His hand pushed through his hair. “I hate blind dates. You know I hate them, and I’m not a fan of Casey either.”
My head jerked back in surprise. “What? Why not?”
“I just don’t like her.”
Pinching my brows together, I asked him again, “Why not? What has she ever done to you?”
He sighed. “I just don’t like her.”
I laughed. “Damn, I’ve never known you to be like this, Jeff. There has to be a reason you don’t like her.”
If I didn’t know better, I would swear Jeff was pouting. “Can we just change the subject?”
“You’re still going out with us tonight.”
“What the fuck. If you’re calling in on your favor from me, then so be it, even though I helped you coach that kid. Whatever. At least there will be other people there, and I don’t have to listen to Casey’s annoying-as-hell laugh.”
Chapter Eight – Jeff
The night hadn’t been too bad of a bust. Casey’s cousin turned out to be pretty nice. Not my type but a nice girl, and she was fun to talk to. Casey, on the other hand, was weighing on my last nerve. I’d gone to high school with her and would never forget what she did to Ari and Ellie their freshman year.
Bitch.
I lifted my beer to my lips and watched Casey get a strike. She jumped up screaming and ran back to Gunner. She sat in his lap and planted a kiss on his lips.
Blah.
Fuck, I hope he doesn’t end up with her tonight. She isn’t his type, and we both knew it.
“So I’m going to say it’s safe to say you don’t like my cousin?”
Nettie’s voice came from my right. Turning to her, I smiled. “You’re right. I don’t like her.”
“May I ask why?”
“She’s a bitch who embarrassed my sister and her friend the first day of school their freshman year.”
“Ouch, what did she do?”
The memory of that day popped back into my head and pissed me off all over again.
“One of the football players had walked over to my sister’s table. It was her and a few of her friends. Casey got pissed and went over there and started making a scene about how a freshman was trying to snag a senior football player. Ellie’s best friend Ari stood up and started to ask Casey to just leave them alone. Casey said something about Ari that I never did hear, but whatever it was, it upset her. Then all the cheerleaders starting laughing and teasing Ari that she was about to cry. The whole thing was ugly, and I just stood there and watched it happen. I didn’t even stop it, and I hated myself for that.”
Reaching for my beer, Nettie took a drink. “Sounds like Casey. She’s always been a bit of a bully from what I’ve seen.”
“No, go ahead, take a drink of my beer,” I said as I motioned with my hands for her to drink up.
She laughed and finished off the beer. “Sorry; I’ll buy you another one.”
“Don’t worry about it; I’ve had enough. I need to make sure Gunner doesn’t do something stupid.”
“I don’t think you have to worry. He isn’t into her.”
Turning to look at her, I asked, “What makes you say that?”
She shrugged. “I mean look at him. Casey is throwing herself at him every chance she gets. Yeah, he’s kissed her back a few times, but anyone can see he’s not into her into her. If you know what I mean.”
I focused back over on Gunner and Casey. She was sitting on his lap, and instead of him taking advantage of it, he was just sitting there talking to some guy. Doug, I think his name was.