“That’s what I thought too. I had a feeling you’d been the one to change his mind, but maybe he finally crashed.”
Or maybe I pushed things too far last night.
He’d seemed to be in good spirits when he left, but I knew he could easily have been hiding it from me. I’d held him hostage late into the night.
Maybe he’d simply put on a brave face.
My shoulders fell and my mood deflated like a balloon. “Y-yeah.Maybe.”
Kelsey stared at me, no doubt seeing my emotions right on my face. “It’s probably nothing! Seriously, I doubt there’s anything you could do to offend him.”
Last night, I’d been the version of myself that I wanted to be.
Did he not like it? Did he go against what he promised and pushed himself for my sake?
Still, I didn’t want Kelsey to see just how much this hurt. Or at least, see it more than she already had.
“Right. He’s probably just resting.” I handed over my card. I couldn’t wait to get my drink and go hide in my apartment.
“There’s a drawing class at the library today,” she said as she got my drink. “You could distract yourself.”
“I’m fine.”
Kelsey rolled her eyes. “It’s okay if you’re not. But you did want to hang out with the girls. You could get a little bit of writing done here and then go.”
I bit my lip as I considered it. As much as I wanted to spend all of my time with Theo, I also knew that was unhealthy. He might have been the one person I could touch, but I also needed to make more friendships than I currently had.
I didn’t feel great after finding out Theo wasn’t here for the day, but I’d felt far worse.
And I didn’t need to mull on it.
“You know what? I’m gonna go.”
Kelsey smiled in approval. “Good. Let me know how it is. I hear the drawing classes areveryfun.”
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I walked into the meeting room of the library and there was a very old man entirely naked.
“Oh my God.” I immediately covered my eyes. “I’m so sorry. I must be in the wrong room.”
“You here for the drawing class?”
“Yeah.”
“Then you’re in the right place. This is a nude class.”
Goddammit. No wonder Kelsey said this wasfun.
I was going to kill her for this.
“Oh, hey, Piper.” A woman’s voice broke me out of my embarrassment and I turned to see Grace. Her cheeks were slightly flushed, but she didn’t seem shocked. “Welcome to Strawberry Springs.”
“You all came to a nude drawing class?” I asked.
“To be fair,” a woman with brightly colored hair said, “usually it’s hot people from other towns.”
“I’m hot!” the man said.
“You’re traumatizing the newbies!” she snapped back without missing a beat.
