversation because I’m being consumed with jealousy. I glare at the dance floor in her direction. “Who the hell is that?” I ask, pointing out the guy.

Luke laughs while JJ tries to brush it off casually. “She’s just having fun. It’s just some random guy that started dancing with her, it’s innocent, she…” Before she can finish the sentence, I’m already walking briskly out to the dance floor.

I walk up behind her and tap her on the shoulder. De turns in my direction, obviously unaware that I am here, I catch her by surprise. I fiercely glare at the guy who is dancing with her and my presence alone is enough to make the poor guy scurry away, leaving us standing in the middle of the dance floor.

“What are you doing here?” Deanna asks, full of fury.

“I just got back. Who was that?” I ask with total attitude, nodding in the direction of the asshole who hurried off.

“None of your business,” she replies, practically breathing fire.

“Really?” I ask, smirking at her.

“Really,” she answers angrily.

“You’re drunk.”

“So what? Your friends in LA don’t drink?”

“We’re outta here,” I respond, ignoring her sarcastic question.

“I’m not going anywhere. I was having a great time till you showed up.”

“Uh huh, I see that. Let’s go,” I say as I throw her over my shoulder and she yells at me to put her down. I pass by our table on our way to the exit. “We’ll catch up with you guys later.” I wave goodbye as De continues to rant and rave at my back.

“Oh shit, is this what we are going to have to deal with?” I hear Luke ask JJ while they both laugh.

“Put me down, you big idiot!” DeDe demands as we get to the bottom of the steps and I push open the exit door. I think about how happy I am to have my girl back in my arms as I slip into the alley next to the bar.

“Not until you tell me who the goon was that was all over you?”

“First of all, we were just dancing. Second, why do you care? And third, I hate you.”

I slide her gently off my shoulder, pinning her against the wall with my body so that she has no way to escape. “You hate me?” I tease, raising her chin so her mouth meets mine. I kiss her passionately and she responds to my kiss as if she doesn’t hate me at all. “That’s too bad, ‘cause I love you,” I