Free Edge of Glory (Friendship, Texas Book 1) by Magan Vernon Page A

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    "Hey, watch where you're putting your hands. I don't know where they've been."  Johnny leaned back in his seat, Sofie cuddling up next to him.
    "Oh you know exactly where they've been. Wanna smell them?" Scotty looked over at Johnny.
    "Get that shit away from me." Johnny swatted his hand.
    "Oh, you wanna fight now, Romeo?" Scotty stepped closer, putting his hands out in front of him like a boxer with the cock-eyed smirk painted on his face.
    "Alright…"  Jay stood up, pushing his way in the middle of them. "As much as I love a good brawl, I'm starving and I say we get a burger before we bring the girls home."
    "Oh, dude!" Scotty kicked off his bowling shoes "Can we stop at that awesome pizza joint where they put eggplant on the pizza instead?"
    "Yeah," Johnny added, standing up with Sofie close at his side. "That place is the tits."
    Jay shook his head. "Are you two really that stupid?"
    "What?" Scotty slid into his shoes, hopping toward the stairs. "Johnny's right, for once, that place really is the tits."
    "Well for starters, Lia's parents own that place.”
    "So that totally means free breadsticks?" Johnny followed behind Scotty, shrugging on his coat.
    Jay started to speak, but I grabbed onto his arm, letting my fingers linger longer than I intended to. "Forget about it. You guys can stop there after you drop us off or something."
    "You sure?" He turned toward me, the low lighting of the bowling alley couldn’t even dim the brilliant blue of his eyes and I wished at that moment I could just stay lost in them instead of spending the rest of the night probably listening to Sofie talk about Johnny.
    I leaned in lightly letting my lips trail against his. "Positive."
    "So are we getting noms or are you two just going to stare at each other all night?" Scotty yelled.
    "Bro, I think you've had one too many concussions." Jay smiled and followed them out of the lane.
    "Just because I don't have a mop of unwashed hair protecting my head," Scotty remarked.
    Jay just shook his head, interlacing our fingers as we headed toward the door. "Sometimes I don't know how I do it…" he whispered, squeezing my hand.
    It was a little past midnight and most of the kids bowling had cleared out of the place, so it just left the locals at the bar, who seemed to look at us differently as we passed. Like this time they might have actually realized that they were staring at three guys who had been on national TV and broke some world records. I wondered if they knew the whole time, or how they actually figured it out. I shrugged the idea off as I zipped up my coat, preparing to meet the cold night air. But as we stepped out of the door, I was greeted by more than fresh falling snow and found myself staring right at a few camera's and the cheesy grin of Saul Parker from TNC.
    "Jay Morningstar, you come to my city and don't give me a call?" he asked.
    Jay kept his head down and a close lock on my hand, pulling me forward to the car. "Sorry, Saul, didn't know you were keeping tabs."
    Saul and the camera guy followed our group as we made our way to the Navigator. Jay opened the back door for us and Sofie slid in first.
    "And is this the new girlfriend? Will we be seeing more of her? Is she keeping you on the straight and narrow or will we see some more mug shots?" Saul asked.
    Jay just smiled, putting his hand on my back and helping me in the car. "Goodnight, Saul."
    With that, he got in after me and shut the door.
    I watched Saul's eyes widen and the camera stay on the car.
    Jay didn't speak until we were out of the parking lot. "Sorry about that. I didn't know that douche found out we were here."
    "Maybe if Scotty didn't tag himself at the bowling alley," Johnny said, punching Scotty's arm.
    "What? How was I supposed to know anyone would care where we were?" Scotty asked defensively.
    Jay shook his head, staring out the window. "It doesn't matter. He'll come up with whatever story he wants anyway."
    I squeezed Jay's hand, not sure what I