CORA: Okay well now that we’ve enhanced your vocabulary, I need details so spill!
ASPEN: It was an accident
CORA: Like you tripped and he fell?
ASPEN: Something like that
CORA: (gif of woman face palming)
CORA: Talon is giving me dirty looks because I growled at my phone
ASPEN: We were walking and some kids ran by—one knocked into me and I lost my balance.
CORA: And…
ASPEN: And Phoenix tried to grab me but we both fell but I ended up on top of him and he kissed me then I invited him back to the house to make out
CORA: Before I get excited about this—because I am—was this hate making out or between adults who have finally acknowledged their feelings for each other
ASPEN: I’m offended by your insinuation
CORA: Good. You’re both exhausting.
ASPEN: Like you have room to talk!
CORA: At least I learned from my mistakes
ASPEN: Uh-huh
CORA: Can I be excited now?
ASPEN: Tentatively
CORA: yay!
ASPEN: The exclamation point isn’t very tentative…
CORA: That’s why it was lowercase.
CORA: Balance
CORA: Okay, I have to go—I’m being offered a naked massage, highly recommend (wink face emoji)
Chuckling,I drop my phone on the table and drag my hands over my face, my cheeks heating at the memory of the way Phoenix had kissed me, our bodies pressed together. I’d wanted him to cross that line last night, but a bigger part of me was thankful he hadn’t.
We’d been at an impasse since that night at Mug Life, and while I’d attempted to flirt my way into his good graces, Phoenix wasn’t having it.
And now, neither was I.
Especially after I’d been stranded this past summer in the food truck on the side of the road, and had to call Talon to come tow me back to Lowcountry Automotive. Phoenix had been at the garage when we arrived back, and while Ihadbeen flirty, he’d doubled down on being a douche and wouldn’t give me a ride. Talon had won all kinds of points in my book when he’d thrown me the keys to his truck so I could escape with some kind of dignity after the night I’d had.
That had truly marked the end with Phoenix, and I’d backed off completely.
Until recently, and especially last night, I didn’t think Phoenix would have even noticed if I’d left Magnolia Point for good. But suddenly he was buying me hot chocolate and walking around town telling me about elves and exes and why he thought he had to stay away.
Cora is excited, but is this something that could last?
Do I want it to?
