The drive home was uncomfortably silent. I tried to speak, but every time I did, I was afraid I would yell and scare here.

Don't do this. I know what he is like. He'll do to you what he has done to every other girl and I will have to pick up the pieces.

"so....are you going to say something or....."

"Leah, this isn't a good idea" I said, gripping the steering wheel as hard as I could.

"oh, don't go all Mario on me, Sid. I'm old enough to go out on dates, you know" Leah said while glaring at me from the side of her eyes.

"But you don't know him. I do. I have seen first hand what he is capable of. Girls fall in love over his accent, he uses them , and then he never contacts them again. I know you and I know that you don't go out with guys just to get laid. You only go on dates when you are genuinely interested in somebody. This isn't one of those situations, Leah. He's just using you for an easy lay"

"Did you just call me an easy lay?!" she all but screamed, punching me hard in the shoulder. "Really Crosby, is that what you think of me? that I'm just some easy slut because of who my dad is?"

I could literally feel my heart pounding out of my chest.

"fuck Leah, no! that's not what I meant at all. I meant "easy" because we are friends and Geno knows that I'm not friends with puck sluts. He looks at you as an easy target because he knows you won't use him for his money or celebrity status"

Good one, Crosby. You just pretty much called her a slut.

"It's one date and I'm not going to sleep with him. I just want to give him the satisfaction of one date so he leaves me alone and stops calling me his wife. I promise that nothing will happen and if I have a problem, you'll be the one I call to come kick his ass"

"I still don't like this at all, but I can live with one date. One date to get him off of your back. that's it. Nothing less, nothing more. Deal?"

"Deal. I might as well just start calling you daddy"

Don't call me daddy. I don't want to be your dad, I want to be your man.