Certified Disaster (Beautiful Mess Book 2) by Jennifer Preston Page B

we’re here, I’ll
take you for a ride,”she laughed. 
    Just as long as she didn’t take Seb
for any rides.  “Definitely.”
    “So, what are you up to today?”
    “Not much, just counting down the
days until you get home.”
    “Less than four more days.  And you’d
better be ready to spend all of Sunday with me, because we have a lot of lost
time to make up for.”
    “Yes, we do,”he smiled.
    “Okay, well here’s Seb again.  I’m
going to go take another spin around the block.”
    “Be careful, Bri, please.  If
something happened to you, I…”
    “I know.  I will, I promise.  Love
you.”
    “Love you, too.”
    She handed the phone back to Seb.
    “I’m so going to kill you,”Cole said
pleasantly.
    “Dude, I’m going to send you a video
of her riding, and I promise you’ll thank me.”
    “Yeah, I’ll be thanking you when she
breaks her neck on that thing.”
    “Stop being so negative, and just
accept this gift I’ve given you.  Ooh , we should get Bri
some leather.  She’d look killer in some of those tight leather pants.”  
    “I’ll get you back for this one day,
Seb.”   Cole
rubbed his forehead wearily.  “Seriously, you’d better be watching your back.”
    “Whatever, I’m your favorite person
right now, and you know it.  Just keep staring at that picture I sent you.”
    “ Whatever, man.  Just
don ’ t let her kill herself.  I’ll talk to you
later.  Oh, and Seb?”
    “Yeah?”
    “Stop checking out my girl.”
    Seb laughed and hung up.  A few
minutes later, he sent Cole the video he’d recorded of Bri.  Cole had to admit,
it was pretty damn sexy.  He watched that video many times during the next few
days, but he didn’t know if it made the ache in his chest better or worse.  
    That Friday night, after winning
their game, a bunch of guys from the team decided to go get a late dinner to
celebrate.  They went to a pizza joint just off campus, and they managed to
find a couple of tables to push together to fit them all.  Cole was surprised
when Jordan came and sat next to him and Matt.
    “And where is your lovely girl
tonight, Cole?”Jordan
grinned at him.
    “She went home for Christmas.  She
gets in late tomorrow night.  What about you, J?  No arm candy for you tonight?”   Cole smirked back.
    “Nah, I thought I’d give the ladies
a break.  Plus, you have to make time for your bros every once in a while.”
    “Very true,”Cole replied.
    A few of the guys had brought dates,
and Cole recognized Jillian, sitting on the lap of a different starter than the
last time he’d seen her.  He snorted.  She was quickly working her way through
the ranks. 
    He and Matt and Jordan joked and
laughed as they stuffed themselves full of deep dish pizza.  After the last
slice was gone, the other guys started trickling out.  Just as he and Matt were
getting ready to head back to home, Cole got an unexpected visitor.
    “Hi, Cole,”Jillian purred as she slid into Jordan’s
empty seat.  Her date was nowhere to be seen, and Cole raised his eyebrows at
her, confused at what she was doing there.
    “Jillian,”he returned blandly.  Jillian didn’t
even so much as acknowledge Matt’s existence. 
    “So, I noticed that Bri wasn’t here
tonight,”she
eyed him, “and I just wanted to let you know that if you’re ever lonely or
anything, I’d be more than happy to keep you company.”   She smiled at him, and he felt his
stomach turn.  “Think about it,”she whispered in his ear, before standing and walking back to her date,
who had rematerialized by the door.
    Cole and Matt exchanged shocked
looks.
    “Um, did that just really happen?”Matt looked as
confused as Cole felt.
    “You mean did Jillian just…”
    “Dude!  You just got propositioned
by Jillian Loft!”Matt
whooped, and they both burst out laughing.  “Oh, this is too much.  Are you
going to take her up on her offer?”   He wagged his brows at Cole.
    “Shut up, man,”Cole shoved