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“So, about last night...”
No!
Please no.
I’ll take the silence, please.
I slowly look up. “You know, we don’t have to talk about that...”
“I think we should,” Drew says, amused.
“I think we shouldn’t.”
“You know that point when you look back on something embarrassing that happened to you, but enough time has passed so you just laugh about it like it wasn’t a big deal?” he asks.
I sigh. “In theory, yes. I’ve heard of it.”
“Well, I like to get there as fast as possible,” he says. “And I think the two of us should work on that.”
“We should?”
“Yeah! I mean...” He cants his head. “Okay, cards on the table, last night was weird.”
“Very weird,” I agree.
“One of the weirdest nights I’ve had in a while, but it was nothing that can’t be explained by a little bit of awkwardness between two people who just met. You invited me into your home. We had a pleasant chat. There was a spark or two, but then...”
“I sneezed on your face,” I say flatly.
“And then you sneezed on my face.” He smothers his grin. “But it was funny! If my roommate had come home and told me that happened to him, I’d be in stitches. It’s objectively hilarious.”
I look down as I fight the urge to wither and die. “Not feeling the funny just yet...”
“Then, let’s do something about that,” he says. “What are you up to tonight?”
I glance up. “Tonight?”
“My housemates are throwing a party and I’d be honored if you’d come and be my guest for the night.”
“You’re... asking me to a party?”
“Yes,” he says.
“Tonight?”
“Tonight,” he repeats.
“I sneezed on your face and now you’re asking me to a party?”
“Yes.”
“Tonight?”
“I feel like we’ve seen that sign before,” he quips.
I deflate all the air from my lungs. “Sorry, I’m just confused, and surprised... but mostly just confused. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of germs being a big turn-on.”
Drew smiles, flashing those damned dimples again. “It wasn’t the germs so much as the cute girl they came out of,” he says.
