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His smile widens.
“Also, I’m now a morning person. No more snoozing and skipping alarms for me.”
“Shame. I used to love finding new ways to motivate you to get out of bed.” He smirks.
My eyes roll. “More like you found ways to keep meinbed for as long as humanly possible.”
“It was a noble effort.”
“The only thing noble about you was your commitment to making me come first.”
“It’s an obsession, not a commitment.”
We both laugh. I continue telling him about the different things that changed for me, which in reality aren’t many once I list them. The most life-altering event was becoming a mother, and Cal already knows all about that.
“What about you? Anything changed?” I nudge him with my shoulder.
“My life is pretty uneventful.” He sighs.
“That’s not true. You’re a cat dad.”
“Right. The pinnacle of my life right there.”
“No job?”
“Nope.” He taps his fingers against his thigh in a random pattern.
“Come on. Something has to have changed in six years.”
“I’m no longer afraid of clowns.”
“What?” I gasp. “Since when?”
“Since Iris convinced me to go to a haunted Halloween maze. Turns out the theme that year was—”
“Clowns?” My pitch rises.
“I should have known she was setting me up the moment she asked me to go with her. I don’t do horror, but for her, I was willing to put on a brave face and try. Plus, Declan seemed pissed when she talked about us going out together.”
“Why didn’t you turn around and leave when you found out the theme?”
“Because Iris blackmailed me.”
“How?”
“She threatened to release this video if I ditched her.” Cal pulls out his phone and plays a video of him using an umbrella as a weapon against a creepy clown.
“I think I love her.” I wipe the tears from my eyes after the minute-long video finishes with Cal shrieking.
“I’m positive you two will become instant best friends the moment you meet.”
My chest warms. “I can’t wait to share the photo I have of you at your fifth birthday party.”
His eyes bulge. “Tell me you didn’t save that.”
I grin. “Of course I did. It always makes the bad days better.”
His hand holding on to mine tightens. “I have one of those too.”
