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I shrug and lean back, trying to play it cool. “I’m not nervous,” I lie, but she hears it in my voice.
Her eyes snap back up to mine and her smile widens. “Yeah, right.”
My brows furrow together. “What? I’m not.”
She rolls her eyes with her smile still in place. “Okay, so I guess I’m just supposed to believe you sweat like that all the time?”
I quickly wipe my forehead with the back of my hand. “No, it’s just hot in here. Aren’t you hot?”
She laughs and shakes her head as the waitress sets two plates in front of us. I hand over a twenty and wave off the change. As I watch, she grabs the parmesan cheese and dumps it all over her pizza. I do the same but with the red pepper flakes. Her eyes double in size when she sees the amount that spills onto my pizza from watching her instead of what I’m doing.
“Shit.” I pick up the pizza and try shaking some off. All the while, she laughs at me around a mouthful.
“What’s so funny? I like it this way.” I take a big bite and force myself to chew and swallow it — despite the burning of my tongue.
I wipe my mouth with a napkin and lean back, fighting the urge to take a drink.
Her eyebrow lifts as she watches me. She picks up her pizza, takes another bite, and chews — all while never taking her eyes off me and my reddening face.
When I can’t take the burn any longer, I grab my soda and suck half of it down before taking a long breath to cool the fire burning on my tongue. When I lean back to take a breather, she erupts in laughter before handing over her second slice.
“Here, this is much better than that nasty mess you just made.”
I take the slice she’s offering me and take a bite. “Thank you. I guess maybe I am a little nervous after all.”
Her cheeks turn to light shade of pink before she tears her gaze from mine.
I push away the two slices of pizza covered in red pepper flakes and eat the slice she offered me.
We eat in silence, not in any hurry to talk or get to know one another. I don’t know how I know this, but already I can tell that Alissa is going to play a huge part in my life. There’s no need to rush anything with her.
We have plenty of time to get to know one another. Right now, I just want to sit across from her and enjoy watching her blue eyes light up and her cheeks turn that light shade of pink.
