“What was what?”
“That–you said ‘yep’ weird.”
“No, I didn’t.”
“You fuckin’did!What aren’t you telling me?”
“Nothing,” I insist.
“No … it’ssomething. You’ve been smiling like you’ve got a secret all day.” He scrubs at the scruff along his jaw thoughtfully. “Come to think of it you’ve been smiling a lot lately. It’s strange, dude.”
“Me smiling is strange?” I know it is, but I still don’t love being called out on it.
“Hell yeah, it is! Luke almost walked into a wall last week when he came into the bullpen and caught you grinning down at your phone. No doubt it was Lucy who was texting you.”
I roll my eyes. Then I sigh. I hadn’t actually wanted to get into this with Aidan, but … maybe another male perspective would be a good idea.
“We had sex,” I tell him.
“Yeah, I know, you made a baby,” he says sarcastically.
“No … I mean we had sex last week.”
“No shit?!” He pulls his gaze from the road to give me a quick once-over, obviously checking to see if I’m kidding.
“And then again three more times since,” I admit.
“Woooah,” he says slowly. “I didn’t see that coming. I thought you guys had some unspoken agreement to keep things platonic for the sake of the kid?”
“We did … and then we had an unspoken agreement to be more.”
“More?”
“Yeah, we’re …togethernow. I think.”
“Wait a minute …unspoken? Youthink?”
I just nod, keeping silent.
“That’s not like you, Noah …” he says, shooting me a concerned look. “Are you feeling okay?”
“I feel fine. Better than okay–I feel pretty amazing, actually.”
“Ohhhh, shit,” he smirks.
“What?”
“You’ve got it bad.”
I sigh again. “I know. I think … I think I might be falling in love.”
Aidan lets out a harsh breath and then rubs his hand over his mouth thoughtfully.
“Wow,” he says. “But you haven’t talked about anything? Defined the relationship?”
“Nope. But we’ve been behaving like a couple since before we even had sex.”
“Wow.”
