Then he chucked something at my head.
His phone. Then his keys. Both of which narrowly avoided hitting me in the face.
“This is you trying to get me to love you?”
Sean grinned. “Nah. This is me throwing stuff at you that I don’t want to drop. But it’s cool, I can multitask.” He tossed one more item at me.
When I caught the closed bag, the rich, buttery scent danced up my nose as I opened it. I loved movie popcorn. Sometimes I’d even buy it without going to a movie. Even cold it was delicious.
And Sean had brought me a bag. “What movie did you see?”
“No movie. I figured you’d like this more than flowers.”
It’d be really easy to fall for Sean again. Too easy.
So far, his multitasking was impressive.
“Does the grin on your face mean you’re inviting me up?”
I smiled bigger. Yes, I was.
Sean stopped several feet from the edge where I sat. “Why don’t you come back this way.”
I patted the roof next to me. “It’s nice right here.”
Sean took a step, a small one, then stayed where he was. “Nope. Can’t do it.”
“Sean.” I shifted around on my knees and set the popcorn aside. “Are you afraid of heights?”
“Yes,” he said. “Come over here and comfort me.”
I laughed. “It’s a one-story house.”
“Sometimes it’s the principle of the thing. Now come here. I’m cold and frightened.”
“Why did you come up here, if you don’t like heights?”
“Because I was highly motivated.”
Sean didn’t even blink when he said that, which made me feel decidedly not cold or frightened.
I walked over, and the second I got within arm’s reach, he pulled me to him. He didn’t let go of me even after we sat down, as though he thought one or both of us could plummet to our deaths at any moment. I pulled back. “You do know you’ll have to climb down at some point.”
“I do,” he said. “I have a plan. You go down first, then you catch me. Good plan, right?”
“I could always get my dad to catch you.”
“Wouldn’t work.” He shifted to reach across me and place a hand on the roof by my hip. “I’d lose my incentive to jump.”
I laughed and pushed him back while my heart fluttered not unpleasantly.
“Besides, it was the only way I could think of to see you today.”
“I see you practically every day.”
“I know, and I already have to work at that.”
I cocked my head at him. “It’s not really that hard when we do everything together.”
