Page 19 of Eye of the Hurricane
“Favorite food?”
“Can I just broadly say Italian?”
“You can say whatever you want.” She smiles, leaning closer into the table.
“Do you think we can really pull this off?” she asks.
“Is that your question?” I reply.
“Yes.”
“I think we can. Do you?”
“I hope.”
We spend the next hour or so asking each other a million questions. Everything from favorite numbers to whether or not we believe in soulmates and aliens.
She talks and laughs with a smile on her face and I spend every minute looking for ways to keep it going.
Chapter 6
Katherine
Luna
The Sand tonight?
Katherine
Nope, my fun is weekend specific now.
Luna
No fun :(
Katherine
Tell me about it.
Luna
How was your “not date” with Ares?
I lock my phone,shoving it in my purse with a huff of air. Luna’s my best friend in the world but sometimes I wish I had privacy. I’m as much to blame for it as she is. I could just refuse to tell her things. Instead I spill all my beans to her like I’m fifteen.
I smooth out my dress and walk into the double doors of the athletics facility. It’s one giant building that houses most of DHU’s sports teams. I have a moment to takesome breaths and clear my head because the hockey team’s offices are located all the way in the back.
Jacob is leaning against the frame of his office door when I get there, seemingly waiting for me. If I didn’t know any better, I’d think I was late. I know that I’m not, though, because I follow a strict policy of ‘if you’re not ten minutes early, you’re late’.
“I’m not late, am I?”
“No, you’re never late. In fact, you’re a full twenty minutes early,” he says, glancing at the watch on his wrist.
“Thought so, but the way you were waiting in the door had me nervous.”
“Just excited to talk to you about something. Unrelated to the job for South Carolina this time.”
There’s an overwhelming sense of relief knowing that South Carolina won’t be the forefront of today’s focus. I find that I’m disappointed with myself for thinking that. I’ve never had this anxiety about my dreams before.
