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“You’re disgusting.”
The line goes dead and I giggle. No, I chuckle. I don’t giggle. That’s something Ted would do. The reminder pulls me back down from whatever clouds I was in.
“Lucas!”
Two weeks. Two weeks and I’m done with this bullshit.
Chapter32
Allie
Well, I passed my exam. I turned in a final paper I had to print out twice because my sweet angel of life and miracle from my body thought it should have peanut butter on it.
I brought him with me to turn in the final paper and got my exam back immediately. It wasn’t a perfect score, but I got the second-highest, which I think is cause for celebration.
And so my dad is taking Jadon and me to dinner. Nothing fancy, but the Enchanted Forest Cafe is new in town and has plant-based options for us and my dad thinks they have passable steak.
It’s a sweet gesture and I’m glad to have one more weight off my shoulders.
And then he brings up the elephant in the room.
“What do you think about Lucas, Allie?”
We are waiting for our food to arrive when my dad blurts out that thought from inside his brain. Jadon may appear to be coloring in the maze on his paper menu, but I know he’s listening.
Honestly, I don’t know what to think. Do I have these feelings for Lucas? Yes. I can’t deny that.
Am I confused? I am well within my right to be confused. I am not married. Ted has disappeared in the wind before I could even apologize, and I’m just trying to finish school and make sure Jadon turns out to be decent when he’s older. Really, I don’t want to have this conversation with my father.
I’d rather have it with myself, in the car, while backing up Beyoncé on the radio.
“What about Lucas?”
“Are you wanting to give that a shot now?”
Since when is he supportive of the guy that wronged me? His words, not mine. Plus, if he wanted to be with me, he would have left Katrina. “Lucas is with Kat, and she seems to think they are getting married. I am…” what am I? I don’t know.
“You’re not with Ted, Allie. That was a textbook break-up. Clearly, he was finished. I don’t see why you’re sitting on the fence about it anymore.”
The waitress finally brings our food over, and my dad shuts up about it. Thank goodness.
Lucas calls nightly, and we talk practically all day. He doesn’t visit during work, but my phone is constantly beeping and going off during lunch.
Lucas makes me feel like I can forget the hard stuff sometimes. He can be serious but rarely is with me unless necessary. He makes things fun and makes life seem so easy. He’s not supposed to be that person. He’s Lucas-freaking-Kennedy. He’s supposed to make me crazy.
* * *
I haven’t told anyone, not even Charity yet.
It’s more embarrassing than Lucas’ joking around with the thing. Not thing.Sweet Kisses 9000.
He’s an ass that Lucas Kennedy is.
I’m braving the elements, though. Everyone is asleep and I’m about too many glasses deep in my wine to turn back now. I passed a class amidst the strangest summer of my life, and I’m going to act like a damn adult about this.
I’ve probably stood here with the glass in hand, just glaring at the little box at the top of my closet for too long.
Gosh, Allie, just grow up.
