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All of my friends are happily married and settled down. Some even have kids. I never thought that I would want that, but I do. I want it all with Lila.
Talking to my friends has made me feel better, but I still know that it’s going to be an uphill battle to get Lila to forgive me and give me another chance.
“I need to go,” I tell them.
“No shit,” Rhett mumbles, and I flip him off as I reach for my wallet.
I drop a few twenties on the table and wave as I take off for the door.
“Thanks for dinner!” Anson calls as I leave, and I smile, shaking my head as I jog over to my truck.
The drive home takes forever, and I practice what I want to say to Lila as I go. My speech isn’t great, but it’s from the heart, and I just hope she’s willing to forgive me for being an idiot and give me another chance. I don’t know what I’ll do if she turns me down.
I park in the lot next to her car and take the stairs two at a time up to her apartment door. I knock, sending up a silent prayer that things go my way as I wait for her to answer the door.
She pulls the door open, looking stoic, and I wish that she would smile. I miss my sunshine and I hate what I’ve done to her, to both of us.
“I’m an idiot,” I blurt out, and her eyebrows rise.
“I’m aware.”
“I’ve been fighting this thing between us, but I can’t fight it anymore. I don’t want to. I want you. I’m sorry for pushing you away. Please, give me another chance and I’ll show you that I’m all in,” I promise her.
“Prove it,” she challenges.
I take a step towards her, intending to kiss her like I’ve been dreaming about, but she stops me, placing her hand on my chest.
“Whoa! Not like that,” she says, rolling her pretty blue eyes.
“How?”
“Figure it out, Warren,” she snaps impatiently.
I know that I deserve that. I never thought I would be bad at dating, but man, I’m a disaster.
She goes to close the door, and my hand shoots out to stop it.
“Have dinner with me tomorrow night.”
She studies me, and I pray that she doesn’t turn me down.
“I’m tired of running from you and this thing between us,” I tell her truthfully. “Have dinner with me and let’s see what this thing is between us.”
She’s still silent, and I’m about to drop down to my knees and beg her to let me take her out tomorrow when she finally puts me out of my misery.
“Fine. Seven o’clock. I’ll even let you pick me up.”
I smile, relief crashing over me like a wave, and she smiles back slightly.
Then she closes the door in my face.
I sigh, but not in annoyance. I got my second chance, so I can’t be mad.
Now, I just need to make sure that I don’t mess it up again.
EIGHT
Lila
