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“Remember, if it gets to be overwhelming, it’s okay to take a break. You don’t have to do it all in one day.”
Even though I knew Arsen couldn’t hear what she was saying, my eyes shot to him instantly, embarrassment coursing through me and making my cheeks heat.
He wasn’t looking at me, instead staring at his own phone, which he was scrolling through with one hand.
“Yeah, I know,” I mumbled, spinning the ring again.
“All right. Tell everyone hi for me. And, Matt?”
“Yeah?”
“I love you.”
“Love you too, Gram,” I said quietly and then ended the call.
After lowering the phone, I looked back to the house where my friends were starting to pile out the front door.
“Thanks again for the ride,” I said, starting to pull away.
His hand caught mine, lacing our fingers. “Go on a date with me.”
I froze for long moments before slowly rotating to look at him. “W-what?”
“I can’t let you get out of this car until I know when I’ll see you again.”
“You want to see me again?”
“Princess, if I could, I’d never let you out of my sight.”
Oh. “You sound like a stalker,” I retorted, trying not to give away the fact that I wanted to be stalked by him.
“Is that a yes?”
“P!” Kruger called from the other side of the tinted window. “Come on, bro. We got to get our move on.” To punctuate his impatience, he tried to open the car door, but it was locked.
“Quit being a hog, Arsen!” Kruger called, yanking on the door handle some more.
Arsen rolled down the passenger window. “You say something, Kruger?”
Kruger ignored him to lean in the window frame and ask, “That took longer than it should have. Everything go okay?”
I nodded. “Yeah, everything is good. Sorry it took so long. Didn’t mean to leave most of the lifting to you guys.” I couldn’t help but steal a brief glance at Arsen, knowing the reason I was so late wasn’t because of the police questions but because I’d spilled my guts.
“So you don’t have to go back down there, right?” Kruger asked.
“Right,” I answered.
“Amen.”
“Did you say a prayer?” I cracked.
“I’d do anything for you, P. Even call up the sky daddy.”
Arsen snorted. “The sky daddy?”
I grinned. “Never say that in front of Jess,” I told Kruger. “We’ll both get a lecture.”
“Never say what?” she asked, appearing out of nowhere.
