She stares at me with a growing smile. “It does not say that.”
I toss the book to the side and confess, “No, it doesn’t. Now come over here and kiss me again.”
Chapter 46: Adela
Ikissedhimagain.
I honestly couldn’t stop.
Now the drive home feels different.
I keep touching my lips at red lights. The third time I catch myself doing it, I put both hands on the wheel and look at the road. But it doesn’t matter because my mind keeps replaying what happened at Gas Works Park.
He read to me.
That's the part I keep returning to. Not the bookstore, not the park, not really the kissing — though the kissing is very much present in my nervous system and showing no signs of leaving.But he sat on a blanket and read philosophy to me while I lay on my back looking at clouds. It was the most at ease I have felt…in a long time.
It’s crazy because I know almost nothing about him on the surface. And I keep telling myself that doesn’t matter. I don’t need to know every small detail about him. The things I do know like I know he’s thoughtful and deep and mysterious means much more than knowing his favorite color.
But honestly, I want to know everything about him.
The thought sits in my chest warm and terrifying.
My phone lights up on the passenger seat.
I glance at it.
Three missed calls from Cody.
The warmth drains.
I grab the phone too fast and nearly drop it. Shit. Fuck. I pick it up again more carefully because I am in traffic on a wet Sunday afternoon, and dropping my phone while swerving is how this could end badly.
Three missed calls.
No voicemail.
I dial him back immediately. It rings. Rings. Rings.
Voicemail.
I hang up. Try again. Voicemail.
I put the phone face down on the seat and think about what three missed calls from Cody mean.
Is he okay?
I text, Sorry, just saw these. Calling you back now. You okay?
He doesn't respond.
I watch the phone at every red light the rest of the way home.
Nothing.
My dorm room is dim when I push the door open.
I'm looking at my phone, thumb hovering over Cody's name, debating a fourth call. I step inside, and my heart stops completely.
