Alabama smiled as she cleaned. It’d been three weeks since Christopher had told her he loved her and Alabama could still hardly believe it. Her life had changed so much in the short time she’d been dating Christopher. She’d come out of her shell more and more, and she actually enjoyed spending time with his teammates. Of course it seemed like each time they’d gone out, Faulkner, Kason, Hunter, and Sam had a new girlfriend, but she’d loved getting to know Caroline. She was funny and so smart. Alabama felt awkward around her at first. Caroline was a freakin’ chemist, for God’s sake, and Alabama was merely a janitor, but Caroline never made her feel less because of it. Alabama hadn’t wanted to tell Christopher what she did for a living, but it seemed absurd not to. She’d stressed about it f

