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“Y-yeah, that would be fun.”
He smiles at me like he sees me, really sees me. I stare up at him with almost-wet eyes. Dad nods before walking away to wait for Mom at the bottom of the stairs. My heart wants to burst, I’m so happy.
I’m happy.
I’m too stunned to move, and a tear builds up in my eye, threatening to spill over.
“We fixed all of them!” Jordy tugs on my arm and breaks me out of my haze, pulling me toward their handiwork. All of the cookies are now perfectly round, except for one that has a glass print through the center.
“That one didn’t cooperate,” he says.
I chuckle. “I see that.”
Caleb breaks off a piece from one of the cookies and pops it in his mouth.
“Hey,” Jordy says, swatting at his brother. “You don’t appreciate them enough to eat one.”
Caleb lunges out of reach. “Sure I do. I’m here, aren’t I?”
Jordy crosses his arms. “We both know you’re not here for the cookies.”
Caleb blushes.
I break through the tension with a spatula. “Okay, show me which ones you want.”
“That one,” Jordy says, pointing. “And that one over there.”
I shove the spatula under the warm chocolate oozing cookie and transfer it onto a napkin. It’s still soft and hard to hold. “Be careful. You’ll probably need to blow on it.”
He licks his lips, staring down at the cookie I placed in his hands. He bounces up and down. “I’ve waited my whole life for this moment.”
I pull out the second pan from the freezer and set it on the rack in the oven. Then, I take my own warm cookie in a napkin.
Caleb pushes Jordy by the shoulders, directing him away from the baking sheet. “Okay, you got your cookies. Now, put on your coat before you eat so much that you ruin your dinner.”
As Jordy moves toward the door, Caleb lags behind, letting Jordy beat him to the entryway. “Thank you for helping Jordy. It means a lot.”
“We had fun,” I say.
I hate to admit it because the hermit in me would be disappointed, but I enjoy their company. And that’s the most un-Becca-like thought I’ve had in a while.
CHAPTERSIXTEEN
The school daywent by fast. While I don’t have A’s, I’m catching up enough to be passing my classes. Lunch wasn’t that exciting, but they did change up the menu. I can’t remember the last time I had nachos. I also brought my sandwich, just in case. I’m falling into a familiar routine again.
Today, Sadie asked me to meet at her mother’s restaurant because she has to cover a shift. She said it wouldn’t be too busy, and we could study in between the guests coming in.
We dropped Jordy off at home before driving there.
As soon as we pull up, Sadie runs out. She waves with a big grin stretched across her face. There’s a number two pencil tucked behind her ear and an apron wrapped around her waist.
I expect her to come up to my window, but she doesn’t. She stands by Caleb’s door and motions for him to lower the window.
I cringe, sinking lower.What is she about to do?
“Hello?” Caleb says.
Sadie smooths out her crazy hair, but the static follows her hand. “Hi, I was wondering if you still play in a band?”
