“Invasive.”
“You need to cut right to it. Does he even know you were at his place? Can his prism do this too?”
I glance around to see if anyone else can hear us, but we’re alone at the corner table.
“I don’t know. I can’t just say, ‘Hey, by the way, my prism can transport me to you.’”
“Why not? Maybe he’s been spying on you this entire time too.”
The thought had occurred to me. Many times.
“I don’t think so.”
“But you don’t know for sure.”
I try to keep eating. I have to be in the classroom in half an hour.
“Would you go with me to… Montana?” I ask between bites.
“What? Why? When?”
“Spring break.”
February flies by with my lectures at Harvard and the yoga classes I’ve started attending again. Aaron’s gone for days on business in Asia, and when he’s home, he’s jet-lagged. Akira’s dating someone new, leaving me texting Hoyt during my free time. I decide to get back to the yoga studio, realizing the anticipation for his replies is becoming… unhealthy. We never talk about anything serious; it’s like we’re both afraid to ruin what we have going on.
It’s spring break next week,I text him after breakfast.
Any plans?I see his reply before I leave the house.
Depends on what you say next.
?he replies seconds later.
Are you free next week?
As in… coming to Boston?
No, as in, me coming to Montana.
Seriously?
Akira would come with me.
I will be here, he says.
I was expecting a little more… emotion?
He sends a heart emoji.
I send my usual rolled eyes one.
Can you recommend a hotel?I ask.
You guys can stay here. Plenty of room.
I squirm in my seat.I don’t know…
He sends a picture of the house.
