Hailey
Derek’s easy smile came back to his face as my jaw dropped.
I reached for his ankle, feeling around it to confirm my suspicion.
He didn’t wince. He didn’t moan. Instead, he laughed.
He was perfectly fine! He’d faked it!
My eye twitched as I held onto his ankle.
“Sorry Hailey,” he said, scratching the back of his neck. “I just really needed to talk to you in private for a minute, and I couldn’t think of another way to do it.”
My heart sank. Had he not wanted me to see him practice? He’d never minded when I went to games before and watched him play.
Or worse…was he upset that I was helping out the team? What if he didn’t want me getting in his space?
Questions whirled in my head, and I started to feel dizzy.
“So you decided to give me a hea
