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“It’s permanent.” She gives me a tight-lipped grin. “You had no idea, did you?”
My mouth drops open, and a small squeak escapes. “Nu-uh.” I flop flat onto the bed. A speck of sun streams through the window, hitting me in the eye. “It’s daytime?”
“Yes, sunshine. You slept on Stevie’s bed all night long. Now, tell me about the date.”
“Ughhhh.” I groan. “It was a train wreck.”
“Talk, girl.” Kayla shakes my shoulder. “Come on, Annie. How am I supposed to live through you if you don’t give me every little detail?”
“Live through me? Why would you ever want to? You have Tim—who claims you as his best friend, by the way.”
“Of course he does. And I wouldn’t give up Tim for all the Chris Hemsworths in the world. But for ten minutes… to live the single life again. Yeah, I’d do that.”
I blink up at her.
“Don’t look at me like that. It’s not the single part that’s appealing, it’s the no responsibilities that gets me.”
“Hey, I have responsibilities. Ones I am pretty sure I’m slacking on right now. What time is it?”
“Nope. Spill your single beans, and then we’ll talk time. Start at the beginning.” She smacks my arm until I push myself up into a sitting position.
“Well.” I blow out a tired breath. “I told you about the letters.”
“Yes, all very wise people. Telling you the same thing that I have been for years.” She rolls her hands, motioning for me to keep going.
“Well, they were all just stuck in my head. And then I got to Owen’s, and I asked him about me being worthy of anyone. I mean, if I’m not worthy of Owen, am I really worthy of anyone that I’d actually want to be with?”
“Hey, hey,” she says, one of her hands picking up mine. “Whosays you aren’t worthy of Owen?”
“No one.” I shake my head. “Me. I don’t know.”
“Keep going,” she says, but her brows are cinched in that motherly worrisome way they get.
“And then he…” I shut my eyes. “He just started saying all these nice things about me. But you know O—he could find kind things to say about a hog. And—” I swallow. “I might have tried to kiss him.”
“Might? Or did?”
I cover my eyes with my hand, making a slit between my pointer and middle finger to peek through. “Did, but we didn’t. Thank goodness my phone alarm went off and I caught myself. I don’t know what I was thinking or—”
“Annie,” Kayla says, tapping my arm. “What did Owen do?”
My mumbling, stressing, anxiety pauses with the question. “What do you mean?”
“I mean,what did Owen do? Did he lean in to kiss you back or pull away like you were crazy?”
I bite my bottom lip, my eyes circling the space around me. I haven’t thought about what Owen did. He didn’t pull away. But did he lean in? I’m not sure.
“Annie!” Kayla shoves me again.
“I don’t know! He didn’t pull away. But he didn’t lean in either.”
My sister stares down at me like some grand revelation has been revealed to the both of us. But I don’t see anything. No inklings are happening over here.
“What does that tell you?” Kayla says.
“That I shocked him. That he didn’t know what was happening. That he thought I was kidding around.” I shrug, my shoulders practically knocking myself in the ears.
“Was he laughing?”
