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Charmed, I tucked the rogue curl behind my ear. “I know you don’t like redheads.”
His brows pinched. “Who said I don’t like redheads?”
A laugh shot out of me. “You did. When I was finding you dates, remember?” I bunched my shoulders and deepened my voice to a gruff man voice,“No redheads.”
He laughed, pulling my hair to his nose. “This exact shade of copper and auburn is my favorite color in the world. I only said that because by then I already couldn’t stop thinking about you.”
I swallowed hard. “Oh.”
He squeezed my shoulder. “Yeah.Oh.” Lee focused on the television. “Come on. I have the perfect movie for us.”
As the opening credits rolled, realization dawned on me. I looked between him and the screen. “Stop it. No freaking way.”
He laughed as the blaring techno music poured from the speakers. My face dropped to my hands. “We arenotwatching this.”
“You bet your ass we’re watching it. This is a classic.”
I shot him an unimpressed glare. “BMX Banditsis hardly a classic.”
BMX Brotherswas, in fact, an obscure movie about a kid who dreamed of becoming a BMX bike legend. It was filmed locally, and in one of Margo’s schemes, she had sneaked us on set. I hadone linein the movie and had spent my lifetime hoping that film would die a silent death.
“Should we fast-forward to your amazing screen debut?” he teased.
I narrowed my eyes at him. “Don’t you dare. Oh my god, this is so embarrassing.”
“Do Lark and her friends know they’ve got some Hollywood starlet competition?”
This earned him a laugh. “Oh, right. My one line and incredibly awkward close-up is going to change my life.”
“Will you do it for me?”
“Do what?”
He smirked. “The line. I want to hear it.”
“Please tell me you’re joking.” I shook my head.
He moved his arm to nudge me forward. “Come on. For old times’ sake. Let’s hear it.”
I rolled my eyes but crawled forward until I was kneeling in front of him. Heat flooded my cheeks. Everyone in Outtatowner had seen the movie a hundred times, but in front of Lee I felt foolish.
He grinned and cupped his mouth before whisper-shouting, “Action!”
I stifled a giggle and took a deep breath. My eyes widened as if I were watching something approaching from a distance. My arm shot out and I pointed. “Billy, look out!”
Lee’s deep laughter filled the cozy confines of the blanket fort.
I plopped back down next to him. “I hate you.”
He laughed. “You love me.”
The air was thick between us. Normally I’d follow up his cocky statement with a playful eye roll or ayeah, rightfor good measure.
Only I couldn’t.
I cleared my throat and laughed. “God, I remember how pissed Margo was that they had asked me to do the line. She’d spent all that time convincing me to go with her and sneaking us on set. She was convinced if the director would see her, he’d demand she have a starring role. She was always doing wild shit, remember?”
Lee was silent as I rambled. A soft huff of breath was his only response until his voice came out low. “Yeah. I remember. She never liked being second fiddle.”
