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“She kicked you out?!” Seth laughs from the boat. “Man, I missed a lot.”
Drew glares at him until Seth backs up and hides away in the helm again.
“I’m sorry,” I say, shivering in the wind. “Things just got so messed up.”
Drew nods. “I know,” he says. “I’m sorry, too. And I’m really sorry I missed your birthday.”
“All things considered... it wasn’t a bad birthday,” I say. “Jenna pulled through.”
“Good.”
I take a deep breath. “Now that Seth is on board,” I say with a glance at the boat. “Do you think we can just... go back and forget it happened?” I ask.
He smiles. “I’d like to.”
A raindrop falls on my cheek. “Because I really miss you, Drew.”
He reaches out and wipes the drop from my face with his thumb. “I miss you, too,” he whispers.
I gaze at him as even more rain starts to fall. It’s soft at first, then the sound intensifies as a thousand drops of water touch the lake at once. But we don’t move. Drew’s hand remains on my cheek, his thumb softly caressing my bottom lip. Blooms of warmth fire through me, overwhelming the chilly wind hitting the shore. He drifts closer, his deep eyes locked on my lips as his other hand rises to my hip. I tilt my head, my body aching to feel his kiss again as a tickle rises in my?—
No.
Wait.
Not now!
I jerk away just in time to catch the sneeze in my elbow.
Drew leans back with amusement, but keeps his hand planted on my side. “Bless you,” he says.
“Sorry,” I say, composing myself. “It’s the rain.”
“You know, at some point, you’re just going to have to admit that you’re allergic to me,” he jokes.
I chuckle.
He jerks me in surprise. “You laughed,” he says.
I force my smile down. “No, I didn’t.”
Drew lifts me up and twirls me around in circles. “I finally got you to laugh about it!”
“No, you didn’t!”
He sets me down and cups my face. “It took two months, but I heard it!”
I laugh. “You’re such a dork.”
“I don’t care,” he says. “You’re still laughing.”
“If you don’t kiss me now, I’ll sneeze on you again,” I warn.
“And now you’re joking about it, too.” He grins. “You’re killing me, Heidi.”
Drew kisses me, our lips easily blending in the pouring rain. I cling to his wet clothes, primed and aching to feel his body against mine. My heart pounds over the sound of raindrops on water. He lifts me up off the dock again. I wrap my legs around his waist. We kiss until we can’t breathe anymore; until we’re soaked through and begging for more.
“So, I should probably leave, right?” Seth asks from the boat. “I feel like I should leave...”
