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taking it with me…” A partial memory returned. “Oh! I know what happened now.”
Angie had followed her into the living room and looked more concerned than ever. “What? I’m dying to hear this.”
“Nick was holding me. There was a tornado or a microburst. Anyway, my camera flew off my shoulder. If not for Nick, I’d have been sucked up into the wind too. He grabbed me and pulled me over next to a tree for shelter. I must have bumped my head.”
She glanced at her wrists. That must have been what happened to them. He’d grabbed onto her so tightly! Now they were sore. But she only remembered him grabbing one of her wrists. Why were they both sore?
Angie’s tented eyebrows said she was having a hard time with the explanation.
“You hit your head on a tree during a tornado on Boston Common? Did you see any Munchkins? Wicked witches?”
Brandee laughed. “Very funny. No trips to Oz for me. Nick will be coming over later. He can tell me what happened.”
“Nick’s coming here?”
“Yeah.” Brandee did remember one thing. That kiss. She touched her lips and smiled.
“Oh, no. You aren’t falling for Nick Wolfensen, are you?”
Brandee sighed. “You don’t understand. We kissed. It was the most incredible, mind-altering, toe-curling kiss of my entire life…and his. He told me his one-night rule didn’t apply to me. I think he was just as affected by the kiss as I was.”
“Oh. My. God. I don’t believe this.”
Brandee giggled. “Oh, my lucky day… That’s the one thing I do believe. Like you, I was completely skeptical, but he convinced me beyond the shadow of any doubt. He really cares about me, Ange.”
Angie snorted. “Yeah, right. I’ll believe it when I see it.”
At that moment, there was a knock at their door. “What the…who’s coming here at this time of night?”
Brandee strode to the door. “I told you, Nick said he’d be coming by later. He got called away and asked Anthony to see me safely home.”
That answered another question. How she’d managed to get in if she’d left her purse behind. Anthony owned the building, so of course he had a key.
She peered through the peephole and her heart leaped when she saw Nick. She quickly finger-combed her hair and opened the door.
Nick took one long stride into the apartment, grasped her in his arms, and kissed her thoroughly. His kiss had a frenzied quality to it—as if he hadn’t seen her for weeks, or like they’d just been through some kind of life-altering event. Hmmm… Was he that worried about her after the tornado incident?
Angie cleared her throat and the couple parted, but neither of them looked away. He gazed at her with so much longing. If Brandee didn’t know better, she’d say he wanted to make love to her right then and there.
“I don’t believe this,” Angie muttered.
Nick finally turned toward Angie but kept a possessive arm around Brandee’s waist.
“Look, I know with my past it might be hard to believe, but I’m crazy about this girl.” He gave Brandee a side squeeze that made her giggle.
Angie tossed her hands in the air. “Now I’ve heard everything.”
“Not everything,” Brandee amended. “Nick, I don’t remember anything since hitting my head on that tree. I’m afraid to say you’ll have to fill me in on most of our date.”
He nodded. “Ah, yes. The tornado. You probably remember me telling you I’d buy you a new camera, right?”
“Oh, yeah. I do now. But you don’t have to do that. I should probably do everything with my digital camera now. Film is sort of old school.”
“But I thought you were a purist,” Angie interrupted. “You said you liked the control you had with the different lenses and film speeds. You enjoyed using different tricks in the darkroom too.”
Brandee shrugged. “Yeah, I guess there are a few things I can do manually that I can’t do on the computer, but not much.”
“I’ll get you a new old camera,” Nick said. “I
Angie had followed her into the living room and looked more concerned than ever. “What? I’m dying to hear this.”
“Nick was holding me. There was a tornado or a microburst. Anyway, my camera flew off my shoulder. If not for Nick, I’d have been sucked up into the wind too. He grabbed me and pulled me over next to a tree for shelter. I must have bumped my head.”
She glanced at her wrists. That must have been what happened to them. He’d grabbed onto her so tightly! Now they were sore. But she only remembered him grabbing one of her wrists. Why were they both sore?
Angie’s tented eyebrows said she was having a hard time with the explanation.
“You hit your head on a tree during a tornado on Boston Common? Did you see any Munchkins? Wicked witches?”
Brandee laughed. “Very funny. No trips to Oz for me. Nick will be coming over later. He can tell me what happened.”
“Nick’s coming here?”
“Yeah.” Brandee did remember one thing. That kiss. She touched her lips and smiled.
“Oh, no. You aren’t falling for Nick Wolfensen, are you?”
Brandee sighed. “You don’t understand. We kissed. It was the most incredible, mind-altering, toe-curling kiss of my entire life…and his. He told me his one-night rule didn’t apply to me. I think he was just as affected by the kiss as I was.”
“Oh. My. God. I don’t believe this.”
Brandee giggled. “Oh, my lucky day… That’s the one thing I do believe. Like you, I was completely skeptical, but he convinced me beyond the shadow of any doubt. He really cares about me, Ange.”
Angie snorted. “Yeah, right. I’ll believe it when I see it.”
At that moment, there was a knock at their door. “What the…who’s coming here at this time of night?”
Brandee strode to the door. “I told you, Nick said he’d be coming by later. He got called away and asked Anthony to see me safely home.”
That answered another question. How she’d managed to get in if she’d left her purse behind. Anthony owned the building, so of course he had a key.
She peered through the peephole and her heart leaped when she saw Nick. She quickly finger-combed her hair and opened the door.
Nick took one long stride into the apartment, grasped her in his arms, and kissed her thoroughly. His kiss had a frenzied quality to it—as if he hadn’t seen her for weeks, or like they’d just been through some kind of life-altering event. Hmmm… Was he that worried about her after the tornado incident?
Angie cleared her throat and the couple parted, but neither of them looked away. He gazed at her with so much longing. If Brandee didn’t know better, she’d say he wanted to make love to her right then and there.
“I don’t believe this,” Angie muttered.
Nick finally turned toward Angie but kept a possessive arm around Brandee’s waist.
“Look, I know with my past it might be hard to believe, but I’m crazy about this girl.” He gave Brandee a side squeeze that made her giggle.
Angie tossed her hands in the air. “Now I’ve heard everything.”
“Not everything,” Brandee amended. “Nick, I don’t remember anything since hitting my head on that tree. I’m afraid to say you’ll have to fill me in on most of our date.”
He nodded. “Ah, yes. The tornado. You probably remember me telling you I’d buy you a new camera, right?”
“Oh, yeah. I do now. But you don’t have to do that. I should probably do everything with my digital camera now. Film is sort of old school.”
“But I thought you were a purist,” Angie interrupted. “You said you liked the control you had with the different lenses and film speeds. You enjoyed using different tricks in the darkroom too.”
Brandee shrugged. “Yeah, I guess there are a few things I can do manually that I can’t do on the computer, but not much.”
“I’ll get you a new old camera,” Nick said. “I
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