Page 93 of The Obvious Check
Scotty grumbles, and all I see is the shake of his head in front of me.
“You mean like the way you were with Scotty and that girl he was interested in?” Alex pipes up next to Brooks.
Erik rolls his eyes. “Am I ever going to live that down? I made a huge mistake one time and even apologized for it, but it’s never enough.”
“One mistake?” Alex says. “Did you forget about your freaky-ass nutcrackers that you refuse to get rid of?”
“They’re in my room, not bothering you, A. You need to get over it.”
“They freak me and everyone else in the dorm the hell out.”
“Come on.” Scotty grabs Erik by the shoulder, pulling him back down in his seat, leaving Dash and me alone. In a little seat haven, if that’s what you want to call it.
“I need to talk to you,” I say, my voice dropping to a more serious tone.
His head snaps to me, his brows furrowing. “To me?”
“Yes, to you. You said when we were out in Indiana that we were back to old times. Well, start acting like it. If this is old times, then you’re the only person I can come to with this.”
“Oh?”
“Yeah, oh.”
“Is this about Savannah?”
I nod. “I want you to be my best man.”
It takes Dash a few seconds to register my response. When he does, I’m met with the vacant, slightly disinterested glare. “For?”
“My wedding.”
Dash blinks. “That’s a little premature, don’t you think? She’s not even your girlfriend.”
“You’re right,” I say, leaning back with a smug grin. “I don’t have a girlfriend. She’s myfiancée.Savannah Barnett… Not that it’s her last name for long. It’ll be Bright soon enough.”
Dash stays quiet for a minute. He then looks around and leans over.
“Cade, I’m going to ask you this one time, and I hope you’ll give me your honest answer. Does sheknowshe’s your fiancée?”
I bristle at the comment. “Yes. Funnily enough, she’s a willing participant,” I say. “I asked her yesterday. Then she thought about it and agreed to marry me all on her own.”
“Why would she do that?”
Before I can answer, Scotty pops up, turning to look at me. “Sorry to be a killjoy here, but did I just hear you say you were gettingmarried?”
As if on cue, Erik pops his head up, talking to Scotty. “Yes, he did. To that chick he likes, what’s her name again?”
Scotty scowls and rolls his eyes. “I wasn’t asking you.”
“Savannah,” I say, in answer to Erik. I always knew asking Dash to be my best man would be complicated, but I didn’t realize just how many of the guys would get involved with it.
Henry pops his head into view from behind me. “Wait, are you talking about Savannah? You meantheSavannah. The girl who nearly got us killed atBehind Closed Doors?”
“What are you talking about?” Scotty asks Henry.
“I followed Cade there, not knowing he was fi—I mean, interested in one of the girls. He tried to talk to her, and that’s when I came in, finding the bouncers beating the shit out of him in the alleyway next to the club.”
My brows furrow. “They were not beating the shit out of me.”
