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There’s a long pause. “Alright. But can I see you Monday? I want to take you somewhere.”
“Another secret place of yours?”
“This one isn’t a secret. Just a good place to eat.”
“Oh. Uh. Like a date?” I ask tentatively.
“Yes.” He chuckles low, and I feel a pull in my chest. He wants to take me on a date?
“Okay.” Smiling, I curl into myself, and chew on my bottom lip. I feel like a teenager again, crushing hard on the most popular boy in school, and feeling all giddy that he calledmeof all the girls.
“I’ll call you again tomorrow. Same time.” He says it as a statement, not a question, and I get the same pull in my chest again.
“Okay,” I repeat.
“’Night, gorgeous.”
“’Night, Fonz.”
Hanging up, I can still hear his low chuckle in my head, and I smile, rolling onto my back.
I have work Monday morning, but that’s not going to keep me from hearing his voice again tomorrow night. I’ll show up with a coffee IV if necessary.
It would be retro productive to my recovery from my sleep depraved life, but it would be worth it.
Chapter 12
A lazy Sunday is just what I needed. When I woke up this morning, my mind was a jumbled mess of Alex, and more Alex.
I laid awake for I don’t know how long after hanging up with him, and I quickly went from happy to headache in just a few minutes. When I’m with him, I feel like the only woman to him. But how do I know he’s not saying or doing the exact same thing with another?
The answer is, I don’t know.
Can I trust my feelings?
I’ve spent the day reading out on the back porch and drinking cup of coffee after cup of coffee. And when the sun started to dip in the sky, I switched out my coffee for wine.
I’ve learned that my feelings are a lot easier to sort through when I’ve got a nice buzz going.
Once again, my head and heart are in unison and I’ve decided that despite my developing feelings towards Alex, I’m going to keep my guard up.
I can’t let myself get too invested in a man I know will disappoint me. It might not be fair to think so, but I have to protect my heart. I have to protect my new life in Pine Cove. I don’t want to risk everything I’m only just starting to build here. A bad falling out with the town’s hunky bartender at the only bar in town would mean I couldn’t go out with my friends anymore, and I also couldn’t move on with another man and go there with him for fear of starting something.
And with that, I think I’ve had enough wine. I’m starting to ramble about stuff that may or not happen, and may or may not be detrimental to my future here when I’ve only been here for a little over a week.
I should just keep having fun with Alex and let myself relax into my new life.
∞∞∞
The ringing of my phone startles me awake, and the book I was reading falls from my lap, hitting the wood of the porch floor with a dull thud.
Looking around, the sun has long since sunk below the horizon, and the night air is cool with a dampness thickening it.
The sound of light rain pattering on the roof and softly on the grass has me closing my eyes again. But then the ringing of my phone starts again, and I look down at the table next to me, seeing Alex’s name light up my screen.
Is it that late already for him to be calling me? I must have been asleep out here for hours.
“Hello?” I answer, slightly disoriented.
