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“Yeah, but I don’t know what it means. Ms. Lenora doesn’t either. We’re both stumped.”
“Maybe you’ll figure it out in time.”
“I hope so.”
Riley and I stopped talking but continued staring into each other’s eyes. Then we looked across the table to see Jackson, Rachel, and Macie watching us with amused expressions.
“What?” Riley and I asked them at the same time.
All three shook their heads and said, “Nothing,” also at the same time.
I looked back at Riley. She smiled at me, and we shrugged like we didn’t know what to think. I did, though, and I believed she did, too, but had played it off as I’d done. The way we stared at each other a moment ago was the same as last night at Cheers and Beers when we two-stepped. My brother, Rachel, and Macie liked seeing Riley and I getting caught up in each other again, which explained their smiles.
While all of us were eating, Jackson asked me if I wanted to catch the Texas Rangers game on TV with him later.
“Thanks, but I’m itching to cast a line. It’s been too long,” I said.
“Like what? Two days?”
“Three. Get off me.”
Jackson chuckled. “Let me know what you catch, man.”
Riley suddenly gasped and pointed in the air. “This song! ‘Thinking ‘Bout You’ is my latest fav! Have y’all heard it?”
“Of course, but I’m surprised you have, city girl,” Rachel teased.
“I told you that I still listen to country music!”
Everyone giggled, and then the table chat moved on to the upcoming Fourth of July parade and fireworks show in town. While the girls and my brother discussed it, I kept listening to the song on the diner’s radio, wondering why Riley liked it so much.
She excused herself to use the restroom after the song ended, saying she’d drank too much tea. She had two glasses like me, and now, I also needed to relieve myself.
“I’ll be back in a minute,” I told Jackson, Rachel, and Macie. They nodded at me and continued their conversation about the Fourth of July festivities.
I stepped out of the men’s restroom into the hallway when Riley stepped out of the women’s restroom, coming face-to-face with her. We both smiled.
“Fancy meeting you here,” I said.
“You too.”
“I have a question for you.”
“Okay.”
“Why is ‘Thinking ‘Bout You’ your latest favorite song?”
“Are you sure you want to know?”
“I wouldn’t have asked.”
Riley briefly paused. “It describes what I’ve imagined happening between you and me.”
“Reconnecting?”
“Yes.”
“That’s why I liked the song the first time I heard it. I’d been imagining the same as you.”
