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“Can I get a name?”
“Lucy.”
“That’ll be five seventy-five, Lucy.”
I pay and then walk to a small booth and sit down, pulling my book out of my bag.
“You literally get the same coffee order every time. I have it memorized,” Wyatt says.
“I am nothing if not consistent,” I say.
“I know, I appreciate it.”
“Well, it sounds like your sister has everything figured out. She seems to have her head on her shoulders, and she’s being very adult about the whole thing.” I change the subject back to Willa, because when he says things like that my heart doesn’t know what to do with itself, and my lungs forget how to work.
“Yeah, I know. It’s disturbing.”
“Because you’re her older brother and she’ll have an apartment and you’ll still be living at home?” I tease.
“Rude.”
“But true.”
“I could say the same about you, thank you very much.”
“Yes, but I am still grieving the loss of my dead dad.” I point out.
“Don’t be morbid, Luce, it doesn’t become you.”
“You love my twisted sense of humor.”
“Lucy!” The barista calls out and I go get my coffee.
“So, I do. Anyway, are you busy tonight?”
“I told you I wasn’t.”
I settle back into my booth and sip my coffee—delicious as always.
“My dad’s away this weekend for work, would you want to come over for a movie night? I will provide pizza and popcorn.”
I almost spit my drink out. He wants me to come over, alone, to his house. For a movie night.
“You remember my friend Alex you met at Carina’s a while ago?”
“The guy who took a punch for you? Yeah, I remember him.”
Wyatt laughs. “He and his wife are coming over, too.”
“So, it’ll be like a double date?” I tease.
Wyatt chuckles. “Oh, Lucy. This isn’t a date, it’s a hang out. When I ask you on a date, you’ll know.”
He said“when.”I know he also said other words, but my brain completely clocked out when it heard that simple word. He said, “WhenI ask you on a date.”
“Yeah, sure, I’ll come over. What time?”
“Six o’clock work for you?”
