“How’d you get here?” I ask her and look beyond her into the driveway, Adrianna doesn’t drive.
“Oh, my neighbour dropped me off on their way to the airport.”
“What if we weren’t home?” I raise a brow.
“Then I would’ve left this on your front porch and walked home. It’s only a twenty minute walk.”
“Come in.” I open the door wider, “thanks for the food. You didn’t have to.”
“I know,” she shrugs, “I wanted to come by and check up on you guys anyways. You haven’t killed him, right?”
I choke on my laughter, she doesn’t think it possible I would though, that’s what’s funny. “No I haven’t killed him.”
I follow her back into the kitchen and finally take in what she’s wearing. Adrianna is the complete opposite of Ember, she’s a girly girl through and through. She wears these frilly sundresses in different shades of pink and her dark red hair has streaks of pink in it. Today, she’s wearing a jean skirt and a tight black tank top with a pink cardigan on top. Her hair is piled on top of her head and she has stuck some cute little pink flowers inside. Her long tanned legs look like they are shimmering in the light and her face looks fresh and dewy. Adrianna is easily the most beautiful girl I have ever seen and I wish I could ignore the feelings her and Travis share and make her mine. But I can’t because I know I would be just heading for a world of hurt when it all crashes down around me.
“How is he?” Worry lines her features.
“He’s sleeping right now, but I haven’t really had a chance to talk to him.”
“Ember texted and asked me to come by.” She shrugs like she wants me to believe that’s the only reason.
“Well, thanks.” I nod, “did you want me to drop you back home?”
“No, I feel like walking today.” She holds out her hand, “give me your phone so I can program my number. You text me if you guys need anything.”
I do as she says and hand her my phone, “or you could just drop by unannounced like this whenever you want to check in, excuse free of course.”
She rolls her eyes as she punches her number into my phone. “Just call me if you need anything.” She turns on her heel and stalks back towards the front door. I lean against the doorway of the kitchen and just watch her, her ass isn’t overly big but just right and her thighs are strong with her calves flexing as she steps. Yes, Adrianna is every man’s wet dream and there’s not a single thing I can do about it. She looks back at me over her shoulder and catches me checking her out, she raises her brow but I just grin and wink at her. The blush that takes over her cheeks is breathtaking. “See ya.” She rasps and she steps out the door, shutting it behind her with a soft click.
“Don’t eat any of that.” I hear Travis say from the top of the stairs.
“Okay man, it’s all yours.” I roll my eyes and walk up the stairs.
“Adri is a terrible cook.” He grabs my arm to stop me from walking by, “everything she cooks or bakes ends up tasting like burnt fish for some reason.”
I look down to where his hand is gripping my forearm, “thanks for the head’s up.” I mutter and he quickly releases my arm as if it’s on fire.
“I’ll go get rid of it before it stinks out the kitchen.” He replies as he quickly moves around me and down the stairs. When he hits the bottom, I’m still watching him as he looks up, “there’s a funeral for Coach Halbert today, I have to go otherwise it would look suspicious. He was my little league and high school baseball coach.”
“Cool.” I shrug, still watching him. Travis has a perfectly symmetrical face, the type of face that agencies look for in the next top model and fashion ads. He always has a bed head but it looks good, like perfectly tousled and falling in the right spots on his forehead. His green eyes are bright and intense against his golden skin.
“Did you hear me?” He brings me out of my scrutinizing.
“No,” I shrug.
“Did you want to come with me? I think it would be the perfect moment for you to ‘come out’.” He uses air quotes for the last bit with a smirk on his face.
“Would it be perfect at some old pedophile’s funeral?” I quirk a brow.
“Yeah,” he nods, “but don’t say that there, not many people know that. Also, most of the town will be there and we can kill so many fucking birds with one stone. Plus, I’ll text Adri with the details so she can back it up.”
“Got it.” I nod in agreement, “I’ll just go dress in my brightest attire.”
He chuckles and shakes his head as he makes his way into the kitchen to dump out Adrianna’s concoction. I like the sound of his laugh, even if it was only a chuckle. I hope I will be able to hear a true laugh from him soon.
We get to a small chapel and I see the parking lot and the surrounding streets are filled with cars. So, the pedophile was loved by this town, that’s fucking weird. Travis looks over at me and chuckles again.
“Did you seriously dress in a yellow and red tracksuit?”
“Yeah,” I nod, “it was the brightest shit I own.”
“People will stare at you more now.” He shakes his head with a grin. He is secretly enjoying it. Probably wishes he could have done the same instead of
