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I had to tamper down a chuckle. “Yes, it’ll be okay. The last time this happened, the doors were just jammed, but we were on the ground.”
“I am never taking this again. Never everever.” She was practically trembling, and that made a protectiveness surge through my chest.
“Hey, c’mere.” I caught her elbow and tugged her to sit on my hockey bag beside me. I pulled her into my side so she could calm down. Her shakiness was making me worry a bit. “We do not need a panic attack over this. Breathe,” I ordered. I tossed my phone on the floor in front of us so we could see each other in the glow from the flashlight.
I felt her take a deep, albeit shaky, breath.
“How are you so calm right now?” she asked, eyeing me suspiciously.
I lifted my hat and racked a hand through my hair before placing it again. “Whatever happens is meant to happen. Sometimes ya gotta just go with it.”
“We were meant to get trapped in here?” she responded incredulously.
“Maybe,” I smirked in the dark. “But the way I see it, maybe we’re both being delayed by a couple minutes for a reason. Maybe this little delay is making us avoid an accident or running into someone we’d rather not see.”
She nodded and her breathing seemed to settle a bit at that.
I shrugged. “Or maybe the universe wanted to throw us together again so we could talk more.”
“OhmyGod,” she let out a shaky chuckle and patted my thigh. “Should’ve known you were gonna say something like that.”
“Yupp,” I smiled, feeling encouraged by her laughter, “I think that’s it. The universe wants you to miss your date with Mr. Grey’s Anatomy and be stuck here with me.”
“Mr. Grey’s Anatomy?!” she laughed out loud now and swatted my shoulder.
“Um, ow,” I said, holding my arm.
She rolled her eyes, but a smile played on her lips.
“That reminds me… We should pick up where we left off. I’m not trying to be your dad,” I said using air quotes. “Just trying to look out for you.”
“You don’t need to,” she responded quickly.
My nose flared with a quick breath of frustration. “But what if Iwantto.”
She angled her neck to look up at me, and I would’ve thought she was mad at me, but those hazel eyes of hers darted to my lips, giving her away.
Feeling more confident, I gently brushed her hair back, tucking the silky strands behind her ear.
“Why him?” I rasped out.
She visibly gulped. “Huh?”
“Why him? Why not me?” I demanded in a low, calm voice.
She slumped against me. “Okay, I did not see you going there.”
“But didn’t you?” I pressed. I wrapped my arm tighter around her so I could brush my thumb against the exposed skin by her hip; she made no move to break away. “What does he have that I don’t?”
She blinked furiously. “You’re just… you’re not my type, Tyler.”
I fought off the temptation to release a frustrated groan. Instead, I dipped to whisper in her ear. “Yeah, I heard you the first time, buddy. I just don’t believe you.”
“Buddy?” her eyes narrowed to mine.Ooh. She did not like that. Her irritation almost made me smile.
“Yupp. You’re the one who wants to only be my buddy, Josie.” I sighed. “You could change that title in a second if you wanted.”
“I-”
