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Chapter Two
It’s nearly two o’clockin the morning when we finally exit the club. After spending nearly three hours dancing and drinking with Hudson, the night air feels incredible on my face.
Turning, I watch Emma step out onto the sidewalk, Colton fast on her heels. Hudson is the last to exit and the minute he steps up next to me I’m grasping at how I can avoid saying goodbye to him.
“This was fun.” He smiles down, standing a good six or seven inches taller than me.
“It was,” I agree, turning just in time to see the Uber car that pulls up along the curb and stops just shy of where we’re standing.
“Well, this is us,” Emma says, turning toward Colton like she too doesn’t want this night to end.
“Why don’t we go somewhere else?” Hudson chimes in, pulling my attention back to him.
“Where? Everything is closed.” Emma is the first to respond.
“We could always go back to our hotel room.” Colton grins at her, dropping an arm over her shoulder.
“Next suggestion.” She shakes her head at him.
“What’s wrong with going back to our hotel?” he counters.
“You’re cute and all, sweetie, but my father did not raise someone who goes to a hotel with a man she just met a few hours ago.”
I stifle a laugh. Leave it to Emma to lay it out there so bluntly.
“Ouch.” Colton grips at his chest dramatically with his free hand. “Here I thought you liked me.”
“I think we should probably call it a night,” I find myself saying even though it’s the last thing I want to do.
I have to agree with Emma–going back to their hotel isn’t an option. Neither is taking them to our place. That pretty much leaves nowhere.
“I had a lot a fun tonight.” I turn my gaze back to Hudson. “Even if you were the worst dancer on the floor,” I tease.
“Oh come on, I wasn’t that bad,” he fakes offense, but he’s unable to contain the smile that stretches across his handsome face.
My eyes go directly to that damn dimple and my stomach dips for the hundredth time tonight.
“You weren’t that bad,” I finally concede, stepping up in front of him. “Have a safe trip home. Who knows, maybe we’ll run into each other again next year.”
Pushing up on my tip toes, I lay a gentle kiss to his scruff covered jaw before turning toward the small black car on the curb.
“Wait.” My hand freezes mid-air as I reach for the door, Hudson’s voice halting the motion. “Let’s flip a coin.”
I turn to see him already digging in his jeans pocket, his hand reemerging seconds later holding a quarter.
“What?” I question, not really sure what he’s saying.
“Let’s flip a coin,” he repeats. “Heads, we part ways now. Tails, we keep the night alive.”
“And go where?” Emma chimes in.
“Anywhere. How about the beach?”
“I’m in.” She shrugs indifferent, even though I know deep down she likes the idea of spending more time with Colton. “Besides, it is my birthday after all.”
“I hate to break it to you, honey, but your birthday ended over two hours ago,” I remind her.
“Tomato, tomatoe.” She swipes her hand through the air. “I say the man flips the damn coin.”
