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I don't know if one night with Seven constitutes a full-fledged fling. And since it ended the way it did—quickly and with Seven storming out of the room—I feel a little guilty about checking it off my list. But not bad enough not to get that satisfaction of seeing one less item on my list.
I mark it complete and feel an instant endorphin boost from my accomplishment.
"Good afternoon," I hear a voice say at the end of the booth.
I glance over to find Cammy standing there with a smile. She's dressed in a pair of board shorts and a Scallywag's t-shirt and white apron with an order notepad and pen in the pocket. Her brown hair is pulled up in a messy bun with tendrils of hair framing her face.
I study her face for a moment, noticing all the ways in which she looks so much like her uncle. I suppose they share DNA which makes sense.
"Hi, good afternoon," I say back.
"We didn't get to talk much yesterday. You left before dinner came," she glances at my open laptop. "Rita tells me you're a writer?"
"I am. That's actually why I left early. I have a book due next week that I'm trying to finish. The publisher is waiting on it and I'm way past my due date."
"What are you working on now?" she asks, glancing at my screen. "It doesn't look like a book. It looks like a list."
I snap back to my screen, almost forgetting that my "Fix Me" list is pulled up instead of my book.
"Oh, right. I guess you could call it a self-improvement bucket list. I want to accomplish a few things before my boyfriend—" I stop the second I say it.
This is the first time that calling Daniel my boyfriend has felt weird and awkward.
"You have a boyfriend? I thought you're dating my uncle."
I whip a look up at her in surprise by her comment.
She thought that Seven and I are dating?
I can only guess that Rita made her think that because I can't imagine she would have gotten that idea from Seven.
"No, he and I aren't dating. I just ended up at his house due to a misunderstanding with a scam website. He was generous enough not to leave me to sleep out on the beach during a hurricane."
She snickers. "My uncle can come off crabby, but despite his best efforts to hide it, he's a really good guy."
I can't argue with her there. He is crabby, and yet, I see the other sides of him too. When he shows up for Rita whenever she needs him and how protective he is of Cammy.
"Yeah, I'm starting to see that."
"So, you have a boyfriend?" she asks.
"We're not technically together right now. We're on the break… thus the list. It's a list of things I want to do before we get back together to improve on myself."
Her eyebrows furrow at my explanation. "Is this a list of things he's making you change before you get back together with him?"
I can hear it in her tone. It's the same one I get from Sheridan.
"Oh no!" I say quickly. The last thing I need is yet another person getting a bad opinion of Daniel, even if it is someone I may never see again. "We broke up while he left the country for work and there are a few things I want to accomplish for myself before he gets home and we get back together."
I can see in her eyes that she doesn't seem convinced, but she drops it and lowers herself to the booth, taking a seat next to me.
"Mind if I take a look?"
She doesn't wait for an answer as she reaches for the laptop and turns it towards herself.
I've never shown anyone the list before, but it's not as if it's anything crazy. There's no reason why she can't see it.
"Go on a first date—Sleep through a storm alone—Go deep sea fishing," she stops listing them out loud as she continues to read down the list.
