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King shrugged.
“You should interview for one of those grocery store magazines,” I muttered. “You’d make a killing.”
The elevator doors opened to a handful of people in front of them. Piper was chatting with Zairah and Kassie and once she spotted me, a small smile lifted on her lips. She waved a little at me.
King stumbled with the speaker when I dropped my part of the load.
“Oh, shit, sorry—” I apologized under my breath, hauling it out with him.
He threw me an obvious look behind his shoulder.
“Shut up,” I muttered and King chuckled.
The rest of it was easy to set up. Through everything, I tried to keep busy and not focus on Piper giggling in the corner or Piper sweeping her blonde hair over her shoulder or Piper posing when the girls took pictures together. More and more people showed up for the night and in the end, I realized I forgot to even grab a seat.
“Adam!” Piper waved me over to the last row, the only row that wasn’t totally occupied.
How weird would it look if I purposely took a seat a couple of chairs away?
“Alright, Adam,” I muttered. “You can do this.”
Be cool.
I smiled back at her and took the seat to her left. No matter what, I could be relaxed about this. Piper was my friend. Piper wanted to be my friend. Nothing else mattered. I stretched back and rested on the armrests, chilling out before the show.
“Because the rodeo is coming up, we’re going full cowboy!” Kassie announced in front of the screen, with Ryan right next to her, adjusting the projector. She leaned against his side. “If you don’t like my movie, I don’t give a shit! It’s a spaghetti western. It’s a classic!”
I mulled over the movie choice, stealing a look at Piper. She liked cowboy stuff. That’s what Kassie said. I wondered how much she was going to commit for the rodeo. Was that why she was so excited for it?
“How old is the movie?” someone teased from the audience.
“Pretend to like it.” Kassie laughed.
Ryan glanced back with a serious expression. “Pretend to like it.”
“He’s talking to you, Adam,” Piper whispered to me.
That brought a chuckle out of me. “Don’t hurt me like that, ice princess.”
Kassie disappeared to the side while the movie started. Overhead, the outdoor lights dimmed, and all the chatter stopped. It was quiet. It was dark. And Piper sat inches away.
Without everything else to occupy me, it was hard to ignore the fact that Piper was right there. Resting on the chair next to me. I glanced down at her out of the corner of my eyes and found the gray eyes doing the same.
Shit.
I shifted up and kept my eyes on the screen, not watching anything. There was a buzz under my skin having her so close. I had to squeeze my hand into a fist to bring some focus back. But whenever she leaned to the side, her perfume washed over me, and I had to struggle to keep my breathing even.
Fuck me.
This was going to be the longest movie in the world.
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Piper
If Anybody Turns Around
Don’t hurt me like that, ice princess.
