4: Nolan.

By the time I'm calmed down enough to apologize to Caroline I realize she's gone.

"Where did she go?" I scan the room again just to be sure and I hear the hesitation in Mitch's voice. "Tell me."

I glare at him for all of two seconds before he folds.

"She was upset. She wanted to know why no one would ask her out and it sort of slipped that you've got your rule about—"

"Fuck." I run my fingers through my hair as frustration takes hold. "Did she go home?"

"Um, about that." Mitch takes a big step back and suddenly my hackles are rising.

"Spill it." I clench my fists at my side as I prepare for the worst.

"She said she had a date and took off, that's as far as I got." The last few words are rushed out as he holds his hands up and backs away even farther. Mitch is smart because I feel like hitting something right now.

"Goddamn it," I mumble under my breath, stomping from the back yard into the shop.

When I burst through the metal door I look over to see Chunky lazily lift his head up from