I bookmark my page. “I’m here.”
Natalia runs in barefoot, giggling, and sits next to me. “Soooo…”
I sigh and sit up, crossing my legs at the ankles. “So?”
In comes Isabelle, her short dark hair half up, andhumming to herself. I jerk my chin at her and ask Nat, “What’s going on with her?”
Natalia rolls her eyes. “She saw Nico and they flirted without flirting. They’re annoying.”
“We aren’t annoying!” Isa sits on a love seat opposite us.
“Then fuck already!” Natalia groans.
Isabelle flushes red. “He’s my brother’s best friend!”
I chuckle. “I’m sure Luca,your twin brother with whom you shared a womb,would want you to be happy.”
Isa frowns with a weak shrug. “One day,” she says quietly and sadly. “Anyway, that isn’t why we’re here.”
“Okay?”
“We’re here because Christian told us you’re going on a date tonight.” Natalia grins. “He’s very excited about it.”
“So we’re here to help you pick an outfit,” Isa says.
I roll my eyes but my cheeks heat. “He told you he was excited?”
Natalia nods, smiling. “Not in those exact words.”
“In what words then?”
Isa laughs. “Lana, this isn’t middle school.”
“Ignore her,” Nat says. “You should have seen him, Lana. He wasred.”
“It was actually very cute.”
“He is cute, isn’t he?” I say quietly.
“You should text him,” Isabelle suggests. “Tell him you’re excited too. Make him smile while he’s out.”
“Just sext him,” Natalia says.
I say “What”the same time Isa says, “No.”
Natalia gapes. “Why not? You’ll get him all hot and bothered.”
“We aren’t even having sex.”
She shrugs. “So?It’ll get him hot and bothered.”
Isabelle snorts. “Men are actually kind of easy.”
“My point exactly,” Natalia quips.
“Just tell him you’re looking forward to tonight, just something to…”
“Give our boy some hope, Lana,” Natalie says, pouting.
