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snacks near Bakersfield, I write back that she’d better stop for the night while she’s at it. She sends me back an emoticon that’s rolling its eyes, and I shake my head. She’s going to push herself until she drops.
I finish my closing duties, and still distracted, make my way out to the parking lot and my car. The sound of a male voice in the darkness saying my name causes me to scream and drop my keys.
“Jesus, Kate. It’s me,” Jay says, stepping under the glow of a streetlamp. I’m breathing heavy with my hand on my chest as he approaches me. “Hey…what’s wrong, Sunshine?” It’s not until his thumb swipes my cheek and comes off wet that I realize I’m crying. Which, of course, causes me to cry harder. “Damn,” he says, pulling me into his chest. He makes soothing sounds as he rubs my back.
“You didn’t call,” I say after a while of him holding me. It’s been two weeks since our amazing kiss in the parking lot. I hadn’t even known if he was still in the state. And now he’s here. Holding me.
“I wasn’t over myself,” he says, and I laugh. I slap his chest, and he pulls away from me, tipping my chin up. “What’s this all about? I know you’re not this upset over me not calling.”
I step away from him and shake my head. “No. My roommate’s dad is in the hospital. She left tonight to drive home to Charleston to be with him. I’m worried about her being on the road by herself, and I’m worried about him. She never said what was wrong so I don’t know how bad it is. I’m just overwhelmed, I guess.”
“Why didn’t she fly home?” he asks, apparently addressing the easiest part of that first.
“She has health issues so she can’t fly. I told her I’d go with her, but by the time she called me, she’d already left,” I tell him, getting frustrated with Casey all over again. “I’m sorry, you’re not here to listen to me vent. What’s up?”
“Don’t apologize. I just wanted to see you.”
“Oh…that again, huh?” I roll my eyes and bend to pick up my keys from the ground. “Well, you’ve seen me,” I say once I’m upright, then I turn away from him and walk to my car. I’m not playing games with him. If he wants to see me…to talk to me…to do whatever with me…he needs to get his head out of his ass. I’m not interested in being tossed around like a yo-yo and listening to his self-deprecating monologue. Either he’s in or he’s out.
“I’ve missed you.” He says it so quietly that I could pretend I hadn’t heard it if I wanted to…
But I stop walking and turn to face him again. It’s dark, and he’s no longer standing under the streetlight, so I can’t make out his expression, but his stance reminds me of the vulnerable posture he’d had that first night in the restaurant. He’d looked defeated then, and he seems defeated now.
“Yeah? Well, what are you gonna do about it?”
Chapter Ten
Jay
That’s a loaded question.
There are two ways to address this. The way I’d like to…by tossing her hot little sassy ass in the back of her car and letting out years of pent up frustration. Or the way I should…by spending some good, honest time getting to know her again. Yeah, I know that contradicts everything I’ve been saying to this point. Truth is, I know she’s too good for me and I know I’m bad for her, but I’ve spent the last two weeks trying to stay away from her, and I just can’t get her out of my head. She’s all I think about. She’s been all I thought about for a while now. The only light in my dark days. My sunshine.
That’s right. Mine.
I know I’m bad news, and this will probably end up blowing up in our faces, but I can’t help it. I need this girl in my life like I need air to breathe. I’ll take as much or as little as I can get.
“I was wondering if you might want to go to lunch again or something?”
“Or something?” she asks, raising an eyebrow and taking a
I finish my closing duties, and still distracted, make my way out to the parking lot and my car. The sound of a male voice in the darkness saying my name causes me to scream and drop my keys.
“Jesus, Kate. It’s me,” Jay says, stepping under the glow of a streetlamp. I’m breathing heavy with my hand on my chest as he approaches me. “Hey…what’s wrong, Sunshine?” It’s not until his thumb swipes my cheek and comes off wet that I realize I’m crying. Which, of course, causes me to cry harder. “Damn,” he says, pulling me into his chest. He makes soothing sounds as he rubs my back.
“You didn’t call,” I say after a while of him holding me. It’s been two weeks since our amazing kiss in the parking lot. I hadn’t even known if he was still in the state. And now he’s here. Holding me.
“I wasn’t over myself,” he says, and I laugh. I slap his chest, and he pulls away from me, tipping my chin up. “What’s this all about? I know you’re not this upset over me not calling.”
I step away from him and shake my head. “No. My roommate’s dad is in the hospital. She left tonight to drive home to Charleston to be with him. I’m worried about her being on the road by herself, and I’m worried about him. She never said what was wrong so I don’t know how bad it is. I’m just overwhelmed, I guess.”
“Why didn’t she fly home?” he asks, apparently addressing the easiest part of that first.
“She has health issues so she can’t fly. I told her I’d go with her, but by the time she called me, she’d already left,” I tell him, getting frustrated with Casey all over again. “I’m sorry, you’re not here to listen to me vent. What’s up?”
“Don’t apologize. I just wanted to see you.”
“Oh…that again, huh?” I roll my eyes and bend to pick up my keys from the ground. “Well, you’ve seen me,” I say once I’m upright, then I turn away from him and walk to my car. I’m not playing games with him. If he wants to see me…to talk to me…to do whatever with me…he needs to get his head out of his ass. I’m not interested in being tossed around like a yo-yo and listening to his self-deprecating monologue. Either he’s in or he’s out.
“I’ve missed you.” He says it so quietly that I could pretend I hadn’t heard it if I wanted to…
But I stop walking and turn to face him again. It’s dark, and he’s no longer standing under the streetlight, so I can’t make out his expression, but his stance reminds me of the vulnerable posture he’d had that first night in the restaurant. He’d looked defeated then, and he seems defeated now.
“Yeah? Well, what are you gonna do about it?”
Chapter Ten
Jay
That’s a loaded question.
There are two ways to address this. The way I’d like to…by tossing her hot little sassy ass in the back of her car and letting out years of pent up frustration. Or the way I should…by spending some good, honest time getting to know her again. Yeah, I know that contradicts everything I’ve been saying to this point. Truth is, I know she’s too good for me and I know I’m bad for her, but I’ve spent the last two weeks trying to stay away from her, and I just can’t get her out of my head. She’s all I think about. She’s been all I thought about for a while now. The only light in my dark days. My sunshine.
That’s right. Mine.
I know I’m bad news, and this will probably end up blowing up in our faces, but I can’t help it. I need this girl in my life like I need air to breathe. I’ll take as much or as little as I can get.
“I was wondering if you might want to go to lunch again or something?”
“Or something?” she asks, raising an eyebrow and taking a
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