Chapter thirty-seven

"I wanted to tell you..." she trailed, flicking her light brown orbs from one end to another. "...that I can't wait to meet your friends," she grinned.

Marley scoffed, "Is that it? I mean, you sounded really baffled back there."

"Nervous. I usually feel that way when I'm about meeting new people," she faintly smiled.

"My friends are cool, you won't even feel like they're 'new people'."

And so it was, Zaphrina met Kennedy Carter--who preferred she called him Ken-- and Joshua Fritz, the guy with the sexy smile who was hitting on the receptionist--who preferred she address him Josh.

Josh introduced to her his girlfriend who wasn't the Audrey he was hitting on that day.

She liked them; they were jovial. They made her feel like she'd known them for ages.

Before the game begun, everyone was settled, fans had begun cheering even before the player's grand entry.

"So...Zaphrina, the name, right?" Joshua addressed to her, despite the eardrum perforating screams, she managed to hear him.