“Oh my god, Tanner, you make it sound like I’m twelve.” Tara swats at my chest and then takes a seat between them on the couch. “I’m in grad school.”

“Cool,” Henry says. “What school?”

I turn to Sydney. “Is it me or does she seem a little too cozy with my teammates for someone with a boyfriend?”

“Oh, uh…”

“No? They broke up already?”

“Apparently he has a small penis.” My girl shrugs.

Ugh. “Oh man, I could have really gone without that information.”

“If I had to know, so do you.” She leans over and kisses me, successfully distracting me from thinking about my sister’s ex-boyfriend’s small dick. “Congratulations on the game. Ten points, two assists, pretty impressive.”

“So sexy when you track my stats.”

“To be honest, I double-checked after the game.”

“Thank you for coming.”

“You’re welcome. I’m really glad I got to see it in person. The camera people have this awful habit of tracking the ball instead of you.”

“I’ll be easier to follow now that I’ll be on the court instead of the bench.” I lace my fingers behind her lower back and drop a kiss to her shoulder. “Seriously, thank you for being here. It was perfect. Work was cool about you taking the time off?”

“Oh yeah, they were fine. I’ve put in so many hours over the past month, they owed me. And the girls will be fine. They need grumpy Coach Bill occasionally, so they know how awesome I am.”

“I’m sure they already know.”

Sydney found a job with a local foundation in Boston coaching a youth girls beach volleyball team. She’s amazing. The girls love her. Even the ones who it’s clear were forced into it by parents or guardians end up having a blast.

“I do have to go back to Boston tomorrow though, so I’m sorry I can’t follow the team to Utah.”

“Then we’ll make the most of tonight.”

“Yeah? And how would you like to celebrate your professional basketball debut? Do you want to hang out here with the guys? We could all go out?”

“Sleeping?”

She chuckles.

“I’m so tired. Think Tara will notice if we disappear for a quick nap?”

“It’s six o’clock. The sun hasn’t even gone down. And we can’t leave Tara. She wants to spend time with you.”

I glance over to where she’s talking with Henry. Turned to him, a hand resting on his arm. Yeah, I don’t think she’ll miss me.

“Real quick power nap. Sex for like twenty and then forty minutes to sleep. We’ll be back in an hour.”

“Sex for twenty?”

I run a hand through my hair. “Yeah, I was overselling it. I’m good for like maybe five minutes of sex, but, bonus, longer to nap.”