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“No problem. And yes, he is. You’re telling me he hasn’t sent you any pics?”
“Well, maybe one or two.” Not nearly as many as I’d sent him, but I kept that part to myself.
“It’s tough. There’s a lot of things he can’t show. But I’m sure you know that.”
Lucas suddenly lit up like a friggin’ Christmas tree. Not surprisingly, the reason for it wrapped her arms around his shoulders from behind. Charlee kissed his cheek and tried to walk away, but he grabbed her and pulled her in for a proper kiss.
I was used to the PDA. It wasn’t excessive, but there was no doubt for anyone who spent more than five seconds with Lucas and Charlee that they were madly in love.
Handing her a drink, Lucas gave his attention back to me.
“I do get it,” I said. “Pretty soon we won’t need pics though.”
“So tell us everything,” Charlee said, standing between us. “What did Nate say about Zoe and coming here?”
Lucas looked back and forth between us. “Now I’m being tag teamed.”
“Damn straight,” Charlee said. “Give it up, Warner.”
Lucas rolled his eyes. “I was just telling Zoe that I don’t know much more than she does.”
A new song started that got the bar singing along, which made it somewhat more difficult to talk. “So, no other inside scoop?” I asked for good measure, although I didn’t expect much. Lucas was about as tight-lipped as Nate.
He looked at me, but not in the usual way. It was almost as if he were studying me. “Nate is. . .” He stopped. Clearly Lucas was struggling to decide if he should continue. I waited. “He’s very guarded usually,” he said.
“You’ve mentioned that.”
“To the point that a lot of guys say they have trouble getting to know him.”
“He told me that too. Are you. . . trying to warn me?”
“No,” he said, thankfully. “Just preparing you. I wonder how different texting and seeing him in person will be.”
“Quite a bit different, I imagine,” I said as the musician pulled out a fiddle. No wonder it was packed tonight. This guy sounded great.
“What are you saying, Lucas?” Charlee asked. To me she added, “Don’t look so worried. Lucas told me you guys would be great together.”
“You think so?” I asked, realizing I sounded a bit desperate.
“I do,” Lucas said. “And I shouldn’t have said anything. Just, knowing Nate, I think it’ll be an adjustment meeting in person. That’s all.”
“Makes sense,” I said, as the bar came alive behind me. “Not that there really is an ‘us,’” I admitted. “We still haven’t had ‘the talk.’”
I held my breath waiting for his response. Lucas cocked his head to the side. “Well, from what I can tell, that’s probably not long in coming.”
“You think?” was all I asked.
“I do.”
That was enough for me. Clearly, Nate had at least alluded to something more serious between us. In a way, I was sort of glad we hadn’t had that conversation over text. Meeting him and talking about next steps could happen in person now. Unbelievably, sooner rather than later.
“Speak of the devil,” I said as the back pocket of my jeans buzzed.
“Someone must have just woken up,” Charlee said, now in tune with Nate’s schedule too.
“Yep,” I said. “Come on in.” I gathered Lucas and Charlee, took a selfie and sent it off with a, “G’morning.”
Morning, Zoe girl.
