standing there alone in order to chase after Sunny, I knew that it’d surprised both of the girls in that scenario.
Running to Sunny hadn’t felt like a choice. It was a necessity. And even though it was the right thing to do, I wasn’t the guy who always did the right thing. Especially when Hayley was involved. I might have hated her, but that only meant she still got to me.
“We’re here.” Sunny’s voice broke through my inner diatribe, and I turned to look at her before reaching out and touching her face.
“You ground me,” I said before I could even think about what I was admitting. It was one hell of a confession. One that carried a lot of weight.
“Yeah? Well, you make me crazy,” she said with a grin before adding, “in a good way.”
“There’s a good kind of crazy?” I cocked an eyebrow at her before reaching for my seat belt and unfastening it as she opened her door and stepped outside.
She leaned back into the car, her eyes sparkling as she said, “I think when it comes to you, there is.”
I got out and followed her toward the double glass doors of her apartment complex. I watched as she scanned her key fob across a small flat pad. A loud click sounded, and I pulled one of the doors open and held it as Sunny walked through, my eyes scanning her ass without shame.
She paused mid-step, so I could catch up to her. I’d fallen ridiculously behind for no good reason other than … that ass.
“Are you looking at my butt?” she asked, her hand on her hip, mouth slightly agape.
I thought about lying for all of two seconds before admitting, “Yeah.”
She laughed out loud, and it echoed around the halls. “At least you’re honest. Come on.” She reached for my hand and pulled me so that I was next to her. “It’s right up here.” She jingled her keys as she pointed.
We stopped in front of a door that had a doormat that read, Probably at Target.
Pointing at it, I asked, “Big Target fan?”
“Is that a trick question?”
I shrugged. “I guess it’s a girl thing.”
Shoving her key into the lock and twisting, she scowled at me, refusing to let me in as she took a step inside. “Victoria’s Secret is a girl thing. Sephora is a girl thing. Target is an every person thing.”
Hands up in the air, I pretended to surrender. “I guess big fan was an understatement.”
“Take it back, or you can’t come in,” she flirted.
I laughed, but she was serious. Sunny was going to make me stand outside her door for the rest of the night if I didn’t confess my love for that damn store. Even though we both knew that if I wanted to grab her tiny waist, kiss her senseless, and force my way inside, I could do it. But like a good vampire, I actually wanted to be invited in.
“Fine, fine. It’s a good store. One-stop shop. Everything you need, no matter your gender.”
“Exactly. I’m glad you see things clearly. You can come in now.” She stepped to the side, and I rushed in before she changed her mind.
I looked around at her apartment, trying to take it all in. It was exactly like the one she had shared last year with Danika with the exception of the kitchen being a little bit smaller. That was literally the only difference.
“How do you like living alone?”
“I hate it,” she said without taking a breath.
“Really?” I sort of laughed at that. I hadn’t meant to, but I couldn’t stop it from coming out. It wasn’t what she’d said but how she’d said it.
“Don’t laugh at me. I’m not built to be by myself all the time.” She walked into the kitchen and started fumbling around as I took a seat at the table before noticing the plate filled with cookies sitting in front of me, taunting me, just begging me to rip open the cover and shove them all in my mouth.
“Danika mentioned that to me,” I said as I pulled my eyes away from the cookies and pretended like I had the ability to be patient.
“I miss her so much,” she admitted before appearing at my side, reaching for the plate and disappearing with it.
SHE TOOK THE COOKIES!
“I miss them too,” I confessed. “It’s stupid, I know, but I really miss having Chance here. It’s not the same without him.”
“It’s not stupid to miss your best friend,” she said.
I