On the rugby field Wayne Joslin might be tough and rough, but in the romance department he’s a pussy cat. He can’t keep his attention away from his close friend Darsey Haas, the center for the Templeton Thundercats. Darsey’s a dreamboat, and the guy of Joslin’s dreams. Someone he wants to spend the rest of his life with. The two must be together.<br><br>After five months of friendship, Joslin and Darsey steer out of the friend zone. There’s one problem, though. A huge problem. Darsey has a boyfriend, Cliff McGregory.<br><br>Cliff despises everything about Joslin and will do just about anything to keep him away from Darsey. Joslin’s in love with Darsey, though, head over heels, and believes they’re meant to be together. So he hatches a plan to distract Cliff with a certain rugby player named Tomas Iron. Will the plan work?

We Are Going to Be Together

Darsey is about to scuttle away into the depths of the kitchen.


Cliff is direct and to the point, and tells him, “Darsey, stick around. I want you to hear this too.”


We congregate near the coffee table: I’m on one side, Cliff is on the other side, and Darsey takes its head, closest to the kitchen. It seems strange how we end up like this. But whatever. Beneath us is a small plate of half eaten brie and crackers, two seedless grapes, and someone’s disregarded screwdriver. To the right of this menagerie is what looks to be a balled-up receipt from someone’s pocket or purse, an empty box of Camels, and a flute with one last sip of champagne in its bottom. Cliff looks at me. I look at Darsey. Darsey looks at Cliff. Eventually Cliff says, “Let me get to why I’ve returned.”


Chapter 32