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“Former girlfriend,” Tristan said, apparently understanding the importance of being proactive. “Farformer. Like years ago, former.”
“Seems like she still wants you.”
“Because she saw you – Nya enjoys drama, which is why she’s aformergirlfriend. Let’s talk about something important.”
I laughed. “Okay… such as?”
“Such as you not knowing when your birthday is,” he answered. “Is it because of the adoption? Records lost or something?”
“Yeah.”
Sure.
We could call it that.
“You know, you should talk to Troy – he has experience with that, and doing the ancestry tests and stuff. He actually found out he had a whole twin brother,” Tristan said. “It might be good to chop it up with somebody who’s been through it. Maybe?”
I nodded. “Maybe. I… am probably not gonna do that, though.”
“Yeah I knew it was a long shot when I said it,” he laughed. “I wanted to at least try.”
“I appreciate that. Um… about this sunrise thing…”
I’d actually never been this far down the main street, and had no idea it ended in a park – especially not one as big as what we’d walked up on. It was beautifully spread out, with a decent-sized lake and dock, with people already out with their fishing rods and other gear.
Even a few small boats.
“I hope that’s nottoocorny for you, is it?” he asked.
I shook my head. “No. Not at all.”
We found a small bench and sat down together – closer than necessary. DespiteNyaand her interruption, we’d made it right on time.
And it was… beautiful.
“I come out here when I can’t get back to sleep. It feels peaceful, you know?”
“Yeah, it is,” I agreed. “That’s what happened to you this morning? You couldn’t sleep?”
He nodded. “I was on my way here, stopped atUG, looked across the street… thought it would be nice to have some company.”
“So you thought since you couldn’t sleep, I shouldn’t either?”
Tristan pulled his gaze away from the view to grin at me. “Yes.Exactly. Thank you for understanding.”
“Asshole,” I laughed, nudging his shoulder with mine until he gave in and laughed too. After a moment, he put his arm around my shoulders again, pulling me into him, and… I couldn’t help it.
I dropped my head against him, and let myself be comfortable with being so damned comfortable.
“Thank you for walking with me,” he said, planting a kiss on top of my head that made me smile.
“You’re welcome. Thanks for inviting me.”
