490 Something to Say (2/2)
”I don't need you to tell me that!” Noah stuck his tongue out and we loaded our stuff up in the car.
”Hey...” Kyle looked around at us as Zeke started the car and headed home. ”Since Jeremy got the results, shouldn't Mom and Dad have it too?”
”It probably came out today.” Dave replied. ”They might bring it up at dinner.”
”Would Jeremy come over for dinner?”
”Why would he?” Noah snorted.
Kyle looked at me. ”Well...he looked like he wanted to talk. Kind of. He wasn't as aggressive as before, but that could be because he got into trouble last time. I just think it's weird he took the night off from baseball.” His eyes widened. ”We should look up why! See what he told the team!”
”On it!” Dave whipped out his phone and started typing. ”Hmmm. The team only stated that he took the night off for personal reasons. This reporter suggests it's because his girlfriend is having pregnancy troubles.”
”Does he even have a girlfriend?” Kyle asked.
”How am I supposed to know?”
”Look it up.”
”That's enough.” Zeke cut in. He looked in his rearview mirror to make eye contact with me. ”You can't believe everything you read online. If you really want to know him, you should ask him.”
”Who? Me?” I blurted out. ”I wasn't-”
”If you don't want to know, that's fine too.” Zeke cut me off. ”I just don't want you to be misguided by these idiots.”
”Hey!!” The twins exclaimed in unison.
”We're home.” Zeke parked the car.
As soon as we got in the house, Mr. Atkins greeted us by the door. We could hear Mrs. Atkins in the next room over; she must be on the phone.
”We know.” Zeke told his dad plainly before heading for the stairs. ”I'm going to go shower before dinner.”
”You know? You all know?” He looked skeptical.
”Jeremy Patterson was at the field again, Dad.” Dave said, passing him by as well. ”Kind of ruined the surprise.”
”Again?” Mr. Atkins looked concerned. ”He didn't do anything he shouldn't, did he?”
”No, not really.” Kyle followed after Dave and Zeke. ”Coach showed up real quick and had a talk with him so we could leave. Did you know? He's supposed to be playing a game tonight, but isn't. According to this one guy, his girlfriend is having pregnancy probs.”
”What??” Mr. Atkins looked extra confused. His eyes swung back to me and Noah, still in the foyer. ”What's going on now?”
”Jeremy got the news that him and Jake are completely related. Came to talk. Didn't talk. Coach talked to him instead. We came home. The other stuff is just gossip.” Noah waved his hand back and forth as if to wave it away. He looked at me. ”Anything to add?”
I shook my head.
”Well then...” Mr. Atkins took a deep breath. ”As long as nothing happened. We'll have to talk to George and Doug about this again. He can't just show up as he pleases.”