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“Luke.” She nodded before turning to me. “Eden, do you think you’ll be okay out here on your own?”
Rolling my eyes, I laughed. “I’ll be fine.”
“Good, then I’m going to go home. Luke, can you make sure Eden makes it home okay? I mean, if you’re not busy. I can tell she wants to stay out and sightsee a bit more, but I’m exhausted.”
His eyes moved to mine, and a tiny grin tugged at the side of his mouth. “Sure.”
“Perfect. I’ll see you later tonight,” she said, leaning in and giving me a quick kiss on the cheek.
Once Kennedy left us, I turned toward Luke. “Well, that wasn’t obvious at all.”
He laughed. “Actually, my mom could learn a few pointers from your aunt.”
“Please don’t feel like you have—”
“I’d love to show you around.”
The way he was looking at me gave me butterflies, and I felt my cheeks getting warm.
“Okay.”
Luke took me to The Strip, and as we walked, he pointed out some of his favorite places.
We ended up at the top of Circus Circus playing amusement park games and riding rides. I left the building with a stuffed panda bear wearing a pink tank top and a stomach full of junk food.
“I bet you when left your house, you didn’t think you would be playing tour guide today, huh?” I said as we walked The Strip back toward Aunt Kennedy’s condo. “I really hope you didn’t have other plans. I’d feel bad if you didn’t get to around to them because of me. I feel like Aunt Kennedy just kind of threw me on you, but I had an amazing time.”
He laughed. “Not at all. Trust me, you saved me from a very boring day with my brother. Also, I had a great time, too. I don’t know, maybe we should plan to go out like this again.”
I stopped and faced him, my large panda latched to my side. “Are you asking me out on a date?”
I had never been on a date before. I wasn’t sure what protocol was, but I assumed it would be similar to the day we spent together. Games and fun. Maybe a good night kiss.
“What if I am?” he asked as he shoved his hands in pocket and rocked back on his heels.
I chuckled, enjoying our little flirtatious game.
“Well, if you were asking me out, I guess I would say yes.”
“Good. Then I’m definitely asking you out. Saturday? I could pick you up at six o’clock?”
I nodded. “Okay. Sounds good.”
When we got to Aunt Kennedy’s condo, we stopped just outside the building and said our goodbyes. Instead of a good night kiss, Luke kissed me softly on the cheek.
“I’ll see you at work,” he said, slowly backing away from me.
I was blushing. The heat on my cheeks was slowly spreading into my hairline. “See you then.”
I watched him walk away and didn’t go inside until he turned the corner and was out of view.
As I stepped into the condo, I found myself really looking forward to Saturday night.
