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“I mean I tried to tell you,” I said and smiled.
She smirked at me. “I can’t even blame you for being cocky. You definitely know your way around the kitchen.”
“What can I say? My mom taught me well,” I said, taking a sip a wine. The bitter liquid made me cringe, spitting it back into the glass. “This shit is disgusting.”
“Um, ew?” Ashton said. “Have you never had wine before?”
“Yeah, but you get what you paid for. It was only seven bucks,” I said. She picked up her glass from the coffee table and took a sip, making a face as she forced herself to swallow.
“Yeah, that’s pretty bad. It’s bitter,” she said, sticking out her tongue as if that would make the taste go away. Oh the things I’d have you do with that tongue of yours.
“Even though the wine was a bust, I’m glad you at least like the food,” I said, pulling my mind out of the gutter. She nodded and took another forkful.
“It’s been so long since I’ve had a meal like this,” she said with a content sigh.
I smirked. “Why? Because you can’t cook?” I teased. She returned my smirk.
“I can cook,” she started, her expression turning a bit solemn. “Things have just been…tough lately.”
“Tough how?”
“Just bills and everything and trying to adjust after…life happens,” she said, pushing the food around her plate with her fork.
Already knowing the answer, I decided to ask her anyway. “So…are you in a relationship or anything?”
“Nope,” she said flatly. When she didn’t say anything else, I figured that was a topic she’d rather not talk about.
“Okay then,” I said. “So tell me about yourself.”
She looked up from her plate, her brows furrowed. “Like what?”
“I don’t know,” I said with a shrug. “Whatever you want to tell me.”
Her eyes fell back to her plate. “There isn’t really anything interesting about me to tell you.”
“I don’t believe that. There has to be something interesting in that pretty little head of yours considering that we met at the coffee shop while you were wearing a Go Fuck Yourself graphic tee,” I said with a grin. She met my eyes, her flat expression never wavering. I sighed. “Okay, what do you like to do then?”
“I don’t know. Depends on the mood I’m in. Read, be with my friends, go to the arcade when I’m able to—”
“There’s an arcade here?”
“Well, not here in town. It’s over in the next city.”
“Hmm. We should go tomorrow night.”
“I don’t know—”
“Come on, it’ll be fun. Plus, maybe being in a playful environment would help us get to know each other or something,” I said. She looked at me for a long moment as she frowned.
“I don’t have the extra money right now to do that.”
“Then it’ll be my treat, roomie,” I reassured her. She sighed and shook her head.
“You don’t give up, do you?”
“Glad you’re catching on early,” I said and took a bite of food.
We ate in silence for a few moments, Ashton finally clearing her throat and looking at me.
