Kamila,
Enjoy the sundae.
I wish you were sitting on the other side of the table so I could see your reaction to all of this, even if it pisses you off.
Please turn around so I can see that beautiful, annoyed expression you’re wearing.
Love always,
Cam
P.S. Yes, I know this is a cheap ploy to get your friends to like me too.
He’d had to have written it within the last half hour. Cam and Will were nowhere to be seen when wegot here.
I tsk. “Smooth Kahlo, very smooth.”
Reluctantly, I turn my head with said annoyed expression, correction, thebeautifulannoyed expression that he predicted. The second our gazes clash, his mouth breaks out into a wide grin. It’s a sad yet hopeful smile, which then turns into a sexy smirk, and he ends it with a wink right as I’m turning back around.
“Asshole,” I mumble to myself while holding back the tiniest of smiles. Thank God he can’t see me.
When I look up at my friends, Levi and Jake are already a quarter of the way done with their sundaes, while Em is holding a cherry up to her lips.
“If we also get perks out of this, don’t ever forgive him.” Em stuffs a spoonful of ice cream into her already full mouth.
The sound I’ve been suppressing finds its way out and surprises everyone at the table. It’s the most genuine laugh I’ve had in almost a week, and I can feel Cameron’s gaze on me.
Smug asshole must be so satisfied with himself right now.
“You guys are a mess,” I choke out.
Em, the second to least messiest, ignores me. So does the messiest of them, Jake, but Levi’s face turns into a light shade of red.
He points to his mouth. “Do I have something on this side or that one?”
I shake my head. “It’s everywhere, Levi.”
Picking a napkin up, I assist him with the fudge coating his lips. We cackle when I eventually give up. I can’t help but think that this happiness, this lightness I feel is because of Cam.
“He is so satisfied with himself,” Levi whispers to me. He grabs one of my hands when I roll my eyes. “I’m not telling you to forgive him yet because there is still a lot to be done, but his feelings and intentions are genuine, I can see it.”
Levi leans back over to look at Cam. After a couple of seconds, he’s pressing his lips together, laughing silently. “He also looks like he wants to kill me for holding your hand.”
I can’t help but grin. “Doesn’t surprise me one bit. He’s territorial.”Not that I mind.
“Something that we have in common when it comes to the people we like,” he mumbles to himself and smiles devilishly at me.
Saturday
There’s a knock at the door while I’m in the middle of writing an essay.
“Emma, it’s your turn to answer it!” I yell from my room.
“I’m in the middle of studying for a test!” she yells back.
“And I’m in the middle of writing a paper.” Em knows that once I’m in a good flow, I can finish a long essay within two hours. She lets out a groan and stomps to the door.
My mind and eyes stay focused on the computer screen until I hear my full name being called.
