Dart and Dash - Mary Smith Page 0,24

don’t even know that guy and you are shaking your ass all over him.” Dash shouted back at me.

“So what? I was dancing with him in hopes of getting some dick tonight.” I nearly screamed at him. “And what difference does it make who I shake my ass on?”

Dash didn’t say anything, but his face gave him away. And I knew instantly what the problem was.

“Are you… jealous?” I hesitated on the last word of my question. “Dash?”

“It’s time you went home.” His voice was low, and I could feel that he was avoiding the question.

“No, I want to know, Dash.”

He huffed, pushing his hand through his hair. “Please, Garnet.”

“Fine,” I gave up. He probably didn’t like me in the way I needed him to tonight. I bet he thought we were friends, or I was like his little sister. Even though I had a feeling there might be something between us.

When I reached the house, I went to slam the door, but Dash stopped it.

“Go away.” He stared at me, still silent. “I mean it.”

He stepped right up to me. I barely reached his shoulders as he gazed down at me.

“Dash?” I searched his face.

When he looked down at my lips, I licked them without thinking. He cupped my face, and I stopped breathing. Before I could even close my eyes, Dash closed the gap between our mouths.

I had always thought Dash’s kiss would be hard, but I was wrong. His lips were soft against mine, his touch was gentle on my face, and it was nothing like I had ever imagined.

I moaned when he slid his tongue inside my mouth. He released my face, grasped my hips, and pulled me flush with his body. I gripped his neck, and tried to hold myself up as my legs weakened.

I could have continued to kiss him forever, but he pulled me away. We both stared at each other. My lips felt swollen, and I wanted to kiss him again.

Instead, I asked, “Why did you do that?”

He squeezed my hips. “I needed to know.”

With that, he released me, and left.

Chapter 16 – Daisy

“Oh my God, did you see her Facebook post?”

“I know, right,” I was talking to one of my sorority sisters, but kept my eye on Garnet. She had on large sunglasses, and I watched her chug several beers. I didn’t know what was wrong with her, but she looked beyond sad, almost depressed.

After talking to a few more people, I walked over to Garnet, and asked if she was ready to head into the stadium. She didn’t answer me, but she finished her beer, and started toward the gates.

Once we found our seats, we sat down, and watched the stadium fill up with fans, before Garnett started to talk.

“You think it’s going to be hot all day?”

“Um, I don’t know. Why?”

“Making conversation.”

“Do you want to talk about why you seem depressed?”

She looked out at the field. The crowd began to clap, and the players warmed up. I quickly found Dart’s jersey, and my heart skipped a beat. My eyes were pulled over to the player next to Dart. I gave Garnet a quick sideways glance.

“Is that something you want to talk about?” I pointed toward Dash.

“Not particularly.”

I knew by her answer something was wrong and it was something to do with Dash. “You knew he was a player.”

“Daisy,” she gritted her teeth at me. “Don’t start.”

I kept my mouth shut, even though I was on the verge of screaming, I told you so. I knew Dash would eventually hurt her, and I felt guilty. I should have stopped their stupid relationship, or whatever they were doing, a long time ago.

We didn’t talk the rest of the game. A few sorority sisters were sitting around me, and I chatted with them. I tried my best to watch the game, but we were getting slaughtered. Dart and Dash were getting hit more than everybody else and spent most of their time on their backs.

“Do you want to wait with me for Dart?” I tried to sound cheerful, but I think I failed at it.

“Sure,” Garnet’s voice was deadpanned.

We walked over to where the players would come out of the locker room. Garnet and I didn’t say anything, but I watched her. She almost looked nervous. Even though she had been shy when she was younger, I knew Garnet wasn’t like that now.

“Daisy,” Dart’s tired voice called out to me.

I gave him my biggest smile. I knew this was a hard loss