Relatively Complicated by Stacey Potter

Author:Stacey Potter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stacey Kaufman-Potter
Published: 2023-02-02T16:42:15+00:00

Chapter

19

Ten weeks post-ACL surgery, Matt was cleared for driving, and his knee was getting stronger. He asked me out for a celebratory surprise lunch, even though I still owed him dinner for his arcade tournament win. Technically, Sundays were for getting ahead on my homework, reviewing notes, and writing papers, but I didn’t want to turn down a date with Matt. We had so much time to make up. I was conflicted between my head and my heart.

My heart won again.

I didn’t have a clue where we were going other than I was to dress warmly and bring a blanket. I quickly jumped in the shower and blow-dried my hair, but I wasn’t too worried about how it looked because I was going to put on a hat.

The fall leaves had changed and fallen off most of the trees, and today was a gloomy, chilly day. I put on a pumpkin-colored sweater that highlighted the ginger strands in my hair and opted for the winter-white vest over the top rather than black. I didn’t want to look like I was dressed for Halloween, which had just passed. I put on long underwear beneath my jeans and found a cable-knit fleece blanket to wrap around both of us if needed.

I crawled into Matt’s car and saw he was dressed like a logger. He wore a Henley with a flannel and a T-shirt underneath. His dark-washed jeans hugged his thighs, and he had original yellow Timberlands on his feet. I liked the rugged look more than I thought.

Matt leaned in and planted his lips on mine. He pulled away before I was ready. My body craved Matt’s touch and I wanted to make out in the car like teenagers—hands everywhere, rushing to not get caught. Pure lust. I shivered. I know I could have pounced on Matt and taken our relationship to a new level, but we were taking this at a slower pace. Our pace.

Slow and steady.

Matt took my hand in his and kissed the top of it. “You’re so beautiful, Capri.”

“Ahh, you’re not so bad yourself, Matty.”

Matt kissed me again and handed me a baseball hat filled with small white folded papers.

“What is happening here?” I asked, peering into the hat and swirling my hand around the papers.

“Every time we come to a stop, you’ll pull out a paper that will tell us whether to go left, right, or continue straight.”

“You have no idea where we are going?” My eyes widened.

“We are going to let the papers tell us where we are going.”

“Is the plan to have a picnic? What if we end up at the grocery store parking lot?”

“Then, we will have a picnic there and hope we don’t get run over.”

“What if we end up in someone’s yard?”

He put a finger over my lips. “Shhh.” Then he planted a kiss to get me to shut up. That was easier than getting my brain to stop asking all the questions.

“I can’t help it.” I laughed. “How did you come up with this unique idea?”

“Whitney’s app is full of creative ideas.

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