Page 34 of Falling Together

“Ew. Please stop with that god-awful cis white male shit,” Blair said, sounding truly disgusted. “Also, don’t you dare go near that grill. Last year, you burned all of the hot dogs and hamburgers.”

“You’re right.” Blake bowed toward Blair. “It’s all yours, Grillmaster.”

Blair lifted her eyebrows at Erin and pointed back toward the grill. “Duty calls.”

Erin tried to keep her eyes off of Blair while she grilled, but it was nearly impossible, especially when she finished her first round of burgers and made conversation with every member of Erin’s family as she handed them plates of food. She looked away as Blair talked to her sister, to avoid April making a comment about her lingering gaze.

As soon as Blair was back at the grill, Erin couldn’t stop her eyes from shooting over there. Her sister might be wrong about the extent of Erin’s feelings for Blair, but Erin wasn’t blind. Blair was hot. Erin couldn’t deny that.

As if Blair could feel Erin’s eyes on her, she looked up from the grill and smiled over at her, winking before focusing her attention back on the burgers and hot dogs in front of her. Erin inadvertently licked her lips as she continued to watch.

God. Does it get any hotter than a sexy girl in board shorts and a bikini working the grill like it’s her job?

Just as she had that thought, Nolan walked up to Blair and tapped on her leg. The two talked for a minute before Blair reached down and lifted Nolan with one arm, resting him against her hip as she flipped the burgers with her other hand.

Okay. I stand corrected. It does get hotter than that.

After a few minutes, Blair called her dad over and handed him the spatula. When Erin noticed she and Nolan were headed in her direction, she turned away so it didn’t look like she had been staring.

“Mommy! Bear has a doggie!”

Erin turned back around at the sound of Nolan’s voice. “I know. I met him the other day.”

Nolan scrunched his nose at Blair. “Why didn’t I met him?”

“He was tired from going to work with my dad, so he laid on the couch while we ate dinner and was too much of a lazy ass to get up when you were leaving. But you’re going to meet him now, remember?”

Nolan nodded excitedly. “I’m going to met Moon!”

“Meet, buddy. You’re going tomeethim,” Erin said with a laugh.

“I know!” Nolan answered, clearly unaware that she was correcting him. “Wanna come?” Blair asked her.

“Sure.” Erin looked around. “Where is he?”

“He’s up in my room.”

Shit.Going to Blair’s room probably wasn’t the best idea. At least the last time she went up there, Blair was coming out, so it didn’t feelquiteso intimate. “Maybe you two should just go. I already met him.”

Nolan reached his arms out toward her. “No, Mommy, I want you to come.”

Erin took Nolan from Blair’s arms and kissed his forehead. “Then it looks like I’m coming.”

How intimate can it really be with a toddler and a dog there?

After only a few minutes, Nolan was completely smitten with Moon, and if all of his kisses were anything to go by, Moon was smitten with him too.

“Does Moon swim?” Nolan asked Blair as he rubbed his belly.

“He does. He loves swimming.”

Nolan’s eyes lit up and he jumped from the bed, causing Moon to sit up to check what was happening. “I go swimming with him now!”

Blair ruffled Nolan’s hair. “I don’t think he’ll go down right now, buddy. Moon normally hides out when there are this many people at the house. That’s why he’s up in my room.”

“Will he get in trouble if he goes down?”

Blair shook her head. “Not at all. My parents, brother, and I have all tried to get him to go down when there are people here, but he refuses. He always drags his feet and runs back to my room.”

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