Getting Schooled (The Wright Brothers Book 1) by Christina C Jones Read Free Book Online

yes. Fine as bumblebee fuzz. Fine as a well-aged Bordeaux.” He glanced down at his wrist. “And I do not want to keep a woman like that waiting, so… I’ll see you boys later.”
    “Wait a minute,” Joseph said, holding up a hand. “You haven’t told us her name.”
    “Because it’s not your business.” Joseph Sr. smiled, and then gave us a little salute. “Don’t wait up.”
    My brothers kinda stood there for a few seconds after the door closed behind him, both looking shell-shocked. I just shook my head, making my way back into the living room, grabbing a fresh beer, and piling my plate with wings before they got too cold.
    Justin and Joseph joined me a moments later, still looking dazed.
    “Y’all chill,” I said, chuckling as I turned my attention back to the game. “I’m sure she’d just some sweet church lady that came by for a car. He’s growner than all of us. He’ll be fine.”
    Justin let out a heavy sigh, then sat back. “So y’all don’t think it’s kind of… fast?” He was the one who’d asked my dad if he was really ready to be out there again like that.
    Joseph saved me the trouble of answering. “It’s been four years. Nah, I don’t think it’s fast. He’s probably lonely.”
    “I don’t mean fast like that ,” Justin scoffed. “I’m saying… just last year he couldn’t even talk about her without tearing up, and now he’s all excited about going on a date?”
    I shrugged. “That’s probably why. I mean, we all know he loved the hell out of mama, but there’s always a point where you have to kinda let go of the past. Figure out how to live with what you’ve got now. I mean, come on… I know that shit better than anybody. Let Pops live. We all remember what it was like when he wasn’t trying to, right?”
    That question was met with somber nods from Joseph and Justin, and they exchanged a glance with each other before they looked back to me.
    “Aiight baby brother,” Joseph grinned. “I guess you might have something rolling around in that big ass head after all.”
    And just like that, we were off my dad’s business, and back on each other. Our attention drifted back to the game as the night wore on, and my attention wandered as the Connecticut Kings pulled off another win. A sports reported stopped Jordan Johnson to talk, and she asked what he thought about BSU’s prospects for the college season. I only vaguely cared about that, but the mention of BSU put something else on my mind.
    I wondered what Friday night was looking like for a certain BSU princess.
     
    - & -

     
    “Bitch I will kill you .”
    Those words were immediately followed by a sharp swat to my hand.
    I snatched it back with an exaggerated “ Owww! ” and then slumped against my arm of the couch, scowling at my best friend. “It was an honest mistake!”
    “The hell it was,” she said. “Ten in the box, and your greedy ass already had six. This one is mine. ” She took a vicious bite, her chew slow and exaggerated, with plenty of sound effects as she savored the last wing. I crossed my arms, pouting as I turned back to the preseason football game on the screen.
    “ Supposed to be my friend, treating me like a goddamned animal in my own house. Hmph!”
    Devyn sucked her teeth, then took another bite of the wing. “I hear you over there, crazy.”
    “That’s the whole point,” I laughed. “Hey… would it be like… too greedy of me to order another box of wings?”
    She lifted an eyebrow. “Only if it would be too greedy of me to help you eat them.”
    “Okay so then not at all.”
    I reached for my phone and placed the order right as the game ended, and fine ass Jordan Johnson ended up on my screen. We’d actually started BSU together in the same freshman class, and shared a few courses. I left shortly after that, and by the time I came back, he was already the resident college football hero of the school.
    “Hey, you work tomorrow, don’t you?” I asked, even though I