Page 48 of Falcon

She lets her eyes drop to my shorts then back to my face. “Well…you seem rather…engorged.” Her eyes grow to the size of half dollars and her cheeks flush bright red. “I cannot believe I just said that to you.”

“Well, Miss Morgan, I will have you know, you are correct. I am rather engorged.” I laugh. “But, I’ll be fine. This seems to be a constant state when you’re around, so I’m used to it.”

“Thanks…I think?” she says then she begins to gather her things. From what I can sense from the shift in energy, and the way her shoulders are hanging down instead centered and held high, her mind is getting the best of her.

“Hey.” I catch her chin in my hand. “You okay?”

“Uh huh. I’m fine.”

I squint my eyes at her. “I don’t believe you.”

“I just don’t want this to be weird now, that’s all. It seems like every time something like this happens, everything changes. I like spending time with you, and I don’t want that to change because of this.”

“Faith, are we adults?”

“Yes…generally.” She smiles.

“Then we are able to make adult choices and still be normal, right?”

“Right.”

“Then we have nothing to worry about. I like spending time with you too, by the way. Very much.” I kiss the tip of her nose.

“Then let’s make these next two weeks worth our while, yeah?”

Her words sink into my heart and send a chill over my skin, and not in the good way. I hadn’t even thought about leaving. It wasn’t something that stayed in the forefront of my mind, because since I’ve been here, being here is all that has mattered.

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