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It makes me laugh. “What, no superintendent sibling arguments at your house?”
He starts laughing, shaking his head. “No. Single child. I have stepbrothers and sisters, but don’t see them much.”
“Oh,” I reply. His smile inspires a smirk out of me. “It was just this whole thing with my brother and my boyfriend.”
“Ah, the boyfriend.”
Another sigh escapes me while I twist the chair back and forth. “Yeah. The boyfriend. What about you, Austin? No special person in your life?”
He chuckles, leaning against the mixing table. “Oh, you know. I’ve got a few girls here and there. It’s hard to keep them off of all of this.” He motions to himself in his striped blue and white T-shirt. He looks a little cleaner shaven, but there’s still a five o’clock shadow there. His shaggy hair bobs back and forth while he scans his body. Looking back at me, he gives me a crooked grin. “Pretty impressive, huh?”
“Oh, yeah.” I can’t keep the smile off my face. “It’s so sexy. A real Matthew McConaughey thing going on there.”
His mouth drops, and his eyes widen. “All right, all right, all right. How’d you know I have the same physique as the Dazed and Confused one?”
“I could just tell.”
He laughs. “Hey, you want to take a break?”
“Oh.” His question catches me off guard.
He instantly stands up straight, looking nervously around the room. “Uh … never mind. Sorry, that was dumb. I’m sure you’re trying to get focused after whatever happened with your brother.”
“No. No, it wasn’t dumb. You know … I would like to take a break. I’m starting to feel like Jimmy Richards is worming his way into my day here. What’d you have in mind?”
Looking anywhere but at me, his nervousness seems to be stuck in place. “Well, um, I could go for another one of those double bacon avocado burgers.”
“You trying to fatten me up or something, Austin?”
The comment breaks through his uncomfortableness a moment ago, and he starts laughing. “Heck no. You’ve already got the hips—” His eyes widen, and he starts coughing, choking off his words. “I mean … I, uh … No. You’re … good.”
His crimson face glows brighter than I think I’ve seen anyone ever blush, and his eyes roam around the room, landing on anything other than me. It makes my grin that much fuller.
Getting up from the chair, I walk over to the door. Austin hasn’t moved. “You coming?” I ask, glancing over my shoulder.
He finally looks over at me. “Yeah. Yes, uh, yes.”
