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Jackson rolled his eyes. “I once confessed my undying love to a cactus, thinking it was the woman I was flirting with and proceeded to throw up in her handbag minutes later.”
Oleander burst out laughing. The only other person who knew about this was Gavin and he had been the one to drag him away from the party. And since then, he’d avoided tequila if he could. Itreallydid make him do stupid shit.
“I regret bringing up alcohol. Moving on.” He waved his hand, like he was erasing the conversation, but Oleander was still laughing. “If you went to the Olympics, what would it be for?”
“Oh good one!” Oleander bounced, drawing his attention to her breasts. Jackson blinked quickly so she wouldn’t catch him in the act. “I’d say swimming. I used to swim a lot, but maybe not Olympic level, but I loved it so much.”
“Why did you stop?”
Shrugging, Oleander picked up another donut. “My body started changing and I was coming to terms with it, and those swimsuits hug you like a second skin and I wasn’t ready.”
He nodded, his eyes drinking in her curves. To know she hadn’t always been this confident comforted him. Before karate became his means of fitness, Jackson had been a scrawny and lanky kid and he’d hated his body.
“What is the worst color in the world?”
Oleander’s question caught him off guard and he blinked, frowning at her. “Is that because I’m a designer?”
“You’re a designer?”
Jackson laughed. “A graphic designer, yeah. I feel like that is something I should have told you already.”
“Nope,” she smiled, taking another bite of her donut. “You told me about karate.”
“Weird,” he said with a snort, trying not to get distracted by her donut eating again. “I’m actually very against the coloryellow.”
“What did yellow ever do to you?”
“First, my karate level at yellow belt was the worst. Then, Pikachu happened and it was like everything around me was yellow.”
Oleander snorted, Jackson smile at the sound. “Wow, I better hide all my yellow clothes.”
“If anyone could change my mind about yellow, it would be you.”
Jackson didn’t mean for the words to sound so serious, but when he saw Oleander smile, he couldn’t stop the blush from creeping over his face. She could make him change his mind aboutanythingand that was scary.
“Right.” He cleared his throat and reached for a donut, but changed his mind. “What’s the most overrated movie you’ve ever seen?”
“This might get me killed, but,” Oleander whispered and leaned in as she spoke, her eyes fixed on his, “Avatar.I still don’t understand why everyone liked it so much.”
Jackson pressed his lips together as Oleander’s eyes darted everywhere. She was fucking adorable and he didn’t know if he’d survive this date with her. All he wanted to do was wrap her up in his arms and press his face into her neck.
“I agree with you,” Jackson said, using his thumb to wipe icing from the corner of Oleander’s mouth. He didn’t even realize he’d done it till he pulled his hand away. And to cover that up, he spoke quickly. “James Cameron also madeTitanic, which in my opinion, is the most overrated romantic movie ever.”
“Oh my god, you’re a fan of rom-coms, aren’t you?”
Jackson frowned. “They give you hope, okay!”
“So, what’s your favorite one?”
“Uh,” he paused and narrowed his eyes at Oleander. “This feels like a trick question.”
“I am not so silently judging your movie genre preferences, but I’ll try not to go too overboard.”
It was his turn to snort. “I’m going to get so much grief for saying this, butPretty In Pink.”
Oleander shrugged, like she didn’t feel the same way, “I’d pick10 Things I Hate About You.”
Jackson barely heard her because he was watching her stuff the donut into her mouth, making a mess with crumbs and sprinkles. When her tongue darted out, Jackson snapped back into reality.
