“We were trying to be casual!”
She laughs. “You’re terrible at it. Absolutely terrible. Now we need to sneak into my room. I need to hear everything.”
“Noteverything.” Nate laughs uncomfortably. “Right?”
Quinn cackles. “I’m gonna know how big your penis is, and there’s nothing you can do to stop me!”
Nate goes green in the face, but I put a hand on Quinn’s shoulder.
“Um, are you sure you wanna talk about that? I thought we avoided the topic.”
“We did when it was a man I’m related to.” She says it like it’s obvious. “But now it’s free game. Tell me, is it big?”
“I’m right here!” Nate says. “Berry, don’t you dare?—”
I nod.
“Hell yes! Congratulations to youboth.”
Nate sighs and rubs his face. “I have a feeling I’m gonna regret this.”
“You’re the one who said you’d take anything I give you. And this time, I give you embarrassment.”
“And there better be more.” Quinn bounces on the balls of her feet. “Start the story from the top. I want it all!”
chapter twenty-nine
It’slate in the night when we finally pull up to my house. Nate drove back, mostly because I couldn’t keep my eyes open. Even sleeping in until noon wasn’t enough for either of us. Socializing only added to the exhaustion.
Robdidwind up telling everyone about us. Most people congratulated us. Andrea looked at us like we’d shit in her stew.
Quinn told us not to worry about it. And I didn’t. My friendship was with her and her only.
I didn’t owe the rest of them anything.
“We’re home,” Nate says. I can’t resist the smile that crosses my face when he says the wordhome. “Or at least you are.”
“Shh. You’re staying the night, right?”
“If you’ll have me. Eventually I’ll annoy you to the point you kick me out.”
“If you haven’t done it yet, you never will.”
He laughs, but it has a soft edge to it. I crack one eye open to see him with the lovesick expression he’d had the night before when I told him I loved him.
“Should I carry you in?” he asks.
“I can walk. Just not for long.”
Nate begins unbuttoning his dress shirt when we get inside. “Well, that’s over. We survived.”
“It went well. After we told Quinn, that is. I really thought she would be more shocked.”
“She’s your best friend for a reason. Though, I could’ve done without you telling her how big my dick is in my presence.”
“You got a glowing review from me,” I reply. “Isn’t that what you want?”
“I suppose I can’t complain.”
