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“Awesome.” Drew detaches the clips from my car. “Leave her running for a little while. Let her charge.”
“I will,” I say. “Thank you so much.”
“It’s no problem,” he says as he lets his hood drop with a loud thump. He hooks the cables in his arm and joins me on my side. “If it happens again, let me know. I’ll keep my cables handy.”
“Oh, I will be more vigilant about the lights from here on, I’m sure.”
“You got your phone?” he asks.
“Uh...” I take it out of my back pocket. “Yeah.”
He snatches it from me. “Just going to send myself a text,” he says, tapping with his thumbs. “Text me back about… anything. Anything at all.”
I bite my lip. “All right.”
Drew gives the phone back. “I’m officially late for class, so I should get going.”
“Oh, I’m sorry.”
“Don’t be. It was worth it.”
I blush. “Well, go on. Please. Go live your life. You’ve given me enough of your time already.”
He laughs as he drops the cables into his passenger seat and grabs his backpack from the backseat. “I’ll see you around, Heidi,” he says as he locks the car.
I nod. “I’ll see you around, Drew.”
He walks toward campus, then pauses and turns back. “Oh, and congratulations,” he says.
“What for?” I ask.
He gestures at my car. “You just learned a new life skill.”
I gasp. “Oh, my god!” I say, excited. “I totally did!”
“You totally did!”
“Holy crap.” My smile dips. “I should have taken notes...”
Drew laughs as he turns. After a few steps, he glances over his shoulder at me, his face still plastered with the same dimply smile as before.
Learn a new life skill. Check!
Fall in love with a stranger...
In-progress.
CHAPTER 5
HEIDI
I press the charcoal against the paper as lightly as possible. I brush it down the bridge of his nose, keeping the shading light but noticeable. Today, I spotted a freckle just beneath his right eye, so I take a moment to dab one in place.
Drew.
A stranger no more, but that doesn’t make him any less fall-worthy.
“Are you sons of bitches ready to par-tay?!”
