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I didn’t know what I was saying. I was panicking. It felt like he wanted to kiss me goodnight… and I would have let him.
This is Titus I’m talking about. My best friend. The one person I couldn’t take Lou’ing things up with. The one person I couldn’t stand to lose.
“What?” Quin asked as I stared at him with my back pressed against our living room door.
“How did you know that Cage was the one?”
“I don’t know. I just knew… after a little help from someone smarter than me.”
“Okay. So, you’re way smarter than me. You’re way smarter than everyone,” I told him sitting next to him at the dinner table and pushing everything in front of him aside.
Quin looked panicked for a second and then gave into the moment. “What’s going on?”
“There’s something I haven’t told you.”
“That you’re in love with Titus?”
“No! Wait. Why would you say that? You know what? Nevermind. That’s not what I’m talking about.”
“Then what’s going on?” Quin asked crinkling the skin between his eyes adorably.
“Someone might have asked me to marry him and I might have said yes,” I said bracing myself for his response.
“Who… Titus?” he asked in almost a whisper.
“This isn’t about Titus!” I said frustrated that he kept bringing up the guy I was suddenly having feelings for.
“Okay! I’m just having a hard time figuring out who else you’ve known long enough to agree to marry.”
I felt every blow from his unintentionally hurtful words.
“Do you remember the guy I told you was texting me every morning and being super romantic?”
Quin searched his near-photographic memory not coming up with anyone.
“The most recent guy!”
“Okay. Sure.”
“Well, when my parents came to town, I asked him if he wanted to meet them. He agreed and then proposed in front of them. It was actually pretty romantic.”
Quin looked at me shocked. “Lou, Cage and I have been dating for two years and not even we’re engaged.”
“And I have no idea what you’re waiting on,” I said finally having the opportunity to say it. “Are you two holding off in case you meet someone hotter than each other? Because that’s not going to happen.”
“We’re waiting for me to graduate and maybe live a little… or something. I’m actually not sure why we’re waiting. But what I am sure about is that four dates would have been too soon.”
“First of all, it was three dates… and technically he asked me after date two.”
“Lou!”
“I know! I know!” I said letting my true panic show. “And he did it in front of my parents. Now I have to go home for the will reading, and they’ll expect him to be there, and he doesn’t know if he can come, and I don’t know if I’m in love with him.”
I paused finally getting out what I truly wanted to tell Quin. I was engaged to a guy who I didn’t know if I loved. I stared into his soft, forgiving eyes waiting for his response. He simply tightened his lips into a smile, got up, circled the table, and wrapped his arms around me.
“You’re getting really good at this,” I said awash in his warmth.
“I’m getting a lot of practice,” he joked.
