My rising excitement, the adrenaline thrumming through me flickered out like a candle in the wind as we drove. As I figured out where we were going. Not to Jared's. No. Instead, to my place.
He'd never been to my place and I wasn't sure that I wanted to show him. Let him see how I lived, a bed, a towel, almost nothing else. If he got hungry in the middle of the night, all I could offer him were the blue raspberry jolly ranchers that I'd picked over.
Worry settled in me, I fumbled with my seatbelt. It felt tighter than it had moment's ago. Each passing minute made it worse.
I shot half glances at Jared, who was unaware of my predicament. He kept a warm hand on my knee, the other on the wheel. Head nodding when he agreed with the radio host's advice.
My worry evaporated when he kissed me
