"And?" shesqueals.
"It was nice. Quick, but nice." Ishrug.
"Ugh, and here I thought I would get some juicy news. Fine, I'm out. Will you be heretonight?"
"Yeah, no big plans today. Just run some errands,” I lie again. “Then I'm just going to finish unpacking the rest of mythings.”
"Oh, how did that job interview goyesterday?"
"Um, yeah, I got it."Shit. I’m the worst new roommateever.
"Sweet. Congrats, girl. See youtonight."
* * *
"Someone get the door.It's probably Steve," Chantel yells from herroom.
We're heading out for drinks, and she invited a guy she recently startedseeing.
I hop off the couch. "I gotit."
"Hey Ste—" I stop short when I see it’s Connor, dressed in a fitted white dress shirt with a skinny black tie that I have the sudden urge to grab so I can pull him nearme.
"Are you expecting someone?" he questions, and I swear I see disappointment cross hisface.
"Oh, no, not me. Chantel's new guy is coming over. We thought you were him. Want to comein?"
“Um, nah, it's okay. I didn’t get home till late last night. I was, um, seeing about getting my jacket back," he says like he's slightlyuncomfortable.
“Ah, crap. Sorry. Let me go get it. Come in." I motion to him before I run to myroom.
I ended up wearing his jacket the entire day, loving the smell of his cologne that lingered on the collar. I was tempted to sleep in it and would have if I hadn't thought it would wrinkle toomuch.
When I return, he’s nervously tapping his hands and searching for what he should do. I want to laugh. This is so different from the cool Connor I always saw while growingup.
"Here you go," I say, handing it to him as Katy exits herroom.
"Hey, Connor. You coming with us?" she asks, walking past him to thekitchen.
"I, um, no, I was just getting my jacket," he stutters, unsure what tosay.
"Come with us! We're going for drinks to celebrate Kenzie moving in. It's only fitting you come too," Katy says making my eyes gobig.
Connor turns to me, and I quickly recover myexpression.
"Well, I mean, I don't want to impose," he says directly tome.
I wave him off. "Stop. Of course you aren't. Come withus."
He looks around before shrugging and says, "Why not. Let me gochange."
"Please don't. This shirt and tie thing you have going on is hot. Give our girl here some eye candy while we're out," Katy replies, winking at me, and I want to kill her forit.
He tilts those sexy lips up into a half smile, and my heart pitter-patters at thesight.
"Let me get my purse." I excuse myself so I can hide the embarrassment creeping up myface.
We walk to the corner bar with the girls and Steve in front of us. Connor hangs back withme.
