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"I would've loved to grow up in a place like this."
"Yeah, it was nice. Really peaceful and beautiful," I said.
We got into the truck, noticing my parents standing in the doorway waving at us as we left out the circle.
"Your sister is funny," he said once we were on the road.
"She definitely says whatever is on her mind," I mused, thinking about Savannah's wheelchair comment.
"You look like your mom. She's hella beautiful."
I looked at him with a smirk. "I'll be sure to let her know."
"I mean if she weren't married—"
"Please don't finish that sentence," I said, holding up a hand. He chuckled.
"Suit yourself, sex kitten."
We were silent for a few minutes. My mind went back to what he'd almost said in the loft and what my mom said to me in the kitchen. It was hard trying to weigh the pros and cons of telling him how I felt. If he didn't feel the same, it could make things super awkward around the apartment. If I decided not to tell him at all, it would do nothing but eat away at me until I eventually drove myself crazy.
"Can I ask you something?" I mentioned suddenly.
He glanced over at me briefly before turning his eyes back to the road. "What's up?"
"When we were in the loft...what were you going to say?" I asked. His handsome features tensed a bit.
"Hmm..." he mused. The silence surrounding us seemed deafening as I awaited his answer. Nerves and butterflies collided in my system, waiting on bated breath for what he would say. "I don't even remember."
"Oh," I said, a bit disappointed. Maybe it wasn't as big as I made it out to be, but for now, I'd just keep my feelings to myself.
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Things fell into a routine with O'Shea and I over the next few weeks. We ate dinner together, hung out and watched movies, went to the arcade a few times, and had a bunch of spontaneous sex that left me weak in the knees. We currently sat together on the couch, my legs over his lap as we watched a movie.
"You know what I just realized?" he said.
"What's that?"
"I owe you rent tomorrow," he said with a smile.
"Oh wow. I have no idea how that didn't cross my mind," I mentioned. How did two months pass so quickly? "And to think, I totally didn't think you'd last this long."
"Yeah, because you had such little faith in me. My heart is broken into a million pieces," he stated dramatically.
I playfully kicked him. "Oh hush. You weren't the easiest person to live with at first.”
"I'm just saying," he said, just as his phone buzzed. "I'll be right back."
I moved my legs from his lap and watched him as he stood, heading toward his bedroom as he answered his phone. "Hey, Ma," I heard him say as he disappeared down the hallway.
I turned back to the TV with a small sigh. So much had changed in the last two months. I went from completely despising the man to moving him in as my roommate and now I was...in love with him? Ever since that night in the barn loft at my parents' a few weeks ago, he made no initiative to tell me whatever it was that he was going to tell me that night. Despite that, I couldn't stop thinking about it.
He returned to the living room a few minutes later, joining me on the couch and putting my legs back over his lap.
"Everything okay?" I asked.
"Yeah, it's cool. She's supposed to be coming up here tomorrow, which sucks because I'll be at work all day." He sighed. "But of course she doesn't listen when I tell her not to do things at the last minute."
