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Chapter 14
“Did you know there are only three drive-in movie theaters left in South Carolina?”
“Uhm… no…”
“Well, there are,” Walker held the phone between his shoulder and his ear, taking his baseball cap off to comb his hair back with his fingers before putting it back on. “One in Greenwood, one in Monetta, and the other in Beaufort.”
“That’s… great, Walker.” Aja’s voice was a little far away, like she was focusing on something else.
“Obviously, the ones in Greenwood and Monetta are a few hours’ drive away, but Beaufort… that’s practically next door. A half hour if there’s no traffic. Which there shouldn’t be on a Saturday afternoon.”
“Walker, is this another one of your roundabout ways of asking me out?”
“They’re playin’ all the new movies. Even that one with Lucy Liu that just hit theaters.”
She paused. “The one where she beats the crap out of all of those men?”
“The very one.”
“Hmm…”
His heart was stuck in his throat as she made him wait on her answer. On Tuesday, the day after their romp in the bingo hall parking lot, Aja had been dealing with some work emergency. Then he and Gram had missed Wednesday-night bingo because one of Gram’s friends had been hospitalized in Orangeburg that morning and they’d had to make the hours-long drive through the state to see her. On Thursday, his own work had gotten the better of him. All this meant they hadn’t had the chance to talk about what had gone down. The only real acknowledgment was Aja mentioning she’d made an appointment at the closest Planned Parenthood to get an STI test and thought it would be smart for him to get one too. He’d agreed, making an appointment of his own a few minutes after their call. Other than that, there had been no mention that anything sexual had happened between them at all.
He didn’t want to push, but they needed to have the discussion. They could only go so long not bringing it up, pretending like it hadn’t happened before something exploded. Walker had no clue what the hell the outcome would be, but whatever it was, he was ready. He was done waiting.
“OK.”
He breathed a sigh of relief, not caring if she heard.
“But we’re taking your truck and you have to buy the snacks.”
“I was already doin’ both those things anyway.”
“Well, good… Then I’ll see you this evening.”
“Six,” he told her.
“Right, six.”
It wasn’t until hours later that Walker realized what a colossal fucking mistake he’d made. Maybe “mistake” wasn’t the best word for it, but once Aja answered her door in a pair of cuffed denim shorts and a white T-shirt so thin that he could see the color of her bra underneath, he had to keep from biting down on his fist. When he saw the way the hem of her shorts pinched at her big thighs, it finally dawned on him that he would be sitting next to her for a few hours. Alone, close together, in a place that was notorious for being a sexy hookup spot. Walker got the feeling that he was in for a world of trouble.
“We match,” he told her lamely.
“A tiny bit.” She turned to lock the door behind her, and his mouth watered at the way the shorts molded to her ass. “I see you weren’t bold enough to show off a little more leg like me though. Shame.”
“If I had a pair of big pretty legs like that, trust me, I would. But these pale, scrawny motherfuckers simply can’t measure up.”
“I don’t know… I see some strength in those thighs of yours. A little more sunlight and you might be surprised.”
“They still wouldn’t be as incredible as yours though,” he said, opening the truck door for her to climb inside.
“Well, everything isn’t a competition, Walker.”
Arguing with her—even in jest—was fruitless. Even if he refused to believe her, the woman still made a great argument. Once they were secure in his truck, he plopped a full grocery-store bag in her lap before starting the engine and pulling out.
“I got a few things on the way over. I wasn’t sure what you liked, and I didn’t want to bug you with tons of texts, so I just got a little of everythin’. But if there’s somethin’ you want that I didn’t get, I’m sure the drive-in has a concession stand.”
Aja rummaged through the bag before she made a triumphant little grunt.
