“Yeah, I told Mom it was her fault for wearing that jersey instead of an Assassins one.”

Lucas smiled over at Fallon. She looked up at him with a bashful grin and shrugged her shoulders. “Maybe he’s right?”

“Maybe, but that’s okay, it wasn’t our night,” he said. He wrapped an arm around Fallon’s neck, and brought his lips to her head. “I think you look hot.”

“Eww!” Aiden complained.

“You hush,” Lucas scolded jokingly as Aiden giggled.

Fallon giggled as she wrapped her arms around his middle. “Thanks but I think I jinxed y’all,” she said sadly. “Sorry.”

Lucas smiled. “Can’t win them all babe, we’ll get ‘em tomorrow. Now come on, let’s go back to your house and watch some movies or something.”

Fallon nodded as Aiden started to bounce in his arms, “Even though you lost, can we get ice cream!?”

Lucas nodded before leaning over and kissing Aiden’s cheek. “We sure can.”

As they made their way to Fallon’s car, Lucas felt that even if the Assassins lost every single game, he would still come out of the arena feeling like a winner.

That is, as long as Fallon and Aiden were waiting for him.

Luckily, the Assassins won the next night, but it still meant that Lucas had to say goodbye to Fallon and Aiden the next day since the guys had to fly out to Minnesota for game five. Since the team was flying out early in the morning, Lucas didn’t asked Fallon and Aiden to come to the airfield. Instead, he kissed them goodbye at her house before leaving for the airfield. After parking, he locked up his truck and made his way to the plane with his gym bag on his arm. When he was stopped by someone grabbing his arm, he turned to see the last person he wanted to see that morning.

Levi.

Lucas jerked his arm out of his hand and crossed his arms. “What?”

“Listen, it’s weird between us and I don’t like it. What goes on in my love life is none of your business. I don’t stick my nose in yours, don’t sick yours in mine,” Levi said.

Lucas scoffed. “You’ve been on me about Fallon since the beginning, but that’s not the point. You went personal when you started whatever with Audrey. She’s Fallon’s sister and you know when Fallon finds out she is going to go ape shit.”

“I don’t care. Audrey’s fun to be with when she isn’t clingy and whiny. I like being naked with her, what’s the problem?”

“You hurt her and you call her names. That is where my problem comes in.”

Levi rolled his eyes. “It’s not my fault she doesn’t like it rough, she can stop it anytime. I call her names because she can be whiny. If she didn’t like it, again, she could leave. She obviously likes what I give her.”

Lucas shook his head. “She is in love with you, that’s why she stays.”

“That’s her fault. She’ll learn, but I’m not worried about her. I’m worried about us. You are my best friend.”

Lucas looked away before shaking his head. “I don’t know about that anymore Levi. I’m not the person I was when we became friends. I don’t know if I can deal with what you do anymore. I don’t like the way you talk to my girlfriend, I don’t like the way you treat her sister, and really, you get on my nerves with the women you bring in and out of my house. You are good to me when it comes to the business side, but I just don’t know about the friendship side anymore.”

Levi looked at Lucas as if he had just cut him in half, and it honestly hurt Lucas. He had been close to Levi his whole adult life, but he couldn’t take it anymore. People grow out of people and Lucas wasn’t the person he used to be. He was better. Levi had followed Lucas to help with his sobriety and Lucas would always love him for that, but it all came down to the fact that Fallon meant more. Lucas would never give her up, or give up his family, and that was one of the main problems between him and Levi. Levi hated that Lucas had done everything to make things right between himself and Fallon. That he would much rather spend time with his son and Fallon than spend time with Levi, but again, Lucas had changed.

It wasn’t him and Levi anymore.

It was him, Fallon, and Aiden.

Levi cleared his throat and looked off to the side. “Well at least I know where we stand.”

Lucas nodded before turning around and heading for the plane. Once inside, he found Odder and sat down beside him. He then noticed that Anderson was right beside him and Fallon’s request came to mind, but Lucas wasn’t in the mood to deal with Anderson. He was hurting from his encounter with Levi. He leaned back in the seat and closed his eyes, wishing like hell that Levi had grown up too. How long would Levi be the way he was, and was there a way for Lucas to help him? He knew in his heart there wasn’t, but it didn’t stop him from wishing there was.

As the plane took off, Odder smiled over at Lucas. “Good morning.”

Lucas smiled since Odder’s words were clear as day. “Good morning, I see the speech lady is working?”

Odder nodded his head. “Yes, very much so.”

“Good,” Lucas smiled, “Did you make a decision on the condo?”

“Yes, I am going to take it.”

Lucas nodded, “Great, it’s a nice place.”

“Yes, it is.”

Lucas chuckled at Odder’s few words. He couldn’t hate on the kid though, at least he was working hard to know the language.