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Thirty minutes later, he strode through the door with a smile on his face. I raised my brows at him as he slammed himself down on the couch next to me.
“That’s a pretty big smile. I take it things went well?” I asked, suddenly not wanting to know the answer. It was obvious that the answer was yes, but I didn’t like that for some reason.
“Yeah, Allie was great,” He said, leaning his head against the back of the couch and closing his eyes. “How was Trent?”
“He was fine,” I answered honestly. “Probably no second date for me, though.”
“No?” He lifted his head, looking at me. “Did he talk about football?”
I laughed, shaking my head. “No, he was great. But there just wasn’t a spark or anything. He’s definitely someone I could be friends with.”
Landon did something that was between a scoff and a laugh. “Too bad for him. Because your best guy friend position is taken.”
“I can’t have two?”
“Nope. Never.” Landon leaned into me playfully.
“So will there be a second date with Allie?” I asked, leaning back into him. This was normal for us, but for some reason, it felt…off.
“Nah. Not a love connection.” He wrapped an arm around me, grabbing the remote out of my lap. Then, he immediately started browsing Netflix. I knew this meant he wanted to stay up watching something, and I could melt into the couch because of it.
“That’s too bad,” I responded, watching as he scrolled through our options.
“She was great. Definitely better than Jessica, but we just didn’t have much in common. She’s literally never seen Star Trek.”
I gave a dramatic gasp. “Seriously?”
“Dead serious. She also hasn’t seen any of the Lord of the Rings.”
“No wonder you don’t want to go out with her again,” I mused, shaking my head furiously when Landon clicked on a horror movie. Landon put his hand on top of my head to stop the shaking and tried to force me to nod.
“Come on, Belle. We’re watching this. Everyone is saying it's the scariest movie they’ve seen all year.” He dropped his arm back around my shoulders and pulled me closer.
Landon loved to watch scary movies. And he loved to make me watch them with him. The problem was that I was a huge chicken when it came to horror. Yet I still watched them with him.
“Which is exactly why we shouldn’t watch it!” I said, laughter in my voice.
“You know you want to,” He teased, turning his face to look at me. After a few seconds, he scrolled away.
“No, we can watch it. It’s fine.” I snuggled in closer, knowing that the horror movie was the only excuse I had to do so.
I wasn’t sure why, but I thought that I wanted that. All of these years of friendship and never had my thoughts been like this.
I’m sure it was just the notion of dating that had me ready to feel affection again. It had nothing to do with Landon.
“If you say so,” He agreed, grinning at me as he selected the movie and pressed play.
8
Landon
AfterIgotbackfrom the gym Monday morning, I knew I would need a little extra energy to get me through the day. My workout was crap, and I knew it was because I hardly slept.
The coffee at home wouldn't be enough for me. Especially knowing what today would hold at the office, I knew this was an espresso kind of day.
After a quick shower and outfit change, I headed to Grumpy Coffee Co. It had fast become everyone’s favorite coffee shop in town, and I liked it a little extra because of who owned it. Or rather, who owned the bakery next door.
After parking my car a few blocks down, I walked to the coffee shop. I had more than an hour before I needed to be at work, so I would be able to take time to drink my coffee and probably doom-scrolling.
