Chapter 27

Hannah clenched her fists tight enough that her nails dug into her palms painfully.

Why the fuck am I so goddamn nervous!? She thought to herself. It was just fucking putt-putt golf and meeting a minor celebrity that was dating her best friend. No big deal.

Except it sort of was.

She’d taken the bus since there was a line that ran from the training facility where she worked her day job to the outlet malls, and that meant it had only been a couple minutes of walking to the minigolf place. Realistically, she probably should have already gone inside - Ollie and April would be waiting inside unless they were running late.

Hannah looked down at herself again. She hadn’t even been sure what to wear, which rarely happened. The problem was it was a date, but it wasn’t a date, or at least her date. But then it sort of was since she was meeting April for the first time, so really it was more like a date between them than Ollie being on a date with April. Except that-

Sometimes Hannah got in her own head.

She’d ended up leaning more towards the casual, semi-sporty nature of the location and had worn a long t-shirt with a white and black trippy checkerboard on it that should look wild under the glow-in-the-dark lights, and a pair of black jean shorts that were relatively appropriate and not booty shorts. She’d made herself look more dressy by doing up her makeup a little more than usual and spending time to make her hair look nice - well, she’d gotten the help of Tracy the media manager for the team to do her hair, but still. It was up in a ponytail but braided on the sides and in a thick, almost poofy French braid on top. It was cute but also made her feel a little fierce, which was exactly what she wanted to lean into now.

“It’s just Ollie and a girl that likes him, that’s all,” Hannah muttered to herself, then nodded decisively and headed for the door.

Wednesday evening apparently wasn’t the putt-putt golf’s busy night - someone was manning the cash register at the front, and Ollie and April were waiting for her, and that was it. She made sure she didn’t hesitate as she walked in and headed for them, pushing a big smile. “Hey! It’s so good to meet you, I’m Hannah.”

“Hi!” April said, flashing a big smile of her own and opening her arms to offer a hug.

God, she has nice boobs, Hannah thought as they hugged. April was only a little taller than her - a nice change of pace considering how Margot and Hikaru both loomed over her, not to mention everyone at work. The other woman had worn a cute floral print summer dress that showed off a moderate amount of cleavage, but there was no hiding the fact that she had tits for days. She was also wearing big, thick-rimmed black glasses that gave her a decidedly nerdy and down-to-earth look like she could have been playing the love interest in some nerd romcom or something.