“Getting Quinn a car,” I reply, which causes my dad to laugh, as I turn and add, “Flynn’s helping us.”
Chuckling, he hooks an arm around my shoulders. “Good, she might get something decent then.”
I give him a playful punch to the stomach. “What is that supposed to mean?”
Dad scoffs, smiling at Miles and me as he says, “You boys are good with your hands, but it’s more of a creating, building kinda way. Not in a fixing cars kind of way.”
“I’m great with my hands in other ways too, Dad,” I say, winking at Quinn.
She snorts out a laugh, immediately blushing at my comment. Dad shakes his head, pulling me in for a side hug before letting me go. “It was great to see you again, Quinn,” he says, hugging my girlfriend.
“Great to see you too, Tanner,” she replies, smiling.
“Make sure you keep this one out of trouble,” he adds, jerking a thumb at me.
Quinn smiles as Miles laughs and says, “Really, you think anyone can keep him out of trouble?”
She laughs now as she says, “I think I can give it a good try.”
“See, now I knew you were a good one,” Dad says, winking at my girlfriend.
“Okay, okay, if we’re all done here, we have a car to buy,” I say, pulling Quinn into my side. “Catch you guys later.”
We all head outside, going our separate ways, as Quinn and I walk hand in hand to my car. I open the door for her, and she smiles as she climbs in. I can’t resist leaning in to press a kiss to her lips before closing the door.
I’m not sure I’d ever admit this to my brother and my friends, but fuck, I’m starting to see what they mean about this whole girlfriend thing. It might still terrify me a little, but it’s also pretty fucking awesome too.
I walk around to the driver’s side, sliding into my seat. I glance over. “You good?”
Quinn smiles, nodding as she says, “I am. Breakfast was really great. Your whole family is really great.”
“They are,” I reply with a grin. “They think you’re pretty great too,” I add.
I watch as Quinn takes a deep breath, letting it out slowly as she takes in my words. I get the feeling she wants to question them, like maybe she doesn’t believe me, because that’s the kind of shit she’s used to. But then she smiles at me, not saying anything.
“You ready to go get a car?” I ask.
“Yep, let’s do it.”
Ten minutes later, I pull around the back of The Pipe Dream, my hand on the horn to let Flynn know we’re here. Seconds later, the front door opens and Flynn and Alana walk out, arm in arm and kissing. I hit the horn again, and I see Flynn smile as he flips me off, still kissing his girlfriend.
“Jesus, you two,” I say as they get in the car. “Do you ever come up for air?”
Alana laughs, leaning forward to hug Quinn around the seat as Flynn says, “If you know, you know, dude.”
I laugh, rolling my eyes as I turn and ask, “Okay, so where are we going?”
Flynn pulls out his phone. “I’ve got a couple of options for you, Quinn, all within your price range. They’re pretty close by each other, so thought we could check them all out?”
“Sounds good, thank you,” she says.
“Cool, okay, let’s head over to Lahaina,” Flynn says.
It takes about thirty minutes, and we spend the drive talking and laughing, Alana and Flynn filling us in on their upcoming surf comps and where they’ll be going. It’s easy and fun, and once again, I’m hit with the realization of what having a girlfriend looks like and how much I’m really starting to like it.
Not that I think Alana and Flynn know Quinn is my girlfriend. Unless Daze has texted Alana. Which she totally could have, knowing her.
“So there are two cars here,” Flynn says as we pull up to a used car shop. “You want to do the talking, or you want me to do it?” he asks Quinn.
