She brought up her hand to cough again but he saw her looking at him over her hand. “Did you family visit a lot?”
He laughed more. “Too much. And not to visit me. A few of the guys looked like some of the cover models. They said it was fine with them, but it made me a little…”
Kaleo shuddered at the thought and Lexie laughed again.
He joined her a moment later.
Talking with her, spending time with her, might just be the best thing about moving to Center City.
LEXIE
It was a shame that they had to leave the ice cream shop when they did, but Lexie knew she had to go back to her apartment and get some sleep.
Tomorrow was the exam and instead of going to Herald Medical College for classes, she was headed to one of the conference rooms at Cole Medical for the exam.
Students from all over the city would be there to take the exam. She was excited, but there was also an undercurrent of fear.
Sure, she knew her stuff, but there was always a chance.
"Hey."
She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned.
Kaleo had stopped her. She'd been lost in her thoughts. "Sorry. I'm not good company at the moment."
He didn't nod or shake his head. He just looked at her.
His gaze was... warm. Caring.
It felt good.
She felt him rub her shoulder and she leaned into his touch. "You keep that up," she felt her cheeks heat up but where they were standing, with the streetlight behind them, he probably couldn't see her cheeks color.
"I'm not complaining."Kaleo's words were soft, but she could easily hear them.
He smiled and she felt her whole heart swell in her chest.
"I could tell you've got a lot of thoughts in your head, but I had to stop you."
She frowned a little at that.
"You would have missed your apartment."
'I would have...'
Startled, she looked up to where he was pointing and saw that they were, indeed, standing in front of her apartment building.
She laughed softly, her shoulders shaking. "I'm glad you were here with me, or I would have kept walking." Lexie looked further down the street from where they were standing. "A few more blocks and I would have been on a main street."
"I get it."
She turned back to look at him and was happy to see that the streetlamp gave her a chance to see part of his face. He was handsome in the light. In half-dark, he had an air of mystery that made her warm all over.
"You have a lot going on in your head." He looked down at the watch on his wrist. "You've got the test tomorrow. I'll walk you to your door."
Lexie reached up a hand and touched his arm. "You don't have to."
He covered her hand with his, warming it against his arm. "My mom and my aunts raised me to be a gentleman."
