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I could have easily spent the entire evening in bed with him and still counted it as a night that was better than any other date I’d ever gone on, but dinner was a thing, too, and I was okay with getting up.

I followed him out to the kitchen, taking in the house as I did.

It was a lot to think about, what the future could hold for us, and I wondered if he was going to ask me about making our relationship official. I was dying to have the conversation and make him my boyfriend, but I didn’t want to be the one to bring it up. He was so old fashioned in so many ways, I figured that was another area he would like to be the one to take the lead on.

And I was okay with that… so long as he did actually ask me to be his girlfriend.

I had hoped against hope it would be tonight, but after having sex and heading out to the kitchen, I wondered what he was waiting for. Any time would be the perfect time as far as I was concerned. But then, there was clearly something on his mind. I knew him well enough to know when something was bothering him, even if we had only known each other a few weeks.

And there was definitely something on his mind.

I wished he’d tell me what it was.