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down at the island, grabbing a cupcake off of the cooling rack. I shove half of it in my mouth and stare at Jenna.
    It’s still early and we haven’t opened the bakery yet. I was hoping to get a little advice from her, but I’m not sure that’s going to happen since she can’t form words. Zack didn’t say much this morning. He was already awake and in my kitchen making coffee when I woke up. When I walked into the kitchen, he gave me a quick kiss and told me he had to get to work. Now, if that would have been any other man, I would have thought that he was avoiding me, but I know that’s not what Zack was doing.
    “Zack?” Jenna ask. I guess she did find her voice.
    I continue eating the delicious cupcake as I nod my head. “Yup.”
    “You had sex with Zack? Last night?”
    I almost roll my eyes. Haven’t we been over this already? But I decide to give the poor girl a break. Maybe, she hasn’t woken up yet. “Yes. I had toe curling sex with my best friend, Zack, last night.”
    “Jesus Christ,” she mumbles.
    “What?”
    “Nothing. So, did y’all talk?”
    I wipe my mouth with a napkin and take my time answering. I’ve never been one to hold back, but the things that were said last night with Zack feel like things that should stay between us. I don’t feel right sharing all of those intimate details with anyone else, that’s ours. Finally, I nod my head. “Yeah, we did talk.”
    Jenna studies my face for a second and then goes back to stirring the batter. “So, he finally told you he was in love with you. How did that go?”
    “What? How did you know that?”
    She pins me with a look. “Lexie, the question is, how did you not know that?”
    I start shredding the napkin I’m holding into tiny pieces. I’ve been asking myself the same question since last night. I shrug my shoulders and shake my head. “I don’t know.”
    “Hmm…”
    “What was that?” I ask.
    “Nothing.”
    “It was something.”
    “I was just wondering if maybe you just didn’t want to know.”
    “Well, that’s stupid,” I scoff.
    She looks at me and raises an eyebrow. I wish Summer were here. At least she would be nice about all of this.
    “You’re mean.” I reach for another cupcake and before I know what’s happening, she is moving at super speed and slapping my hand with the batter covered spoon.
    “Ouch!” I squeal, looking down at my hand in shock.
    “Oh, please. That didn’t hurt,” she says, with an eye roll.
    “You are so mean.” I give her my best ‘poor me’ look, but she isn’t falling for it.
    “So, tell me how everything went. Are y’all a couple now?”
    I look at the cupcakes longingly before standing up to go wash the cake batter off of my hand. “I don’t know. We both had to get to work this morning and didn’t really have time to talk.
    “Hmm…”
    Her hmm-ing is really starting to piss me off.
    “What was that?” I ask, drying my hands off.
    “Nothing,” she replies quickly.
    “It was something.”
    She starts laughing and I roll my eyes. This conversation is going nowhere fast.
    “I want Summer.”
    That just makes her laugh harder. “Why? So she can baby you?”
    I stick my tongue out at her and make my way towards the front of the shop. I quickly scoop up a cupcake and haul ass through the kitchen doors, trying my best to avoid the spoon wielding witch.
    “I saw that!” she yells.
    “You’re just mad because I’m faster than you,” I yell back. I can’t make out her muffled reply as the kitchen doors close.
    I smile as I sit down at one of the tables by the front windows and enjoy my cupcake. God, I love my job.
    * * *
    By six pm, I am dead on my feet and am starting to really freak out about what Zack and I did last night. We have been really busy at the bakery all day. I haven’t had much time to think, but I do now and my over active brain is replaying every little detail.
    Shit, what have I done?
    “What are your plans tonight?” Jenna asks, as she wipes