Dear Patience, Sincerely Lucy by Abigail Hammond

Author:Abigail Hammond [Hammond, Abigail]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-09-27T00:00:00+00:00

We make it back to my apartment complex and up the three flights of steps much too quickly.

“Thank you, Scott. Tonight was perfect.”

He grins, looking much too handsome for his own good. “I’m really glad.”

“So… I’ll see you again soon?”

“Yeah. I’ll text you,” he says.

“Okay.”

A few more silent seconds pass with no sign of Scott planning to leave, both of us avoiding eye contact. Scott bounces his weight from foot to foot, and I squeeze my hands together. Finally, I start to laugh. “Oh my gosh, why are we so awkward?”

Scott lets out a sharp puff of air that’s almost a laugh, his shoulders relaxing. “I don’t know, but I’d really like to hug you before I go home.”

“Please do,” I smile.

He pulls me into a tight hug. I slip my arms around the back of his neck as he squeezes me. In the middle of our hug, Jessie swings the door to the apartment open, nearly slamming it into my back. Scott notices just in time and deftly spins me around, taking the full force of the door to his shoulder instead.

I jump back as he releases me, confused as to what just happened.

“Oh my gosh!” Jessie’s eyes are wide and she drops the big trash bag she’d been holding. “I’m so sorry! Did I hit you?”

Scott winces a little, rubbing his back, then shakes his head. “No, I’m fine.”

I place a hand where the door had landed a hit on him. He winces slightly.

He’s not quite as fine as he’s pretending to be.

My eyebrows knit together in worry. “You okay?” I ask.

He softens at my expression. “I’m fine, really. I fell and slammed into things all the time as a kid. Once, I even fell down a whole flight of stairs. About broke my neck, too. This is nothing.”

My lip quirks upward and I shake my head.

“Um… I’m seriously so sorry,” Jessie says. She looks like she might cry. “I feel so bad… I had no idea you were out here! I didn’t mean to hit you or ruin the moment or—”

“It’s alright, Jessie,” Scott says.

I walk over to her and pat her on the back, trying to reassure her. If there’s one person I can’t stand to see cry, it’s Jessie.

“Were you taking this to the dumpster?” Scott reaches down and picks up the bulging trash bag. “I’ll take it for you.”

Jessie protests. “No, you don’t have to—”

“I’ve got it.” Scott smiles, then waves goodbye to me one last time. “I’ll text you later, Lucy.”

My heart flutters in my chest. “Mhm.”

Scott moves quickly down the stairs as I usher Jessie back inside, who’s too sullen to pepper me with questions like she usually would. I stop in the kitchen for a glass of water before showering and changing into pajamas for bed. I slip under the covers and sigh in contentment, unable to keep a ridiculously large grin from spreading on my face as I think about the events of the night.

My phone vibrates, pulling me out of my reverie.

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