I was loving watching her reactions, so I typed another one.
Me
Maybe a pillow fight?
“Do you agree, Thayer?” Kason’s voice broke through, and I realized I’d been completely tuning him out—an amazing feat given how loud he could get.
“What?” I asked.
“Stop texting Masie and agree with me,” he said.
“I wasn’t texting with Masie,” I said, placing my phone face down on the sofa beside me.
“Yeah, okay,” Kason said before continuing with his story.
I glanced to Giselle, who no longer looked my way. I couldn’t tell if her distant eyes meant she was upset that Kason had assumed it was Masie, or if she was sad that my texting had ended.
A short time later, my phone pinged. I scooped it up, hoping it was her responding to me, but it wasn’t. It was a text from an unknown number. My heartbeat kicked into high gear as I stared down at the words on my screen. “This has gotta be a joke,” I said, not meaning to say it aloud.
“What?” Kason asked, all eyes moving to me.
“It’s from Kincaid,” I explained.
“Kincaid?” Kason and Jesse asked at the same time.
I looked directly at Jesse. “Did you send them that footage?”
“Yeah,” he said. “This morning.”
“They liked it,” I explained. “They wanna meet about a sponsorship opportunity.”
Before I could even brace myself, Kason lunged forward, jumping on top of me and pinning me down on the sofa. Jesse howled, running over and jumping on top of both of us.
I could hear Shay and Giselle laughing as the three of us rolled around like little kids.
When they finally peeled themselves off me, I sat on the edge of the sofa staring at the text. “I can’t believe it.”
“Well, believe it,” Kason said. “You deserve it.”
“When do they want to meet?” Jesse asked.
“Next week.”
“Do you want this?” Kason asked.
I looked to him, my brows knitted above my nose. “What do you mean?”
“I don’t want you doing something that me and Jesse roped you into. I want you to do it because you still love it.”
Did I still love it? Pulling tricks was a rush like no other. And I hadn’t felt such a high since before losing my mom. “I’m gonna hear them out.”
“Fair enough,” Kason said.
“Bro, opportunities like this don’t just happen,” Jesse said. “Especially, with your best friend representing them too.”
“Yeah. I know.”
And, I did know. I wasn’t trying to pass up an opportunity like this. I just needed to be sure I was doing it for the right reason.