"Wuff." He grimaced as his side came in contact with someone's elbow, but he kept going, managing to keep her in sight as she turned a corner.
He hustled his steps and darted after her, coming to a quick stop when he saw her standing still a few feet in.
"I was worried for a second," she grinned at him. "I thought I'd lost you, but you did good keeping up."
His heart was beating a little fast in his chest, and his legs were a little achy.
He tried to blame the first on the brisk walk and the second on the fact that he'd been on two flights sitting down most of the time, but they were both lies.
She made his heart beat faster and his legs weak.
And he'd just met her.
His sister would call him a wuss.
His mother would have laughed and called him twitterpated. She did have a thing for the film Bambi.
Him?
He'd just fallen for a woman and didn't even know her name.
"Come on then," she turned and tipped her head down the street. "It's just at the end of this block."
She took a couple of steps, her gaze still on his face.
"Don't worry," he smiled at her, "I won't lose you."
She tipped her chin down and gave him a look that said she wasn't all that sure he could keep up.
"I promise," he held up the Scout Sign, and she rolled her eyes.
"You and my (cousin/brother.)"
She walked along and he took a few extra steps to walk up beside her as the sidewalk traffic slowed.
LEXIE
Okay now... breathe.
It hadn't been her intention to walk ahead of him, but that's what ended up happening at first.
Her heart was pounding too hard, and she swore she could hear the rapid beating in her ears.
When the cell phone had landed at her feet she'd been surprised and prepared to offer a few words of consolation to whoever owned it, but when she'd looked up and seen the handsome man on the stairs coming down from the elevated train, she'd lost some of her good sense.
It had been a long time since she'd seen a man who could turn her dumb with a single look.
Okay, she'd never been struck dumb by a guy.
Ever.
Mild interest? Sure.
Drooling over a few hot actors on TV like Taylor Kinney from Chicago Fire?
Absolutely!
But a long time ago she'd set her sights on a career. (what is her family like? why would she be so career driven)
