She�s blushing because of something. I wanna know!
I even whine in my own head�
�So who won?�
What?
�Won?�
Rearranging her legs under her, she nodded up at me.
�Yeah, your argument with Marcus. Did you win?�
Depends on how you look at it.
What the hell am I talking about? I�m sitting in a restaurant with Kara, not trying on clothes. I sooo won.
�You could say that.�
Ask what we were arguing about. Ask what we were arguing about.
She nodded. Ah! Ask what we were arguing about!
�Now what?�
Grrr�
�What do you mean?�
She looked around the table.
�Food is gone. It�s��
A quick glance at her watch.
��almost three.�
WHAT?!
Panicking, I stared at my watch begging to hands to start spinning backwards. No no no!
�You okay?�
*
He looked up, eyes wide in panic. Oh no� he has to leave.
�Um� nothing. I just� didn�t realize it was� that late already.�
Alright� here it comes.
�Are you supposed to be somewhere?�
Say no, please say no.
He sighed.
�Not yet. I�m supposed� to be somewhere at� five. I think. For� business.�
Business� sound check.
�Oh, then we still have a few hours to kill��
He stared into space for a few moments.
�I need clothes.�
Huh?
�Um� alright. I think we could find you some of those. Just no rich prep clothes, please.�
His attention returned to the room, smiling slightly towards me.
�No way. Marcus was trying to get me into some of that earlier. Then I dragged him away to find you.�
I felt giddiness flowing through my veins, threatening to turn me into a giggling teenybopper again.
�Is that what you were arguing about?�
*
Yes! She asked.
�Actually��
Slipping out of the booth, I placed myself on her side and held my hands out to help her up. Looking down at her, I noticed a little too much of her thigh was showing for my own good. Immediately I felt my pants becoming a little more confining than when we had the table to protect her from me.
I want her.
Right now.
Stretching her legs out from under her, her skirt creped up a fraction of an inch more.
Carter, pull your eyes away from the girl�s legs before you� climb on top of her and do� things that aren�t legal in public.
Placing her hands in mine, I gently pulled her to her feet, our bodies ending up closer than I�d originally gauged.
�What were you saying?�
Huh? Saying?
�Still not moving, curiosity filled her eyes.
God, I can feel heat radiating off her. Oh jeez, I�m driving myself nuts.
�About your argument with Marcus?�
Argument� oh yeah!
*
Blonde moment?
�Oh yeah, that!�
I laughed at him. Yes, that.
�We were arguing about you.�
WHAT?! About� me?
*
She�s looking at me like I grew a second head (AN: was about to make a really dirty joke there�). Laughing in my mind, I dropped her hands and slipped my arm around her waist, pulling her towards the door.
�You can�t just say that and not explain yourself. What about me were you arguing about?!�
Exiting the building, we stopped on the sidewalk.
�Where are we going?�
�You�re avoiding my question.�
The smirk on my face looked like it was driving Kara crazy.
�Where are we going?�
Dejected, she pouted up at me.
Ah, baby. Don�t do that. I�m gonna give in way before I want to. This little game is fun.
Pulling away from my arm, she looked up and down the slightly busy street.
�You like vintage?�
�What?�
�Vintage. Clothes. You said you needed clothes. There�s a really good vintage clothing store about two blocks over.�
�Cool. Lead the way, beautiful.�
It just slipped out of my mouth. Just because I�d been calling her that in my head since the moment I met her doesn�t mean that�s what I should be calling her in real life.
Eyes narrowed, she studied me.
�What did you just call me?�
She gets mad over the weirdest things. Compliments. Offers of money�
She is so not a normal girl.
I love her.
�I� called� you beautiful.�
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