“I am not.”
“You are.”He pushed the door open, held it for me.“Spill it, sista.What happened to put that glow on your face?”
I stared at my best friend.“I’m in love,” I blurted.
His eyes widened, and a slow smile spread across his face seconds before he threw his arms around me, jerking me toward him.“That is so fabulous!”Jonah pulled back, kept his hands on my arms.“The two Doms?”
“Of course.”I moved away, heading for the parking lot.“Who else would it be?”
“This is great!”he said as though it had happened to him.“Have you told Tiff yet?”
“Not yet.”
“We have to have a girls’ night.”
I laughed, the same as I always did when he called it that.
“Maybe we should go to dinner to celebrate,” he rambled.“Fancy restaurant.”
“Not necessary,” I said when we reached my car.
“Have you told them?”
“Told them what?”I asked as I started the engine.
“That you love them.”
I shook my head.“Of course not.”
“What?”He sounded appalled.“Why not?”
“It’s too soon.”
“Soon?Pfft.There’s no such thing as too soon.When you love someone, you have to shout it to the heavens.”
Deciding on tacos, I drove us to the restaurant near campus.“What if they don’t love me back?Wouldn’t I sound stupid?”
Jonah shifted to face me as I drove.“Why wouldn’t they love you back?You’re sweet, smart, funny.Not to mention beautiful.”
I blushed at the praise.
“Don’t you dare wait for them to tell you first,” he said with a huff.
I parked the car, peered over at him.“Why not?”
He shrugged but didn’t move to get out.“Because they could be waiting for you.Then you’ll all be putting off the inevitable.Just tell them.Rip off the Band-Aid quickly.Once it’s out there, you’ll feel better.”
For some reason, I got the feeling Jonah was talking more to himself than to me.I’d known he had been in love with his last boyfriend.As in love as Jonah could be, anyway.He seemed to fall fast and often.But that was part of his charm.
I, on the other hand, had never been in love before.I hadn’t even had a crush.So this was completely foreign to me.
“Let’s call Tiff,” Jonah suggested with a grin.“See what she thinks you should do.”He pulled out his cell phone.
I put my hand on his arm.“How about we get through the day, make plans for our girls’ night, and I’ll tell her then.”
Jonah pouted but met my gaze.“Why?”
I shrugged.“Doesn’t feel the right time to tell her.”
