“You didn’t find any popcorn?”
“I did.” She glanced up at him, concern creasing her brow. “But it’s getting late. Figured we should just eat dinner while we watched.”
He checked his watch and grunted. She was right. It was after seven. Where had the hours gone?
Dropping to the couch beside Laura he yanked the quilt over both their legs before leaning forward and grabbing their bowls. “Here.”
She hit the play button on the remote and dropped it to the cushion on the other side of her, then took her dinner. “I forgot to tell you before, this is delicious. Thanks.”
“No problem. It’s nothing fancy.”
“Anything that’s not out of a box is fancy.” She grinned at him. “And if this is the type of meal you can throw together you’re on kitchen duty from now on.”
“Oh? You can be in charge of putting clothes away then. I hate doing that. I manage to get everything washed and dried but putting it all in the cupboard and drawers defeats me most of the time.”
“Deal.”
Nash liked that they were dividing every day chores. Did she realize she was combining their lives?
“My uniform shirts need ironing. You good at that?”
“No.” He didn’t even own an iron. The perks of his job meant no suits or starched shirts or ties.
“Damn. Oh, well.” She shrugged. “I’ll keep getting them done at the dry cleaners.”
“Laura?”
“Yeah.”
He turned to face her. “All in, yeah?”
Nodding, she spooned in a mouthful of stew.
“Move in.”
She choked. “What?” she muttered, hand over her mouth.
“After the storm blows over, move in here with me.”
“I can’t move in, we haven’t even been on a date.”
“We’re doing that now. And we’re here for the next week. Twenty-four-seven. That’s a lot more dates. Especially if we count breakfast, lunch and dinner.”
“I—”
“You don’t need to decide now.” He back-pedaled for fear of scaring her and causing her to second guess her decision to be together. “I’ll ask again once we’re no longer snowed in.”
“It’s too quick.”
“It’s been years.”
“Not really. Not like it should have been.”
“That’s not my fault.”
“I know. It just seems like moving in would be rushing.”
He shook his head. “I know what I want. I told you that already. I’m just waiting for you to catch up to on a few things.”
