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“Well good, because I kinda invited him out with us. Well, not me, but James since they knew each other in school and all.” Emily bit her lip and made a face like, “I hope that’s okay.”
I stared at her. “What?”
“Yeah… I thought it might be good for the two of you to, you know, talk after what happened yesterday and all.”
“We don’t need to talk, Em.” Before I could finish, I saw James and his friends walking toward us, with Levi in tow.
Shit.
He seemed surprised to see me.
“Oh, hey Anna…”
“Sorry, I forgot to mention we were meeting up with the ladies,” James said, hugging and kissing Emily in a sickly-sweet fashion.
“It’s good to see you, Levi,” I said, trying to force a smile the others would believe.
“Yeah, it’s good to see you too.” Levi’s voice was flat and cold. “I’m going to get a drink.” He walked away before anyone could say anything else.
I looked around; we weren’t fooling anyone.
“Is everything okay?” James asked with a genuinely confused look on his face.
“Yeah, lover’s spat,” Emily said, speaking softly. “They just need to talk. I’m sure it’ll solve everything.” She nudged me toward the refreshment booths where Levi was standing in line.
“Yeah, I’ll go talk to him.”
Begrudgingly, I put one foot in front of the other and walked toward Levi. I took a deep breath before tapping him on the shoulder. He turned, and when he saw it was me, he wouldn’t even look at me.
“Levi, I’m sorry about yesterday.”
“You have nothing to be sorry about.” He shoved his hands in his pockets and faced forward. “I’m the one who developed feelings when we both agreed it wouldn’t happen. That’s on me.”
“It’s not just you, just so you know.”
He glanced at me but didn’t say anything.
“I was also disappointed, for a moment, that the test was negative.”
His body visibly relaxed. “Really?”
“Yeah, but then I realized, it’s for the best.”
“I know,” he said softly. “It’s just nice to know that my feelings weren’t one-sided.”
“They weren’t.”
“As silly as they were…”
“They’re not silly. I see how you are with my nieces and nephews. You are going to make an amazing father one day.”
“I never thought about being a father until yesterday.”
“And I never thought about being a mother until then either.”
“Do you want kids? You know, one day?” he asked, moving a step forward in line.
“I don’t know. I never thought so before, but now that I had a scare and after spending time with my nieces and nephews… I feel like maybe I do. But I’ve always told myself I didn’t want to be chained down. I wanted my career so badly; I just didn’t plan for anything else.”
