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“Except youdidn’tremember your name,” I argued, rushing enough to make my fingers fumble. “Idiscovered it.”
“Oh yeah. Still… I really don’t see what the big deal is. I mean, you have a spectacularly flawless body. There is absolutely no part of you to be ashamed of. And besides, I could be dying right now. So, you know, who cares what I see, anyway, right?”
I sent her a harassed glance, and she merely tipped her chin up a notch, trying to look all regal and professional…right before her eyes betrayed her and skated down my body.
I started to respond again, my flesh heating and body parts swelling.
Clearing my throat, I forced my attention back to the task at hand.
Not even sure which clothes I’d dragged from the drawers, I tucked them close and plowed my way back into the bathroom. I nearly had the door shut behind me when I glanced back and peered through the crack, just in time to catch her holding her stomach and falling back onto my bed to kick her feet excitedly.
“Oh my God. Oh my God! I just saw Foster Union in nothing but a towel. My life…is complete.”
Irritation melting, I released a reluctant grin and eased the door the rest of the way shut. I couldn’t say I hated her attention. The attraction was definitely mutual. But no way could I tell her why I was so freaking modest.
No one ever seemed to believe it when I tried to explain the discomfort and awkwardness I felt when it came to sex.
Sex was something I’d never learned to master, and I felt as if I’d grown to a certain age that by now it was too late to goaskingfor helpful advice. Ergo, I usually just tried to dodge all topics that seemed as if they may lead in that direction.
Wishing I wasn’t such a freak, I hurried to dress and flung the door open again.
Raina was standing by the exit to my room, eagerly waiting to leave.
“Ready?” she asked with an encouraging nod.
“Shoes,” I told her, detouring to the closet. Once I had some socks and sneakers on, I scooped up my phone, keys, and wallet, and turned toward her. “Okay,nowI’m ready.”
She blinked at me. “It is so bizarre to watch you do such normal, mundane things.”
“Probably about as bizarre as it is for me to be woken up by a quasi-ghost,” I countered as I opened the door to my room. Most of the doors to my siblings’ rooms were still closed, all of them weekend-sleeping in. But my parents’ room was open, letting me knowsomeonewas up and about.
In the kitchen, I was surprised to find my dad sitting at the table, eating breakfast.
“Hey, hey!” he greeted with a ready smile. “It’s Foster, my right-hand man.”
“Whoa,” Raina gasped, her jaw going slack as she stopped in the entrance of the kitchen to gape at him. “Is that your dad?”
Ignoring her, I waved. “Hey, Dad. When’d you get in?”
“Last night around eight or so,” he told me as I passed by to open the refrigerator. “You were at work.”
“He is such a silver fox,” Raina breathed in awe as she wandered closer to get a better look.
Grabbing my bottle of morning fruit juice, I straightened to send her a dismayed glance.
“What?” she asked, lifting her hands. “It’s not like he can hear me.”
ButIcan hear you, my glare replied while Dad tipped his head as if waiting for me to reply.
Having forgotten what he and I had even been saying to each other, I sent him a tense smile and cleared my throat as I unscrewed the lid on my bottle. “So how long do we get you this time?”
“I head back on Tuesday. Hey, do you have any plans this afternoon? I wanted to check the axle shaft on Amy’s car. I’m worried the CV joint might be going bad, and I could use all hands on deck.”
“Uh…” Thinking through my schedule, I nodded before taking a big drink. “Yeah,” I answered after a moment. “I think I’m free. I’m going to head over to hang out with my friends this morning, though.”
He nodded with a pained expression of sympathy. “Yeah, your mother told me about the classmate who was in a car accident.”
“Oh my goodness!” Raina screeched in joy. “He’s talking about me. The silver fox knows I exist.”
