Mr. March by Nicole S. Goodin

Author:Nicole S. Goodin [Goodin, Nicole S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-09T16:00:00+00:00

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“Luke?” I whisper into the dark room. “Are you awake?”

“I’m awake,” he replies.

“Can I come in?”

“It’s your house.” He chuckles.

“You make a good point.” I smile to myself as I creep into the room.

I can’t see where I’m going at all.

He presses something on his phone and the soft glow shows me where I’m going.

“Can’t sleep?” he asks as I approach.

I slept like a baby for the past six hours, but I woke wide awake and couldn’t get back to sleep. I couldn’t stop thinking about him.

“Something like that,” I murmur as I reach the side of the bed. “Scoot over.”

He chuckles again as he shuffles his big – half-naked – body over to make room for me.

“It’s freezing, I’m coming in.”

The light from his phone goes out as I pull the covers over myself and we’re left alone together in the dark.

I feel him roll onto his side, presumably so he’s facing me, so I do the same.

“Hey,” he whispers.

“Hey,” I reply.

I feel like a nervous teenager on her first date, lying here with him.

“You’re not still thinking about Everly and Robert, are you?” he asks.

I’ve thought a lot about the both of them, but they’re not what’s keeping me up.

“No… I was thinking about you.”

“You were?”

I don’t have to be able to see to know that he’s smiling, I can hear it in his voice.

“Mmm hmm,” I reply. “I was thinking about what would happen if I run scared… if I were to keep you in the friend zone.”

“And what would happen?”

“I was thinking that if I pushed you away you’d meet someone else eventually… and then I’d have to pretend I was happy for the two of you. I’d have to have you over for dinner and invite you both to Joe’s birthday parties.”

“You wouldn’t be happy for me?” he questions.

I shake my head, even though he can’t see me in the darkness. “I know I should say yes, but I wouldn’t be. I’d be jealous.”

“Why would you be jealous, Mia?” he pries softly.

He’s having to drag the truth out of me piece by piece.

“Because I don’t want you to be with someone else. I want you to be with me,” I whisper.

He sucks in a deep breath and it’s like he’s just taking it all in – absorbing everything about this moment.

“I didn’t even realise, Luke… how can you feel this way about someone and not even know it?”

“You were broken, sweetheart, your heart and your head have been through the wringer these past two years.”

“I didn’t even know I was looking for you,” I confess.

“That’s because you didn’t have to look. I was already right here. You didn’t have to look, I was waiting… for you.”

I can feel my heart pounding against my ribcage.

This feeling of excitement feels foreign to me. I feel human again in a world where I’ve become accustomed to being numb.

“I was just lying in my bed… thinking about soul mates…”

“Okay… and what did you come up with?”

“I think it’s bullshit.”

He chuckles quietly.

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