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“What about a romantic candlelit dinner in a fancy restaurant with dishes you can’t pronounce and prices you could never afford?”
“No, no.None of that.I always thought that was a little try-hard—maybe a little flashy.Definitely not my style,” I say, getting into this little game a bit more now.
“Good.We’re getting somewhere.How about this—think about your favorite rom-com movies.Can you think of any cute dates in those that you like?”
I pop an eye open and quirk a brow.“From movies?”
“Yeah.I used to tell my brothers that they could learn a lot from romance novels and romantic comedies.So, close your eyes and think about it.What about that one you made me watch ages ago ...The Notebook?”
“Yeah.Noah and Allie.”
“That’s the one.That movie made me cry like a mofo.”
“I think almosteveryonecries in that movie at one point or another.Even Luc.I swear I caught a glisten in his eye when I made him watch it.”
“Ha!I’m totally going to give him crap about that.Right, so think of a scene in that movie that made you wish it was you dancing with Ryan Gosling.”
I close my eyes again and run through the movie in my head.“The scene where they dance in the street.”
“Now we’re getting somewhere.So, random dancing?Check.What else?Gimme another movie?”
I think about my favorite,How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, and all the things Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey put each other through before theyfinallygave in to their feelings, something I’ve kind of wished could happen to me and a certain firefighter best friend of mine one day.But alas, that willneverhappen.
“Oh, I know.There’s this scene where they’re at a New York Rangers game and they’re trying to impress each other for their own purposes, right?Then the kiss cam points their way, and they’re on the big screen in front of thousands of screaming fans, and everyone around them is chanting for them to kiss.So they turn to each other and then kiss, thinking it won’t mean anything.”
“But that never happens, right?A kissalwaysturns into something when they both want it to.Right?”
I open my mouth to argue but stop myself, my brain tripping over what Val just said.Because when I kissed Luc all those months ago, hedidstart to kiss me back, if only for a second, before he put a stop to it.
Nah, that was just a man reacting to a woman kissing him before letting her down easily when he wasn’t feeling it.Had to have been.Doesn’t do me any good to think otherwise now anyway.Onwards and upwards, London Kelly.
“I’m getting old over here, Lonnie.So kiss cam at a sports game.Check.Anything else?”
“Why do you want to know these things, Val?”I ask.
“Because I want you to imagine what youcouldandshouldbe doing.You’re twenty-seven, single, and fucking gorgeous, and youshouldbe putting yourself out there and dating.So I figure that if you start thinking about what you want, maybe the universe might manifest it for you.”
I snort and give her an incredulous stare.“Whoever thought you were such an ooey-gooey romantic, Val?”
Now she’s the one laughing.“I didn’t sayIwas the one who should be dating.I’ve got a good eight years on you, Lonnie.I’m taking over the world before I eventhinkabout finding a man worthy of my affections.”
“Okay, okay.Manifest away.”
“It’s not me who’s supposed to be manifesting, babe.It’s you.Now, give me one more.There must be one more movie scene that made you go a little mushy inside when you watched it?”
And this time when I think about it, there’s only one other movie that comes to mind.“Serendipity.”
“Oh, Ilovethat movie.The whole idea of sliding doors and fate stepping in—that’salwaysmy favorite kind of romance story.”
“Me too,” I reply.
“Let me guess; ice skating ...Am I right?”
“Yep.”
“So ice skating.A guy making a fool of himself just trying to impress the girl—that kind of thing?”
“Exactly!Even better if it’s the cockiest, most macho of guys who’s willing to put his egoandass on the line to get her.Thatis sexy.”
