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What came up?
‘Florida man arrested after trying to cross Atlantic in hamster wheel.’
Okay, that’s legit one of the best ones I’ve heard.
Does shit like that come up for every day of the year?
Pretty much lol.
Anyway have fun in Disney.
Have a Mickey pretzelfor me.
You know, if you flew here, we could eat one together.
Haha sure.
I’m serious. You could be here in a couple of hours. Faster if you use the lightning.
That’s only for emergencies.
This IS an emergency. What if someone tries to shove me into the ocean inside a giant hamster wheel?
Then I guess we’ll find out how good you are at swimming.
I’m sighing because I know this means you’re not coming.
I’m sorry, Jeremiah.
Only two weeks though.
Counting down every second.
Chapter 9
Noah
I’d been right when I called myself a dick for not responding to Jeremiah.
But I’d also been right to be scared. Because with every conversation we’d had over the past few weeks, I’d found myself falling for him a little more.
That wasn’t supposed to happen. Not yet, anyway. Not until Jeremiah was ready to settle down. To resign himself to a life ruled by someone else.
I wasn’t sure he’d ever get there. Worse, I wouldn’t blame him if he didn’t. I wasn’t sure I’d want to take a mate if I were him. Especially one who was tied into a unit, and happily so.
My views hadn’t changed either. I still wanted to be with someone because theywantedme. Not because I was convenient. Not because fate said so. But because they couldn’t last another day without me in their life. That was what I wanted.
If my heart could get on board with that plan, then everything would be fine.
Tonight, I was planning the date. I’d decideda restaurant was a no-go. It was too intimate. I didn’t want my heart or brain getting any stupid ideas where Jeremiah was concerned. We were friends. And we’d continue being friends until webothagreed it was time for the next step.
I wasn’t surprised to turn the corner and see Jeremiah waiting for me. He’d been early to every one of our meetups, like he was trying to atone for the time he’d kept me waiting.
That, or he’s just so excited to see you that he can’t wait any longer.
Nope. Not thinking about that. My hopes and expectations were currently at an acceptable level. One where they couldn’t go careening to the ground and smash into pieces. For my sanity, that was exactly where they were going to stay.
He hadn’t noticed me yet, so I took the opportunity to drink him in.
