You’re asking me to go to dinner at your parents’ house tonight? Just so I’m understanding correctly.
Griffin
Yes.
Me
Well, you should have just said that.
“I’m three seconds from screaming,” Kodi practically shouts.
“Yesterday,” I start, pausing to allow the smile to stretch across my face, thinking about the kiss again. “I went to the ranch where he usually rides after he left me treats Lily sent for me from the bakery. I don’t know why I went there, but when I arrived, I felt silly and off. Almost like I was making the wrong choice in being there.”
“Valid. Continue.”
“So I rambled and thanked him for making me soup when I was sick. He stopped me as I was going back to my car, and I can’t remember a single thing that happened seconds before his lips were on mine.”
“I feel like I’m listening to a movie.”
“It felt like I wasinone. The rain was coming down so hard. My hair was soaked, and by the time we got back to my car, both our clothes were sopping wet. But it didn’t matter because that man can kiss, Kodi. I’ve never felt a kiss as intense as that.”
“This is…I…don’t know what to say,” Kodi says, clearly at a loss for words.
“I feel the same way right now. I don’t know how to processit,” I tell her honestly. “One minute I’m trying to get my life together for me, and the next I’m falling for my neighbor.”
“Rewind.Back up!” she stops me. “So, this is serious. You’re really falling for the guy. Are you sure you want to get into something so soon?”
“I’m not sure about anything anymore.” I scoff. “But what I do know is there’s something between us. I can’t seem to shake it either. And now, he’s inviting me to his family’s house for dinner.”
“One kiss, and you’re part of the family. Way to go, Blair,” she cheers.
My phone chimes with a text again.
Griffin
I did.
Me
No, you demanded.
“I wouldn’t go that far,” I continue with Kodi.
“I would. No man invites you to dinner with the family unless it’s serious.”
I roll my eyes, even though she can’t see. “You don’t know this town. It’s small and everyone here is close. But I won’t deny myself of something if the universe keeps pushing me in his direction. I totally get butterflies every time he’s around too.”
“How very high school of you.” She laughs.
“I’m being so serious.” I chuckle, even though I really am being honest. “I want to fight it off. But like I said, the universe, gravity, some outer space pull, keeps shoving me his way.”
“Did you pull that off the internet?”
“I can’t stand you.”
“You know I don’t do the sappy love bullshit,” she says with humor in her tone.
That’s the one area of life where she and I are opposites. I’m a hopeless romantic and she’s good at being alone and working ongrowing a successful business. If I could have half of her independence in life, I would make it anywhere. I know it.
