Her eyes widen. “Shut up.” She takes the bag and looks inside. “This is perfect.”
“I figured you were probably ready to get out of your heels.”
“You’re officially my new favorite person.” She leans over and kisses me on the cheek. “Thank you.”
“What about me?” Theo says. “Do I at least get bonus points for being the one who actually went to get them?”
Sarah stands, patting Theo on the arm as she walks past. “You can have all the bonus points, Theo. Whatever your ego needs.”
He frowns. “Why do I feel like she was making fun of me there?”
I chuckle. “Because she was making fun of you.”
“I’ll allow it,” Theo says. “But only because I think you reallyarein love with her.” He takes an enormous bite of his cheeseburger, watching me like he’s waiting for me to respond.
I’m not sure what to say. It’s too soon to admit it. It’s probably too soon to even be thinking it. But the thought has definitely crossed my mind.
“You know,” Theo says, “denying your feelings won’t make them go away.”
“I didn’t deny anything,” I say. “I just didn’tconfirmanything either.”
“Fair enough,” he says. “So, how’s it been with Miles? Holly told me he was basically murdering you with his eyes after the game last night.”
“We barely talked tonight,” I say, opening my wrap. “Hewas civil at the art show, but I could tell he didn’t really feel like talking to me.”
“But why?” Theo asks. “It doesn’t make any sense. He can’t be pissed at you for doing the very thing he asked you to do.”
“No clue,” I say. “I can’t think of anything I’ve done that might have made him mad.”
Theo takes another bite of his burger. “Oh, man. Is there bacon on this thing? I didn’t know about the bacon. That’s good.”
“You’re going to regret that on the ice tomorrow,” I say.
“Probably,” he says. “But right now I really can’t bring myself to care.”
I hold up my wrap. I’m waiting for Sarah to come back before I eat it, but I’m happy to use it as a prop to make my brother feel guilty about his choices.
“I’m not going to regret anything,” I say. “Because I respect my body. And I follow the rules.”
“You know what’s going to be funny?” Theo says. “When I skate circles around you tomorrow night, and you don’t have a cheeseburger to blame it on.”
“Who’s skating circles around who?” Sarah asks as she comes back in, letting her fingers skim over my shoulders as she passes behind me. She looks much more comfortable now in her jeans.
“Mr. Righteous is making me feel guilty for my food choices,” Theo says before shoveling in a handful of fries.
Sarah looks over at me and grins. “Hedoesget a little pious about his food.”
“I do not,” I say.
“Then eat some fries,” Theo says.
Sarah pulls a couple out of her container and holds themup. “He won’t do it,” she says to Theo, and I frown as I look between them.
I hold up a finger, pointing from one to the other. “You two are not allowed to gang up on me.”
Sarah grins. “Eat the fries, Mr. Righteous.”
She moves them a little closer, still taunting me, so I lean over, eating all three fries out of her hand. My lips brush over the tips of her fingers before she draws her hand back. For a split second, I think about grabbing her wrist and licking the salt right off her fingertips. If she were teasing me like this at home, I might do it, but I’m keenly aware of Theo’s eyes on me and his certainty that I’ve already fallen in love.
