And ithadbeen crazy. Unfortunately, none of it was the good kind of crazy.
But, in happier news, the day wasn't over yet. Next to me, Jake felt so amazingly good. All I wanted to do now was forget everything, at least for a little while, and get lost in the nearness of him.
Unfortunately, it didn't work out that way.
Inside the elevator, Jake pulled away and turned to face me. His gaze grew dark, and an unfamiliar edge crept into his voice, "You wanna know what's crazy?"
From the look on his face, I wasn't so sure. Still, I managed to say, "What?"
He gave a slow shake of his head. "You."
My mouth fell open. Here I was, standing next to a guy who took insane chances every day, and he was callingmecrazy?
"Me?" I tried to laugh. "I'mthe crazy one?"
"Yeah. You are." His voice held no hint of humor. "And wanna know what else?"
At the tone of his voice, my own humor was rapidly evaporating. "I dunno. Do I?"
"You keep it up, you're gonna makemecrazy."
I stared up at him, wondering what on Earth he was talking about. It was true that before I'd left for that stupid walk, we'd been arguing, and probably, that argument wasn't quite over. But there was no way on Earth that Jake's craziness could be pinned on me.
I thought of all the wild stunts he'd pulled off, long before I'd been part of the picture. By any measure, he was a million times more crazy than I could ever be on my craziest day.
"I hate to tell you this," I said, "but you were crazy long before I showed up."
"Yeah? You think?" Suddenly, he slammed the back of his fist onto the elevator's emergency-stop button. Almost immediately, we came to an abrupt stop.
Startled, I looked up. According to the display, we were somewhere between the fourteenth and fifteenth floors. I looked to Jake and asked, "What'd you do that for?"
He reached into his pocket and pulled out his cell phone. He scrolled across the screen until he found whatever it was he was looking for. He shoved the phone in front of my face and said, "You wanna explainthis?"
I felt myself frown.
Actually, I didn't.
