Page 81 of Until Nalia

“I can come to you.”

“Alright.” He reaches up, cupping my jaw, then leaning down to brush his lips across mine. “See you in a bit.”

“Okay,” I agree. Letting me go, he turns and steps down the porch, then heads to his Jeep while I watch. Then, realizing I was watching and wasting precious time, I shut the door and took my cell out of my purse before tossing my bag across the room to the couch.

As I walk into my bedroom, I dial the group chat my sisters and I are in.

“Hey,” July answers, and I look at the call, realizing I didn’t dial my sisters, I dialed the girls’ chat that includes all my cousins and my sisters.

“Shit,” I whisper as faces begin filling the screen: Harmony, May, June, Willow, December, Hanna, Ashlyn, and April. Everyone.

“What’s up?” Willow asks, and it’s too late to back out now.

“I have an emergency,” I declare while my heart pounds.

“What kind of emergency?” April asks.

“Are you okay?” May questions.

“No,” I tell her, feeling lightheaded.

“No, you’re not okay?” Ashlyn frowns.

“Yes, I’m okay, but also no, I’m not okay because I just agreed to meet Logan over at his place in an hour.”

“Haven't you seen him every day this week?” Harmony asks with a frown.

“Yes, but not alone.”

“I’m so confused,” June says.

“His kids are with their mom, and Zuri is with Mom and Dad for the night.”

“Oh.” Willow’s expression fills with understanding.

“Yes, exactly.” I fall onto my bed while my heart pounds.

“Is this the first time you two have been alone without the kids?” Harmony asks.

“Yes, I mean we’ve been alone a few times, but we’ve never really been alone with enough time for anything…intimate to happen.”

“Oh shit,” April says quietly. “So, you two haven’t…”

“No,” I cry, cutting her off, knowing exactly what she is asking.

“Do you want…”

“Yes.” I press my hand against my chest to keep my heart in place because it feels like it’s going to come out of my chest. “I mean, we’ve been so busy, and we always have the kids, but I want to, and I would guess he does too. I mean, I think he does, he hasn’t said anything, and he didn’t even say anything about something happening today. But we are going to be alone.” The last part comes out in a squeak.

“You guys have been seeing each other for a few weeks; he for sure wants to,” July cuts me off.

“What if it sucks?” I whisper the question that has been haunting me since I realized that he and I are going to have a lot of time on our hands and no one around to interrupt us.

“I doubt it’s going to suck,” Harmony says, then mutters, “He looks like a dude who does not suck in bed.”

“I don’t think you can base how he’s going to perform on his looks. I’ve met some really hot guys who have no idea what they are doing in that department,” April says, and all the girls nod in agreement.

“None of this is helping.” Seriously, I don’t know what I was thinking, calling everyone. I need to be in the shower.