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Skye
Skye,
Want to grab dinner tonight?
Kingston
Kingston,
Nope. We only see each other on fun nights. Those are the rules.
Skye
I exit out of my email account and lean back in my chair. Kingston is driving me crazy. I can’t quite figure him out, or exactly what our relationship is, or even what I want or how I feel. When we’re together, it’s fun and exciting and I feel a thrill of happiness that I haven’t felt in years.
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Kingston
"Are you ready?" Skye gives me the sweetest smile as we stand outside my apartment building, and I nod slowly. She's wearing a yellow sundress and her hair is hanging down her back in soft curls.
“I love your hair," I say, wanting to touch her silky coils.
"Well, it's wavy, but I curled it up this morning," she grins. "You like it?" She spins around and I nod slowly.
"I do." I'm surprised at how happy and light she is this morning, especially considering how the work week went and how early in the day it is. I ask her, "I thought you couldn't do early dates?"
"I can't, normally," she says with a grin. "But I wanted today to be special."
"You ducked out. Weren’t you volunteering?" I ask her.
"No," she shakes her head. "You're coming with me." She grabs my hand and starts pulling me to the right. "If we're not fast, we're going to miss the beginning, and I know Mr. Johnson and Mr. Brown are not going to be happy about that."
"Who are Mr. Johnson and Mr. Brown?"
"They're my favorites," she smiles.
"Wait, so we're going to the literacy organization now?" I look down at my jeans and my blue shirt. "Am I dressed appropriately or?—"
"You look fine. You look casual and you look professional, so I think you're winning."
"Okay, I'm going to take that as a compliment."
"What? Do you want me to say you look devastatingly handsome?"
"I mean, I wouldn't frown if you did." She laughs.
"We'll be there for a couple of hours."
"A couple of hours?" I raise an eyebrow. "Do I have time to get a coffee or?—"
"We can get something from a cart on the street if you want, if you really need the caffeine."
I nod. "I think I'm going to need the caffeine. I didn't have any coffee this morning."
"Oh, how come?" she asks.
"Because I thought we were starting at brunch."
