Give Me Something by Elizabeth Lee Read Free Book Online

“Can I assume that you are here to see Sigma's golden boy, Tucker Kline?” she lilted.
    “ Why would you assume that?”
    “ Well, when I mentioned his name your eyes lit up a little.” Her contagious smile spread across her face.  The sunlight must have reflected off my eyes when she looked at me, because there was no way I was excited to see Tucker.  Unless, of course, my eyes lit up in anticipation of cleaning him out.
    “ No, he wishes I was here to see him,” I laughed.  “I don't get what all the hype is about with him, anyway.  I came to see Nick.  My friend,” I added before she started making assumptions about our relationship, too.
    “ Hmmm... interesting.” She pursed her lips and nodded.
    “ What's that supposed to mean?” I'd assumed from our shared use of sarcasm and dislike for the groupies that Jenna and I were going to get along, but if she had a problem with Nick we may not be fast friends.
    She shook her head. “Nothing against Nick.  He's great.  I've just never seen a girl act the way you just did about Tucker.  I guarantee if I went over and asked any of those groupies who they were here to see they'd say him.”
    “Well, what about you three?” I pointed down the bleacher at them. “How are you immune to the Kline charm?”
    “ I'm with Duncan,” Vanessa smiled.
    “ Sam,” Kennedy added.  “And, Jenna here is the Sigma first lady.”
    “ Haha,” Jenna said.  “Matt is my boyfriend.”  Matt was the fraternity president I met last night.
    “ I met them all at the party last night.  They seemed really nice.”
    “ I knew I saw you there!” Jenna exclaimed.  “You left with Tucker!”
    I laughed at her exuberance, “I did, but not for the reasons you think.”
    “Oh,” she said, deflated.
    “ Don't mind her.” Vanessa pulled her attention from whatever was happening in the outfield.  “She's just bummed that you aren't dating him.”
    “ It's true,” she agreed.  “I've been trying to get that boy to settle down for two years now, and you seem nice.  Thanks for getting my hopes up,” she joked.
    “ Oh, sorry...and thanks.  I think,” I chuckled.  “Why do you want him to settle down?”
    “ Aside from the fact that he really is a good guy,” she stated, popped her feet up on the bleacher in front of her and rested her arms across her knees, “he's been a little out of it since his dad died.  It'd just be nice to see him with a steady girl instead of a different one of them every night.” She motioned toward the groupies.
    “ I see,” I uttered as I felt a bit of panic set in.  I didn't need him to be a really good guy, and I certainly didn't need the added guilt of scamming a grieving son.  I wished she would have told me that he was an arrogant asshole who treated girls like shit.
    “ Anyway, Nick huh?”
    By the time practice was over, I'd filled the girlfriends in on my relationship status with Nick.  Platonic.  They all seemed really nice.  If I was going to become Tucker's fake girlfriend then at least I wouldn't have to hang out with a bunch of bitchy girls the whole time.  When the guys finally came out of the dugout, I watched the girls run down to meet them as Nick made his way up the bleachers to where I remained seated.
    “ What are you doing?” he asked, with a bit of an irritated look.
    “ What do you mean?  I was waiting for you.”
    “ You're wasting time,” he said as he grabbed my hand and pulled me up. “Go down there and work your magic.” He looked over his shoulder at Tucker, who was surrounded by gaggle of groupies.  They were pathetically pawing at him and giggling like idiots. Ugh.
    “ No offense, Nick,” I said, patting him on the shoulder, “but I think I've got this.  You just let me worry about reeling Tucker in.”  He squinted his eyes at me with a questionable look.  “Are you doubting me?”  I scoffed.
    “ Maybe a little,” he replied.
    “ Watch and learn,” I said with a smile.