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Forcing a smile, I opened the door and jogged toward the office. Knowing one of those texts were from Alex, the nerd. Once inside, I searched my desk for the file I was looking for until I found it. I also took the sheet of paper I had in my desk drawer and put it in the file.
Heading back out to the car, I slipped in and found Clare was smiling at her phone while typing.
“What’s the smile for?”
“Nothing,” she quickly said, setting her phone down. “Anywhere else?”
“Would you mind stopping for coffee?” I asked as I placed the file in the backseat.
“Why didn’t you just make some at your house?” she asked, her nose all scrunched up.
“I did have a cup. You were sleeping when I made it. Now, I’d like another cup. There is a great coffee shop right around the corner. We can walk.”
She looked like she was about to say no when I added, “They have amazing tea.”
With a long, overly dramatic exhale, she turned off the car. “Fine.”
We both got out of the car and started to walk down the street. It wasn’t as cold as yesterday, thankfully, so it was actually a pleasant walk.
“I had the craziest dream last night.”
Clare glanced my way. “Oh yeah? What was it about?”
I met her gaze and was struck by the starburst at the center of those baby blues. “We kissed.”
Tripping, then righting herself, she started to cough.
“Christ, only you could trip and make yourself cough.”
I held onto her arm before she jerked it away. “Do you mind!”
Holding up my hands, I laughed. “Whoa, I was trying to help you so you didn’t fall.”
Clare turned and glared at me. “Why are you such a…”
Raising my brow, I asked, “A what?”
Turning her head to the right, then left, she stormed off.
“Um, Clare? You walked past the coffee shop.”
She spun on her heels. “Ugh! You are so frustrating.”
“What did I do? I just said I had a dream we kissed.”
Before she got to the door, she looked like she was about to say something, then pressed her lips together into a tight line.
“What? What happened last night?” I asked with an edge of uncertainty in my voice.
Clare stood ram rod straight, lifted her chin, and lied through her teeth. “Nothing. Nothing happened. You came home, went to your bedroom, and passed out on the bed.”
I nodded. “Huh. That dream felt awfully real.”
Her cheeks turned red, and before I could say anything else to fire her up, I heard a familiar voice call my name.
“Wes?”
Clare and I both turned to see who it was…although I already knew who it was.
