Okay, that was it. Ginny had had it. Enough with the tiptoeing around the issue at hand. She was not gonna keep avoiding the talk. She was facing it straight on. After all, she was dealing with much worse on a daily basis. She was a ball player, and a grown woman. She had survived worse than being snubbed by Mike Lawson.
She went inside the clubhouse after practice that evening, determined to talk to him. Her footsteps echoed, she was headed straight to Mike's corner. Someone tried to get her attention about something but she just continued walking. Mike was not in his chair. She continued hesitantly to the physical therapy room, no trace of him there either. Finally she saw him getting coffee in the break room.
'Coffee at this hour?' she stood by the door, rolling her shoulders.
He looked around to her. His eyes unreadable.
'Sure.' monosyllabic Mike was here.
'We have to talk.'
'Damn right we do.'
'About last night,…' she began.
'Look, rookie…' Mike started at the same time.
'No, Mike, let me say this. I am a ball player. I am not some fangirl, dying to get close to The Mike Lawson. You are my captain, and friend, and you've helped me a lot on the field and off.'
'Here it goes' Mike said weary.
'Wait a second, I told you not to interrupt me, and here what goes?'
'The "it was a mistake, we were drunk and emotional" part.'
'Where do you get off trying to tell me what I'm about the say next'
'I'm sorry, you are right, continue' his magnanimity was annoying.
'Forget it. This was a bad idea.' she was about to turn around but stopped. 'You know what, no, I wasn't about to say it was a mistake. Actually, the mistake was I didn't do this'
With that she had nothing left to say, but to quickly take the steps to get to him, grab him by the shirt and pull him in for a kiss. A hot, messy but all too short kiss.
'Now that was a good speech.' he genuinely said, laughter in his words.
' I know, right. Beats any of yours.'
'True that.'
'Wanna go for a drink?'
'I thought you'd never ask.'
And with that, the uncomfortability was gone. They were back to being themselves, only better.