“Not at all,” Jenna replies as she works on flipping the bacon and dodging the grease as it spits from the pan. “Help yourself, there’s plenty. Do you want some bacon or eggs too?”
From the corner of myeye,I take in her appearance and hold back a grin. She’s still wearing those pink flamingo pants, but she’s thrown on a baggy t-shirt over that rather skimpy top she wore last night. “I’m good with coffee for now, but thanks.” I grab a mug and fill it to the brim.
“Suit yourself, Sullivan,” she says and promptly adds bacon and eggs to the plate sitting next to her. “More for me.” With her now filled plate in hand, Jenna moves to the table and dives into her meal. “Oh crud, I left my coffee sitting by the—”
“Stay there, I got it.” Grabbing her mug from the counter, I walk over and join her at the table.
“Thanks,” she says as she takes the mug from my hand before taking a careful sip.
I nod and relax into my chair. “Got big plans for today?” Lame, I know, but I’m a little rusty at this small talk thing.
Jenna doesn’t seem to notice, though. She acknowledges my lame attempt with a nod as she chews her food and points out the sliding glass door with her fork. “I have a date with that lounge chair and a book I’m about halfway through.”
I lift my eyebrow and take a drink from my mug as I give her a skeptical look. “Is that all you’ve been doing the entire time you’ve been here?”
“It’s my summer vacation,” she tells me. “I can be as lazy as I want, and you know what?” She licks her fork clean, just a delicate sweep of her tongue along the side, before tugging on her bottom lip with her teeth. “I’m really good at it too.”
It takes me a good few moments to realize she’s referring to herself as good at being lazy and not … yeah, I’m probably going to hell for what I was imaging her being good at.
“That’s just crazy,” I tell her and shake my head in disapproval. “Here you are in one of the prettiest places on Earth, and all you’ve done is sit on your butt?”
“And read,” she protests. The way her nose crinkles when she says that makes her look downright cute.
“I’m sorry, but I can’t have that.” Jenna looks at me like I’m nuts. Hell, maybe I am for what I’m about to do, but I can’t sit idly by and let another once in a lifetime chance pass me. I lean forward and cross my arms over the table. “Let me take you somewhere you’ve never been.”
