“Well, that was eventful.” Nicky rubbed his hands together. “So, should I bounce or…?”
“What?” Wes probably shouldn’t have been surprised. After all, he hadn’t come to stay. But after their conversation on the radio and in the woods, Wes couldn’t help but be a little disappointed. “You don’t have to leave quite yet, though, do you?”
“What do you mean?”
“Well, you came all the way out,” Wes pointed out. “Our pizza is almost here. You could stay. If you wanted to.” As he said it, he realized how desperate he sounded, and did his best to back-peddle. “Or—or you don’t have to. You know. It’s your choice. Cause it’s whatever, I don’t care.” Judging from the smiles of both Macy and Nicky, he clearly hadn’t been as smooth as he had hoped. Fortunately, Nicky didn’t take the obvious route to pic
