Page 65 of Hyde and Seek
“Once again, not particularly.”
“How about you do it anyway.”
I sighed. “He didn’t miss much. She was just asking who I was… seeing.”
“Yeah, I’m sure she phrased it so nicely. Anythin’ else?”
“Uhh.” I hesitated. Talking about anything to do with kids seemed a little too… relationshipy.
“Yeah?” he prompted when I didn’t continue.
“She also said you don’t want kids.”
“No, I don’t,” he affirmed with no hesitation.
“Did you get a vasectomy?”
“That what she said?”
“Yeah, and that you only use your own condoms.”
“That part is true. I didn’t have a vasectomy, though. But, Piper, I’d be lyin’ if I said I hadn’t given it serious thought and consideration. Or that I’m not still thinkin’ it over. I know I don’t want kids. Do you?”
“I hadn’t thought much about it.” In my mind, kids were just another step somewhere in the future. It wasn’t that I didn’t like kids, I loved them. Kids’ cakes were my favorite to do since they were more creative than most adults put together.
But did I want my own?
That I didn’t know.
As much as I wanted to ask Jake why he didn’t want kids, that question felt way too personal.
Cluck, cluck, chicken.
Instead, I grinned up at him. “I gotta get going, I’m behind schedule.”
“Alright, sweets. I wanna take you out tonight, just us. You gonna be done in time?”
“Definitely,” I breathed.
Jake and I are going out just us. Not a hanging out with everyone thing. Not a climbing into bed too exhausted to move thing.
Breathe, Piper, breathe.If you pass out you won’t have time to get ready.
“See ya at seven, yeah?”
“Yeah.”
Jake’s mouth dropped to mine. I moved away before things got too heated and my brain went to mush.
I tried not to skip with giddy excitement as I headed to my car, but there was a definite bounce in my step.
Chapter Six
Finally
Even though the clock said nearly seven, I was fairly certain a week had passed since I’d left Hyde.
I had a good feeling about how the night would go. Or, at least, how I hoped it would.
