Page 340 of Rock Me All Night
"What kinds of ideas?"
He cocks a brow. "Don't go thinking about me like that, kid. I'm not the kind of guy you want to be involved with."
I nod to Tom. "Yeah. Sure. We're just friends."
"Good." He smiles. "You have a phone?"
I dig my now charged phone out of my purse and hand it to him. He taps a few things into it. Adding his number, no doubt. His cell buzzes in the front pocket of his jeans. Ah, he texted himself.
He hands back my phone. "My eyes are up here."
"Oh yeah. Sorry." It's still too embarrassing to make eye contact. I pretend as if beige wall opposite us is fascinating so I won't turn every shade of red.
"I'll text you what time we're leaving when I know."
"Thanks."
"Better get out of here. Got a lot of shit to do."
I try not to gawk at his ass as he walks away.
I fail.
* * *
Drew and Karatake me to a coffee shop down the street. We spend an hour catching up. Despite their insistence that I join their fun group outing, I decline.
When they finally accept mynoas the end of it, I stream one of my favorite movies,Bringing Up Baby,in the hopes of laughing away the sexual tension plaguing my body.
My phone buzzes with a text message. From Tom. He added himself to my phone asTom Steele, Irresistible.
Tom: Has your computer melted from the heat of my photos yet?
Willow: Almost. Send me your email and I'll send them to you.
He does. So I do. A moment later, my phone buzzes with another text.
Tom: Damn, kid. It doesn't take a lot of work to make me look sexy as fuck, but these are good.
Willow: Is that a compliment?
Tom: Yeah. These are awesome.
Willow: Thank you.
Tom: Guessing you're not at the theme park.
Willow: No. It didn't sound like my thing. Why didn't you go?
Tom: Had shit to do. I have a proposition for you. What are you doing?
I'm not doing much of anything besides soaking in the air conditioning, but a proposition from Tom sounds like more than I can handle.
Really, I need to start putting my life in order, one thing at a time. Okay. That isn't the most exciting activity but it's necessary.
I check Yelp for my options. Online appointments, short walk from here. Done.
Willow: You think a salon called A Cut Above is any good?
