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“It came out so pretty!” She exclaimed.
“What did you get?” I asked.
She turned to the side and lifted a tiny bandage behind her ear, showing me an anchor, no more than half an inch big.
“Isn’t it cute?” She asked, her green eyes wide like she was afraid I was about to tell her it was horrible.
“Oooh, I love it,” I told her.
She smiled in response, putting the bandage back over it. “I’ll see you tonight,” she smiled, taking Luca’s hand, and headed outside.
I waved goodbye to Justin and Brian.
Trace was quiet as we got into the car but I wasn’t about to let him stay that way.
“Who’s Aubrey?” I asked. I had to know and couldn’t keep quiet about it any longer.
Trace sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. “I was really hoping that you would forget about that,” he mumbled.
“I’m a girl, we forget nothing,” I retorted. “Now, answer the question.”
“She’s my ex,” he rubbed his jaw.
“Care to elaborate,” I snapped.
Trace glanced at me, then back to the road. “We dated in high school,” he muttered.
“How long?”
“Do you really need to know all of this?” He asked, staring at me for a moment, with darkened eyes.
“You said we were dating, I think that gives me a right to know who, and what my competition is,” I whispered, feeling insecure.
Trace sighed. “We dated for four years before it ended. We grew apart and there was no spark anymore. I’m not sure there was a spark to begin with,” he shrugged. “We were young. It’s in the past. And just so you know, there is no competition.”
“You haven’t…dated anyone since her?” I asked.
“No,” his hands tightened on his jaw.
I could tell he was holding back, so I pleaded, “Please, Trace.”
He took a deep breath. “We were still together senior year of high school, but when my dad died, the last thing I wanted was a relationship.” He wet his lips and continued. “I quit the baseball team and turned to alcohol and random sex to fill the void inside me.”
My heart constricted at his words. I was no longer concerned about faceless Aubrey, he was obviously over her, but I felt compelled to know more.
“Did you?” I asked.
“Did I what?” He glanced at me with a furrowed brow before his eyes darted back to the road.
“Did you fill the void?” I questioned.
He looked at me significantly, sending a shiver of pleasure down my spine. I didn’t understand how Trace could affect me so much, with just a look and a few words. “Not with that…but I think maybe I’ve finally found something to fill it.”
“And what would that be?” My breath escaped from between my lips with a tiny sigh.
“You,” he answered.
I swallowed, waiting for him to crack a joke or flash me his signature cocky grin, but he didn’t.
