“No,” Will, Libby, and Colt all said at the same time.
I began laughing. Luke was always coming up with these crazy plans. He had gotten us all in trouble more times than I could even remember.
“Come on, y’all. Let’s all meet at the river first. We can hang out a bit before we go to the party. Are Lauren and Taylor going?”
“Yep,” Libby said.
“Shit. No alcohol if they’re going to be there,” Luke said.
Since Lauren and Taylor were the youngest, Luke would insist on no alcohol anytime they were with us. It would drive Lauren mad, but Taylor couldn’t care less. She’d never had the desire to even try a beer.
“How can you say that? Colt isn’t that much older than them, and you don’t care if he is there,” Libby said.
Luke shrugged his shoulders. “Colt’s a guy. He’s different.”
Libby stopped walking.
Will moaned, “Great. Here we go.”
I giggled as I hit him lightly on the side.
“Luke Drew Johnson,” Libby said.
Luke smiled that big ole smile of his that could melt all the girls’ hearts. He stepped up to Libby and lifted his hand to her hair. “You have a piece of hay in your hair, Isabella Gemma Hayes. Don’t call me by my full name, sweetheart. Only my mama can do that.”
“You’re such an ass,” Libby said as she pushed him away.
Luke lost his balance and began falling back but not before he grabbed Libby and took her down with him. He fell right onto his back, and she landed right on top of him. The way Luke was looking at Libby had me blushing for her. He looked like he wanted to…kiss her.
Will must have noticed it, too, because he quickly picked Libby up. “Are you okay?”
She said, “Yes,” and then she looked at me.
The flush on her cheeks caused me to smile at her. She quickly walked off and headed to the Jeep. I turned back, only to find Will had Luke by the shirt.
“Don’t ever look at my sister like that again, Johnson. I’ll fucking beat your ass, you hear me?”
“Will!” I walked up and pulled his hands from Luke’s T-shirt. “Libby pushed Luke. It was just an accident. Will, stop it.”