Chapter 6“Conner,” Niki said in surprise. “What are you doing here?”
The smile on Conner’s handsome face dimmed a little, and Niki instantly regretted how his words had come out.
“Oh, I, um,” Conner started, and rubbed a hand on the back of his neck, a nervous habit he’d had as a kid. “I didn’t get to talk to you much during the interval, so…”
“You wanna come in?” Niki blurted out, before he lost his nerve.
“You sure?” Conner asked. “You’re not going to bed?”
Niki felt his cheeks flush, and there was no clown make-up now to disguise it. “I was, I mean, I was going to read. But come in for a bit.”
Conner smiled. “Okay. Thanks.”
Niki stood aside so Conner could come into the trailer, his large frame filling the small doorway. Niki had to move out the way some more while Conner bent do
