Chapter 8Pat never mentioned anything about Eli trying to ask her out. Neither Chris nor Quinn made any indication he had tried with them either. Alexi became more and more nervous that Eli had been trying to gauge their interest in dating him, especially since Eli hadn’t brought it up since that day. Sometimes they couldn’t sleep due to the twisting guilt in their chest. They could have handled that situation better. They could have—and should have—texted Eli or something right after that to ask for clarification. Eli might have confirmed that he meant someone else in their group, or he might have said yes, he did want to ask Alexi out. Then Alexi would have had the opportunity to let him down gently and tell him that while he was a wonderful person, they just weren’t in a place to date a
