No Xander. No Frankie.Nobody.
I’d get to Europe and that would be it.
Xander came to me. I noticed his hands were shaking.
He’d called me his girl.
Was I?
Nothing sounded better to me than that. Through this mess nothing had sounded sweeter than being called his. Being his girl… what a dream.
I fell into his embrace when he reached for me.
“Take her home kid and take care of her. I’ll make sure you guys get the day, get out of here.” Frankie nodded.
Xander and I both looked at him at the same time. “Thank you Frankie,” I breathed. I was so weak I could barely talk.
“Thank you,” Xander told him and Frankie nodded.
“I mean it. Get out of this place.”
We didn’t need to be told a third time.
Chapter 13
Jia
Xander tookme home and made me something to eat.
It was a sandwich and the cheese had been placed in the bread in chunks. It was like that was how he made his sandwiches.
He brought it to me on a plate while I sat in bed.
“I’m sorry. You probably want something hot. I can’t cook all that well, and I’d rather make you a sandwich than embarrass myself.” He smirked with a little nod.
“This is perfect.” I grinned. “Also, I’m certain your cooking can’t be that bad.”
“Trust me it is. We’re talking no skill at all. It would either be burnt or uneatable. I never learned and by the time I should have, I’d discovered take out.”
I smiled up at him. “That’s one more thing I know about you. Take out though? You look amazing for a guy who has take out. Is that what you have every night?”
I couldn’t believe we were talking about food.
“Nah, not every night. My best friend, Wes, cooks. He’s the cook.”
“You have a best friend?” I mused with another grin. It was nice getting little bits of details about him he hadn’t previously mentioned.
“I have a best friend. A guy I trust with my life and my food.” He chuckled. “He’s the health freak. When I’m not eating his food I have Japanese or Chinese. They’re cooked the healthiest and I make sure I get all the good stuff that way.
“So no pizza? You don’t have pizza?”
“I love pizza, but wave that in front of a guy that loves take out and see how fast he piles on the pounds.”
I actually laughed. “I can’t imagine you gaining weight like that.”
“Oh yeah. It’s happened, nearly couldn’t apply for the marines because of it.”
He handed me the plate and looked at me in my stupid unicorn pajamas.
