“Just have one bite. If you don’t love it, you can put the rest in the bin.” He pressed his lips together, turned them down, and wobbled his chin for effect. Then he sniffed. “And I’ll never eat one in your presence again.”
“That might be going a bit far.”
“No.” He put his hand up. “I’m willing to make that sacrifice to prove to you how amazing bacon, banana, and peanut butter sandwiches are.”
“All right, but you might live to regret it.”
He pressed his hand to his chest. “I’ll take that risk.” He cut into his pie, spilling thick gravy over his plate. “At least I don’t put pineapple on pizza.”
I pointed my fork at him. “Ham and pineapple pizza. Now that is the food of the gods.”
“Nope. Pineapple is great cold but never warm.”
“Not even on gammon?”
His lips twitched. “Maybe on gammon.”
“You know gammon is a thick cut of ham, right?”
“Yes.”
“Then what’s the difference between eating gammon and pineapple with chips and putting ham and pineapple on a pizza?”
“Everything!”
I snort-laughed. “You’re so dramatic.”
“Hey, I’m not the one who took acting classes. If anyone’s a drama queen, it’s you.” He frowned. “Drama king?”
“Queen.”
“When’s your next open call?”
“I’ve got two next week. MVP on Monday, and McKay’s on Wednesday.” It felt like a long time to wait as it was only Monday.
“Nervous?”
“Very.”
“Don’t worry. I’ll keep you distracted for the rest of the week.”
“Oh? How?”
He hummed a laugh. “I have some ideas. First, we’ll take plenty of showers together. Then we’ll watch lots of sexy foreign-language films.”
“Are we ever going to leave your apartment?”
Xander shrugged. “Maybe. We do need a daily dose of vitamin D.”
“I’ll beat you on your racing game.”
“That’s an inside activity.”
I shrugged. “We only need to go outside for around twenty minutes every afternoon to absorb vitamin D.”
Xander leant onto his hand. “You want to keep me locked in my apartment as your love slave, do you?”
“And have kisses on demand? Yes, please.” I dipped my gaze to the table. “If we’re officially boyfriends now, should we say something to Dillon?”
