Free More Than Jamie Baker (Jamie Baker #2) by Kelly Oram

victory party tonight.”
    “You’re going to go to a party?” I tried to keep the shock out of my voice. I didn’t want to embarrass her or discourage all the progress she was making socially. If she kept this up, she’d be back to her old self in no time. I wanted that for her.
    “Well, at first I tried to say no, but I kept hearing your voice in my head lecturing me about not getting over it until I just took the risk and put myself out there. Then I figured getting coffee with Teodoro the other day had gone okay—”
    “Aha!” I teased. “So it’s Teddy, then. I approve.”
    “Teddy?” Becky laughed.
    “Yeah, that’s what I’ve decided to call him. Teodoro’s just so…”
    “Foreign? Exotic? Sexy?” Becky supplied.
    “I was thinking ‘hard to pronounce,’ but if it works for you...Though, ‘exotic’ and ‘sexy’ aren’t exactly the words I’d use to describe Teddy.”
    “Come on, Jamie. He’s hot.”
    “Matt Bomer is hot. Teddy is cute.”
    “Adorable,” Becky agreed with a surprisingly wistful sigh. “But he’s still European and that is hot. Could you imagine if he had the accent? If he rolled his Rs, I think I’d be done for.”
    I laughed. “I think you already are. So, what happened? Why are we all Team Teddy all of a sudden?”
    “I thought maybe I liked him a little after we went to coffee the other day, and then I just saw him a few minutes ago. We’d all just gotten off the bus from the airport when we ran into him. He was so excited to see me that he pushed his way through the entire football team in order to talk to me. It was so cute, Jamie. He had to, like, jump up and down in order to see over all the guys’ heads. He didn’t even care that some of them looked like they wanted to kick his butt when he started talking to me.”
    I would have loved to witness that moment. “Yeah, Teddy seems like the kind of guy who doesn’t care if you’re out of his league.”
    Becky laughed. “I don’t think he even understands the concept of different leagues. He walked right up to me in front of everyone and asked how I was doing. He said he’d been worried about me and then asked what I was doing tonight. He was completely oblivious to the looks the football players and some of the other girls were giving him. He wasn’t intimidated at all. The girls fell in love with him on the spot and invited him to the party tonight. The guys were shocked. If Ryan hadn’t stepped in and introduced him to them, I think they might have killed him. It was so funny!”
    I laughed again. “He’s something else, isn’t he?”
    “He’s different,” Becky agreed. “With him there’s no tension—no stress at all. He doesn’t get too close or try to touch me. Sometimes he tries to be flirty, but it’s not serious. It’s like he’s just being friendly.”
    I found myself nodding my head. “That was exactly what I thought about him, too.” Never mind the threat I gave him about scaring Becky. “He’s very friendly and easy to talk to. And hilarious. I think he’d be good for you.”
    Becky blushed. “He doesn’t scare me. It’s like being with Ryan, except I’m attracted to Teodoro.” Becky paused a minute and then gave me a shy smile. “I really like him, Jamie.”
    “Well, that’s a relief,” I teased. “I can finally put a stop to all the lectures. I was starting to feel like a preacher.”
    Becky and I hugged each other and then she pulled me down onto her bed. “Okay, enough about me. What’s up with you? I’ve hardly seen you all week. Don’t tell me nothing’s going on, because even Ryan said you’ve been scarce this week.”
    “I was just swamped and he’s so busy with football. We didn’t really get to see each other at all this week.”
    Becky didn’t let me off the hook. “So?”
    This was my chance to tell Becky, but now that I was faced with the moment I didn’t have a clue what to say. How do you explain to someone that you are a superpowered