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Asa took a seat beside her while handing over a cone.
So,” he said, his leg bumping into hers. “Should we talk about the kiss?”
She almost choked on her ice cream.
Wow. That was the very last thing she’d expected him to say.
Swallowing it down she looked around their surroundings. “Here?”
“I figure here is better,” he replied, his dark eyes connecting with hers.
“Why?”
He gave her a look and she got it. Here was better because if they were alone they might be tempted to…do things.
See?
He was a really good guy.
Also, it was really fucking refreshing to have him casually bring it up. Like an adult.
“All right,” she said, taking a deep breath. “Let’s talk about it.”
He licked his cone thoughtfully and she deliberately kept her eyes on his hand instead of his mouth.
“Honesty?” he asked.
She nodded once in agreement. “Honesty.”
He shifted in his seat, facing her more fully and resting an elbow on the table. “I liked it,” he said, his eyebrows and lips twitching with good humor. “I wouldn’t mind doing it again. Maybe for longer.”
Heat rushed up her neck and tingles shot through her lower belly. Or maybe it was lower than that.
“I haven’t kissed anyone in a very long time,” she confessed. “And kissing has always been my favorite.”
He narrowed his eyes playfully. “Pretty sure you could get anyone you wanted to kiss you if that was something you needed done, babe.”
She ignored the babe word and lifted her chin. “Yes, but I was in a relationship with a walking crash test dummy—” he barked a surprised laugh and she smiled, pleased with herself. “And I might be stupid, but I’m at least loyal.”
“You’re not stupid,” he said, his eyes shining as he looked at her.
She licked her ice cream and noticed he watched her mouth for a second before clearing his throat and looking away.
“Do you want to kiss me again?” she asked, just going for it.
He held her gaze for a long time before he finally answered. “I do. Badly.”
Those tingles tingled some more. Definitely lower than her stomach.
“However,” he said, straightening his posture. “You are becoming…” His eyes drifted to the side and then back. “Have already become, one of my closest friends.” He licked his lips, his expression serious, the playfulness gone. “And I’d really like to not mess that up.”
His words hit something soft inside of her and buried deep. She got it. Oh boy, did she get it. As someone who had so few close friends, she understood the rarity of finding someone you could be yourself with.
And kissing often led to other things that led to broken hearts and unanswered phone calls. And then nothing.
She considered what it would be like, knowing Asa how she knew him now, and then not knowing him anymore.
Not having his voice and his teasing and his hugs in her life.
