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“Hi,” I stammer uncomfortably.
I can see his jaw clench from here before he awkwardly replies, “Hey.”
“How did your interview go?” I ask to keep the conversation light.
“It was postponed.” His mood is melancholy, and now I know why.
I climb onto my knees to face him. “Oh no. I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay,” he says with a shrug. “They needed to reschedule for next month.”
I don’t know anything about this internship he’s trying to get into, but I know enough from his mood and the way he talks about it that it’s important to him.
When there’s nothing to say for a moment, we sit in tense silence. He’s the first one to broach the subject.
“Listen, Sadie…”
Just hearing him say my name, not Miss Green, sets my nerves on edge. It’s too real and serious. I hate it.
So I quickly interrupt him before he can say anything else.
“Don’t,” I blurt out. “You don’t need to apologize or say anything. I’m fine.”
“Yes, I do,” he argues. “I lost my temper.”
“No, you didn’t.”
“It was wrong of me to put my hands on you,” he continues, clearly not listening to me.
“Luke, I wanted you to.”
“Still, I didn’t know that at the time, and it was wrong of me.”
God, this is so uncomfortable, but I can still feel his gaze on my face, so I decide to just come out with it.
“I liked it.”
He pauses. “You did?”
Without looking into his eyes, I quickly nod.
Then, after clearing his throat, he mutters raspily, “Me too.”
We’re both quiet for a moment, soaking in this new tension between us. Finally, I’m the one to fill the silence. “I think we just found our form of punishment.”
“Yeah…” he stammers. “I think we did.”
More awkward silence.
“So…” he starts. “If you act up or don’t listen to me, you want me to…”
“Yep,” I reply.
“We should probably have a word or something, right?” He scratches the back of his neck and it’s clear just how new all of this is to him.
“A safe word, yeah. I think stop or no will suffice for now,” I say.
He shuffles his feet as he nods. “Perfect.”
