I typed before I chickened out.
Won the game.
Did pretty good too.
Nothing for twenty seconds and my leg bounced nervously. Then salvation came in the form of a magnificent buzz in my hand.
I saw. Youwere incredible.
My throat tightened and I swallowed thickly. The thought of her watching me play did things to me.
You watched?
…Maybe.
I grinned like a giddy child, my fingers flexing over the keyboard.
Wish you could’ve been there.
There was a pause and anxiety rolled in my stomach. I wasn’t shy about my feelings, but with someone as skittish as Tori, you never knew how they'd be perceived.
Me too.
My breath caught in my throat and I had to bite the inside of my cheek to stop myself from giggling like a teenager.
Shesowanted me.
Can’t wait to get home
My fingers dug into my thigh as the bus rolled down the highway. All the cold, hollow nerves from earlier burned away under something hotter, something deeper.
It was pure, unfiltered love. It wasn't just about kissing her or touching her; it was about knowing she was mine. I wanted to show her she wasn’t losing me.
Not any time soon. Never, in fact, at least not without a fight.
Chapter 27
Tori
Inbetweenworkingback-to-backshifts at theNeon Possumand Kai’s extra practices and study sessions for his finals, I’d barely seen him all week. As a result, I was already in a less than stellar mood when Gran ambushed me.
She was reorganizing the pantry which, for the record, was not at all unusual. She believed the pantry was a ‘living organism’ requiring ‘seasonal feng shui’ to maintain good cooking karma.
I believed it was a cabinet that needed to stop assaulting me with rogue boxes of pasta.
She held up a can of tomatoes like it was a grenade.
“Tori,” she crowed, “we need to talk.”
Oh God.
Those were the five worst words inthe English language.
I froze halfway through pouring protein powder into a Tupperware container, my eyes widening.
“About … what exactly?”
Gran tucked the can under her arm, crossed her arms, and gave me ‘The Look’.
