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I could make her out well enough. The sky soared over us, full of tiny pinpricks of light, and the dull glow from town shone brighter without bigger towns around to stifle it.
I dropped the tailgate, rolled the bed cover back, and spread out the blanket. “Go ahead. Have a seat and enjoy.”
She climbed up, and I averted my gaze. It didn’t matter that I couldn’t see definition; my mind happily filled in the blanks. Toned legs up to the ass I wanted handfuls of. A round bottom temptingly close to my face as she crawled in to stretch out on the blanket.
She was wiggling to get comfortable. I could hear it, and that was enough for me to keep my back to her.
“Okay,” she said, slightly out of breath andfuck. “There’s room for you.”
“I’m good standing.”
She didn’t reply. Did I hurt her feelings? I was between her legs the other night, and now I acted like I might sprint into the pasture.
“Wow, it’s so pretty,” she said after a few moments.
I craned my head back. The Milky Way spread above us, the stars packing together like they were following a line that cut a swath through the middle of the sky.
“Wow,” she said again.
“I haven’t stopped to look at it for years.” Contemplating the star-filled sky, I crossed my arms. “I used to see this all the time. Took it for granted, I guess.”
“It’s like city lights. I remember thinking I’d never tire of seeing LA lit up at night, but then it became just part of what I saw every day. I’ve never seen this, though. So many stars.” The blanket rustled as she sat up and pointed. “Look—a plane.”
“If we sit here long enough, you’ll see a lot of planes. It’s like a highway miles above us.”
She didn’t lie back down but crossed her legs, her feet hanging off the end.
“Comfortable?” I asked.
“No.” She chuckled. “I feel like I’ve been lied to my whole life. The movies make it look romantic to lie in the back of a pickup to watch the stars.”
“But really, you have the ridges of the pickup bed digging into your back and butt.”
“Exactly,” she said, laughing, cutting off with a gasp. “A falling star.”
“There are some peak times for meteor showers. I haven’t thought about checking those out in years.”
“Let me guess—you used to come out here and watch meteor showers to impress a girl.”
It was my turn to laugh. “Maybe once or twice.”
“Hm, I’m sure you weren’t watching the stars the whole time.”
“How do you think I know the bed of the pickup isn’t comfortable?”
She gave me a playful shove. “When I first met you, I never would’ve thought you were that guy.”
“Milk Daddy doesn’t try to impress girls?”
“No, they’re too busy falling at your feet.”
“That hasn’t happened in a long time, California.”
“Well, you impress me.”
This girl. She wasn’t being flirty, and that made her words snuggle around my heart even more. I turned around to face her. My eyes were adjusting better, and it was like the light of a thousand stars grew brighter just so I could see her better. “How did I do that?”
“By being you. Is that too sappy?”
