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I sit up and wipe at the tears, careful not to ruin my mascara, and see Ellie leaning against my doorframe, smiling.
“Hey.”
She pushes off the door and nods down the hall.
“What?”
She smiles and shakes her head as music begins to boom through the house.
“What is happening?” I ask, scampering off my bed, shoving my feet into my pink fuzzy Ugg slippers, and hurrying after her.
The music is so loud I have to yell to her, “Wait up, hooker!”
Shaking her head, she walks down the stairs.
Leaning over the balcony to see what the hell is going on, I see Theo standing at the bottom of the stairs.
When the words begin, he looks up, sees me, and beckons me with his giant hands.
As a Swiftie to my very core, my journey to the bottom of the stairs—passing the ghosts of all my Stephens’ past—wondrously ends toe-to-toe with Theo.
He grips my hips while singing along with Taylor. “It was enchanting to meet you.”
Tears that have not altogether stopped from the reading of his letter to “Simone” fall as I smile up at him and link my fingers behind his neck, and then we dance and sing and laugh.
When the last chorus begins, he spins me in a circle then releases me as he holds his imaginary mic up and belts out the last chorus, once again serenading me in the dramatic flair I find seriously hot.
When the music ends, he takes my face in his big old hands, leans down, brushes his nose across mine, and says, “You’re my heaven, Cielo.” He kisses my cheek. “I love you.”
“I love you.”
When applause breaks out around us, we break our kiss. He holds his hand in the air, a shirt flies through the air, and he catches it.
“Gonna have to ask that you wear this to every game you attend.” He holds it up in both hands, and I see it’s a jersey, with his name and number on it.
“Gonna have to say you bet your ass I will.”
* * *
I lefthim downstairs with the girls and Cody to take a quick shower. I’d yet to shower because I didn’t expect him tonight. We kind of have a schedule going. We cook together on Thursday nights, and he always stays here. Fridays, we’re typically at his, and Saturdays normally back at mine. Sundays are football watch parties at our place unless Cody has an away game, and then we girls all watchSay Yes To The Dressreruns with Kameron.
That’s all going to change, though. His first game is Friday, so he’ll stay at his place with his boys, including Asher and Hank, which is the Lincoln Lions whole first line. It will change again when my season starts.
Change used to freak me out a little, but now I kind of love it.
Just not too much, please and thank you.
As I’m sitting at my desk, finishing up the pigtail knot braid, my door opens and Theo walks in. “Took you long enough.” He moves behind me, his lips pressing to the side of my head as he pushes his hand inside my robe, cups my breast, then pinches my nipple.
“Just give me a second?”
“Take your time. I’m not going anywhere.”
“Because you love me or my tits?”
“Is both going to get me in trouble?” He squeezes my other nipple, and I moan. Then he rubs his lips over my cheek and kisses up to my ear. “I’ll take that as a no.” His hand skates down my belly slowly.
“I kind of love that you love all my parts.”
