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Jonah turns to me, smacks me in the chest.
“Might put you guys in a weird position, but do you mind?”
Parks glances back at me, eyes round, questioning.
I roll my eyes at Jonah as though it’s a massive inconvenience. Parks looks a little winded.
“Yeah.” I shrug. “We’ll be fine.” I nod my chin at her. “Do you care?”
She barely looks me in the eye when she shakes her head.
“Are you sure?” Taura whispers to her.
Parks nods, kisses her on the cheek. “Have the best night.”
“She will,” Jonah says, hooking his arm around her neck, tugging her away.
Smacks me in the arm on his way, winks at me once.
I glance at Parks, who’s just staring at her hands looking nervous.
“Should we go up?” I nod towards the stairs.
She follows me a pace behind, quiet. Shoulders in, chin low.
I open the door, hold it for her.
“It’s nice.” I shrug once we’re inside.
It is. Big four-poster bed. Love me a four-poster bed. Room’s a bit pink, but it’s nice enough.
She nods, looks around. Sits down nervously in an arm chair, crosses her arms over her chest.
I watch her for a few seconds.
“You’re quiet.”
“Sorry—” She glances up, flashes me a tired smile. “You didn’t look entirely pleased about this arrangement.”
Well, what can I say, Parks? I’m a fucking thespian.
“I don’t know what to say…” She shrugs. “Or do.”
I shrug. “No one’s fault.”
She gives me a little nod. I sit at the edge of the bed, look over at her.
“You still have your weird shower rules?” She glances at me out of the corner of her eye. Nods once, self-conscious. “You want to go first?” I offer her with tall eyebrows.
She eyes me a bit awkwardly. “Okay.”
She finds a robe and closes the bathroom door behind her. As it closes, I think about how it wasn’t much more than a year ago that she would have made me sit in there with her, talking so she didn’t have to be alone, and now we’re here. She’s showering alone and I’m lying to be with her however I can.
She reemerges twenty minutes later, hair washed, scrubbed clean, and in a white towel robe I want to take off her.
I swallow heavy.
Leave the door cracked open.
