The Pass (Smart Jocks #5) - Rebecca Jenshak Page 0,79
sex later.”
I sit in a big armchair and tug Sydney down on my lap. Someone hands us both a beer. Tara’s amped up and carries the conversation.
Me, I get to sit back, wrap my arms around my girl, and soak up the moment. I played in an NBA game today. I get paid to play basketball. And baseball. But the best part is I’ve got my best friend by my side.
Playlist
Head & Heart by Joel Corry feat. MNEK
Right Back by Khalid feat. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie
Civil War by Russ
Summer Feelings by Lennon Stella feat. Charlie Puth
The Fix by Nelly feat. Jeremih
Mood by 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior
So What! by jxdn
Pretty Thang by Fetty Wap
My Ex’s Best Friend by Machine Gun Kelly feat. Blackbear
Getting Started by Aloe Blacc feat. JID
Come & Go by Juice WRLD feat. Marshmello
Concert for Aliens by Machine Gun Kelly
Lost in the Fire by Gesaffelstein and The Weeknd
What You Know Bout Love by Pop Smoke
Laugh Now Cry Later by Drake feat. Lil Durk
All Girls Are The Same by Juice WRLD
Lemonade by Internet Money feat. Gunna, Don Toliver, NAV
Secretly hooking up with the team captain’s sister was a bad idea.
In my defense, the first time I saw her I didn’t know who she was.
Kind, gorgeous, a little naïve. Ginny brightened my world from day one.
I knew I was no good for her. She was just out of a relationship and I had a reputation for having a new girl in my bed every weekend.
I tried to do the right thing. Honest.
I’m the one who insisted we should be just friends.
That lasted about as long as you’d expect.
But Ginny? She’s the best—best friend, best everything.
So yeah, hooking up with the team captain’s sister wasn’t a great idea.
Would I do it again?
In a heartbeat.
Chapter 1
Ginny
“What are you doing here?” I ask my brother through a small crack in the door.
He leans his large frame against it, widening the gap and keeping me from closing it on him. “I’m checking on my favorite sister.”
“I’m your only sister.”
He pushes a big shoulder against it, and I give up on trying to keep him out. Crossing the small dorm room in three steps, I resume my position on the bed.
“Have you left the dorm at all this weekend?” He follows me and takes a seat at the end of my bed. “Hey, Ava.”
My roommate Ava’s on the phone with her boyfriend Trent, but waves and blushes when Adam acknowledges her.
“I’m enjoying my last days of summer vacation,” I tell him as I pull my hair down from the messy bun and attempt to make it look like I haven’t been rocking this same hairstyle for three days. It’s the day before classes start and the only things going on around campus are parties and new student activities—neither of which have sounded appealing enough to get dressed and leave my room.
He picks up the package of cheese and peanut butter crackers I’d been devouring when he knocked. “This looks like the opposite of fun. And you bailed on my party last night.”
“A party with a bunch of your teammates… yeah, no thanks.”
“You can’t sit in here moping forever. Bryan did you a favor. Long-distance relationships in college suck. Next to no one survives them. Plus, the guy was a tool anyway. Don’t let it ruin college. College is awesome.”
My heart cracks a little more at the reminder that my ex-boyfriend, who should be with me at Valley starting our freshman year together, decided at the last minute to go to Idaho instead.
It wasn’t entirely his fault. He got the offer after they’d lost their second-string quarterback to an injury. Bryan became their new second-string and I was cut from his roster altogether.
Adam nudges my arm with his elbow. “Come on. Let’s grab lunch, or come over and hang at the apartment, meet my roommates. You don’t need no man. There’s plenty of fish in the sea. What kind of pep talk are you feeling?”
I smile. “Of course you think there’s plenty of fish in the sea. You have a new girlfriend every semester.”