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He does as I say and bumps the door open again in the process. “I’m getting a place with a massive shower, and I’ll show you just how wrong you are about that.”
I smile, kissing his back. “Looking forward to it.” I shut off the water and we get out of the tight space. “So that’s the plan? Getting a place of your own?”
Liam nods. “That’s probably for the best, isn’t it? I know you and I have a lot of history, but we are still sort of getting to know each other all over again. It’s probably smart to have our own places for a while, right? I’m just going to get a rental apartment to start.” He wraps me in his towel, grinning as he pulls me to him. “But I’ll make sure to get one with a short lease.”
I wrap my arms around him, resting my shin on his chest. “Good. Make sure it’s really short.”
Epilogue
“Are you sure this is the place?”
I look between Liam, who’s just climbing off his bike, and the house across the street. He walks up to me, squinting at the small building.
“Huh.” He looks as confused as I feel. “It’s the right address.”
“It looks nothing like the pictures.”
He takes my hand and we walk up to the house. I see the realtor’s car parked in the driveway, but she probably hasn’t seen us yet. Liam is biting his bottom lip, eyeing the house.
“It’s a little bit more… Rundown than I had expected, I have to say.”
“Rundown?” I snap. “There’s no glass in the windows upstairs, and the yard is a dump.”
“It’s rough, sure.”
“Hi you guys!” Tessa, the perky realtor, has spotted us and is waving at us from the front door. “Come on in, let’s take a tour of the place.”
“I swear to god, if she says anything about the place’spotential, I’m going to lose my shit,” I mumble before we reach the door. Liam snorts out a laugh, but doesn’t say anything. Tessa holds open the door for us, and I’m practically blinded by the whiteness of her teeth when she flashes us a smile.
“Isn’t this just the cutest place?” she coos. “You know, there’s a fireplace in the living room that’s been here since the nineteen thirties. How cool is that?”
“Does it work?” Liam asks. “The fireplace?”
Tessa’s smile falters slightly. “Well, you would probably want to bring a chimney sweep out here for an inspection, but I don’t see a reason why you should be able to use it eventually.
Liam and I share a look. So that’s anothen.
The inside is only slightly better than the outside. The wallpaper is falling off in places, but at least there’s a functioning dishwasher in the kitchen. Tessa goes on and on about what could be done with the place, how great it can become.
“I know it’s a little bit unpolished,” she says after we have walked through the entire place. “But I just think it has a lot of potential.”
I have to bite my lip to keep from laughing. Liam’s cheeks are twitching, but he’s doing a pretty good job of staying serious.
“Yeah,” he says. “It’s really… Something.”
“Right?” Tessa winks at us. “And I bet I can convince the sellers to give you a really good price. They’re quite eager to sell.”
“Can’t imagine why,” I mutter under my breath. This is the fifth place we’ve seen in the past month and they’ve all been awful. How hard can it be to find a decent house in this town? We’re hardly in a metropolis, it’s not like the prices are outrageous. But I guess the people sitting on the good houses aren’t selling right now. The fact that we’re not findinganythingis kind of discouraging though.
Liam puts his arm around my shoulders and kisses my temple as we walk back to the bike.
“Something will come up.”
“Yeah, I know,” I say. “It’s just taking longer than I would like.”
“I know it’s not ideal, but maybe I should just move in with you when my lease is up.” We hop on the bike and he fires up the engine. “It’ll be kind of cramped, but…”
“We’ll make it work if we have to, but I really hope we find something before then.” I say in his ear. “I was looking forward to starting our future in a place that isours. I know it doesn’t really matter though, it’ll be okay if we don’t find a house right away.”
