I smile. “Thanks. That’s nice.”
He nods once, then walks back to his office.
eighteen
Sam cackles,picking up her fork and stabbing it into her Cobb salad. “He thought Calder was into me?”
“I know! I mean, not that he couldn’t be, but where did he get that idea?”
She shrugs and swallows before saying, “You know what this means. You have to listen to me forever now.”
I shake my head. “I barely know him.”
She grins. “You know you like kissing him. And that he buys you fancy glasses.”
“So much better than a pen, right?” I look behind me to make sure Garrett isn’t standing in the hall. His door’s closed. I breathe a sigh of relief. “I’m proud of myself. I told Garrett the truth.”
“You did. You were a very big girl today.”
I beam at her. I might not have received that kind of praise from my own parents, but she’s an excellent surrogate. “I’d marry you, I think.”
“Yeah?” Sam crunches on a forkful of lettuce. “I’m messy.”
“Perfect. Then I’d feel like the clean one for once.”
“We could run together in the morning.”
I screw up my face. “Forgot about that. Deal breaker.”
Sam laughs. “It’s too bad we didn’t have this discussion earlier. I would’ve opted out of our singles’ night at Smash Point.”
My eyes fly wide. “Is that tonight?”
“Mmhmm. Did you bring your stuff?”
“Definitely.”
Sam reaches for her water bottle. “We’ll stop by your apartment on the way.”
Alecia
Sam and I are heading to Smash Point for the singles thing. Are you there?
Calder
You're single?
I don’t think anyone’s locked all of this down yet
Huh. Someone told me you were making out with a guy in the parking lot. Weird
Yeah, not sure where you’re getting your information
I’ll be there
Sam tries to grab my phone, but I throw myself at the window. “Stop! You’re going to kill us all!”
She laughs, only swerving a little as she puts her hand back on the wheel. “You’re smiling like a lunatic.”
