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No, because this isn’t real, I reminded myself.
My heart ached at the reminder. My brain was right. This wasn’t real. She was planning to leave. But what if… nah, stop it, Levi. You don’t want a woman changing you or your dreams. It’s not fair to ask her to do the same for you. Just stop and enjoy the time you have together
* * *
I couldn’t sleep, couldn’t shut off my brain. As soon as the sun started to rise outside, I crawled out of bed, careful not to wake Anna. I went outside and gathered the eggs, letting her sleep as I tried to distract myself from my own internal dialogue.
I heard rustling from the bedroom and then the toilet flushed. She called out to me. “Levi?”
“In the kitchen,” I said, cracking the egg against the pan. Now that she was awake, I could start cooking.
She stumbled into the kitchen bleary eyed and out of it. Her long hair, which normally fell to her waist flawlessly, was standing up at all kinds of weird angles. She had racoon eyes from her makeup smudging. And she was wearing a robe I had left in the bathroom that was way, way too big for her. She looked like a little girl wearing her dad’s clothes.
She was absolutely adorable. So much so, I couldn’t help but chuckle.
“I know, I look like a mess.”
“You look cute as hell.”
“No, I look awful,” she said. “Are you cooking breakfast?”
“I am, but if you’d like to shower first, I understand.”
“As long as you don’t mind looking at me in this state.”
I could look at her all day, every day, in that state and she would still be fucking gorgeous to me, but I kept those thoughts to myself.
“Like I said, you’re cute, so of course I don’t mind.”
I finished her omelet and handed it to her. “In case you were wondering, I do know how to cook other things.”
“Why do you need to cook other things when you make such a freaking amazing omelet?” she asked with a laugh, digging right in without me prompting her. I was glad she was getting more comfortable here, with me.
“Well, maybe I can make you dinner sometime because I make a mean lasagna as well.”
Anna stopped eating and her smile faded. “Levi, I–”
“I know, I know, I overstepped, I’m sorry. This isn’t supposed to be serious. I was just offering as a friend.” Liar, I called myself out internally. But I smiled. “But it’s okay, you’re right. It would probably complicate things.”
Too late. Things are already complicated… but I kept that to myself as well.
I made myself an omelet and joined her at the table.
“So, what do you have planned today?” I asked, trying to make small talk, something I wasn’t very good at.
“My sisters and I are going to pick up Emily’s wedding dress today, as well as our bridesmaid dresses.”
“Oh wow, everything is moving so fast.”
“Yeah, the entire wedding moved fast. I never knew someone who went from engaged to married in three months, but Emily said there was no reason to wait when you know you’ve found the one.”
“I get that,” I said. “Don’t worry, you can shower and head out whenever you’re ready. I won’t keep you.”
“I would like that shower now…if that’s okay.” She nibbled her lower lip like there was more to the request she wasn’t saying.
“Of course, make yourself at home.”
She slipped from the chair and walked over to me. “I was hoping you might join me.”
