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“I’m sorry, final girl,” he whispered. “I should have told you sooner, but the more time that passed, the harder it seemed. You’ll never wonder again. I’m gonna tell you so much and so often now that I love you that you’re going to be begging AirPods off P to muffle my voice.”
I let out a jagged breath, and tears smeared across his skin. “Never.”
“I like me a challenge.”
My arms slid up around his neck, hugging tighter. Being friends with him would never be good enough. But being his final girl?
That was something I definitely could do.
31
Kruger
My bros weren’t joking all the times they called me a moron.
They were being serious. They were right.
I was good at numbers. Swimming. But people? Love? Negatory.
This girl’s been walking around with my whole heart for years. Years. There I was, minding my own damn business, and she literally robbed it right out of my chest. But she thought she wasn’t good enough?
I should have seen. I should have known. I should have told her sooner.
Pulling back from my arms, she tipped her chin, and I was assaulted by the wariness filling her beautiful brown eyes.
“Do you really mean it?” The question was hesitant, voice echoing the caution reflected in her stare.
See? Only a moron could inspire such doubt in someone so perfect.
A gruff sound fell between us. “That I love you? That you’re my final girl? Baby, I’ve never meant anything more.”
“But.”
I raised one eyebrow, daring her to come up with a single reason she didn’t own me.
“I’m just me.”
I nodded. “Yeah, just a brilliant piano player, just the smartest girl I know, just more beautiful than anyone else I’ve ever seen.”
She made a face. “Your eyes are disobedient, Ben. You can’t believe them.”
Amusement shot through me, but instead of smiling, I scowled. “What the hell is that supposed to mean?”
“They can’t even agree on what color to be.”
I laughed. “Fair point. But they do agree you’re their favorite thing to look at.” Brushing the back of my fingers lightly over her cheek, I continued. “The only woman my heart wants.”
Her lashes fluttered, cheek pushing a little closer into my touch. “I know I just remembered, but I spent years wanting you. Years believing we’d never be anything more than friends. But now, suddenly, you’re saying all the things I’ve always wanted to hear. It doesn’t seem real.”
“Mm.” I agreed. “You’ve been through a lot the past couple weeks. It’s probably confusing and overwhelming. There’s a lot up here to sort out,” I said, tapping the side of her head. “No pressure from me, okay? We can go slow. As slow as you want. I’ll wait. I’ll do whatever it takes to prove how real this is.”
Hey, moron, you’re doing a lot of assuming right now.
The intrusive thought hit me like a shovel to the face, and I grimaced. “Ahh,” I said, taking a small step back, putting a little distance between us. “You do want to be with me, right?”
She never actually said. I mean, yeah, she said she loved me and she wanted me, but that was sort of in the past.
What about the present? The future?
