Chapter 16
The next night Brady was meeting my friends for girls’ night. He knew what my friends meant to me, and bringing him to meet them was a significant step for me.
“My friends are the family I chose,” I told him when he asked why I was nervous. “I love my family, but they make me crazy a lot of the time, especially my mom, as you saw. With my friends though, they accept me for who I am. Oh, did I tell you Addi and Joey are members? That’s how I learned about Dave’s Gym.”
He nodded and rubbed my thigh. “You told me, honey. You don’t have to be nervous. I will do my best not to embarrass you.”
I snorted. “It’s not you I’m worried about. Chances are my friends are going to do their best to embarrass me and you’ll never want to speak to me again after tonight. I’ll make one of them
