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“It’s anecdotal.” He picked up his own plate. “Nice sweatpants, by the way.”
She looked down at his clothes on her body. “Please don’t tell me you had to change me.”
He grinned, didn’t respond, then exited the cabin.
“Archer!” She groaned, feeling mortified as she followed him out, balancing her mug and plate of eggs.
They sat at the edge of the dock, knees propped up so they could balance their plates. She briefly forgot about her mortification as she scarfed down her breakfast, feeling better after having something in her stomach.
Archer watched her, looking bemused.
“Shove it,” she grumbled, wiping the butter grease from her chin. “Seriously you should have let me sleep in my clothes. There was no need to change me.”
“You told me you left your pajamas at the other cabin, so I offered you some.”
She set down her fork. “I said I forgot my pajamas?”
“Um…yes?”
Her face flushed. “Oh. Interesting.”
“What’s interesting?”
She tucked her knees to her chest. “I can’t exactly forget pajamas if I don’t own them.”
“I am…so lost.”
“Archer,” she said, widening her eyes at him, “I don’t wear pajamas to bed.”
His mouth fell open before he snapped it shut a second later.
“No pajamas,” he repeated. “Then why would you say that?”
“Probably because I was embarrassed?”
He shook his head. “Why? It’s only me.”
“Right! It’s you.”
“Tea, I’ve seen you in bikinis my whole life. I saw you in one yesterday.”
She hung her head, realizing how blissful it had been not to remember what happened to her bikini bottoms yesterday. Then the rest of the night hit her. Nan’s news. Driving to Ashland. Taking a test. Agreeing to quarantine with Archer.
Archer caged her chin with his thumb and pointer finger, lifting her face to his. “Hey, look at me.”
She blinked, then did.
“They’re okay. We’re okay.”
She cleared her throat. “Are you okay?”
He sighed, dropping his hand. “I’m still a bit on edge, but I have to admit, last night helped a lot.”
“It did?”
He nodded. “It was nice to clear my head and not focus on it so much. And…you’re probably right.”
“I usually am, but what about this time?”
