The door to Claire's home opened gently with the lock holding the frame and itself in place.
A grumpy face stood just outside her door, blocking her view from the parking space she had outside her house.
“Hi.” He greeted her with a low tone.
“Hi.” Claire rolled her eyes.
“Good evening.”
“You're back.” she hissed.
“Yeah.” He raised his eyes gently to her and then flashed a smile.
“I missed you.”
Derek was always this way with her. He would leave her off to go find Emily and when things didn't work out for him, he would come crawling back to Claire.
Claire too, always felt butterflies in her chest whenever she saw him, but not on this particular evening.
“What are you doing here?”
Derek hadn't expected the bluntness of her question. He asked if something was wrong.
“No.”
“Is so
