Chapter 109
"Are you all right? You look pale," she said.
I stared at her unable to find my voice. Which wasn't mine at all.
"Ro?"
I cleared Rohan's throat, wanting to tell her this wasn't a good time, come back later but Lily took the sound for permission to enter. I shut the door, wishing I could bash Rohan's brains against the wood instead of enduring this social call.
Lily sat down. She picked at a cuticle, her eyes staring off to the side, her words rushed. "I know that our first attempt at dating didn't work. But being with you again? It's so easy."
I gripped the top of the sofa. Lily was here to have the "let's get back together" talk. I didn't hear much of what she said after that. Her words blurred over me like Charlie Brown wah wah wahs.
At some point I found that I'd sat down. That I was nodding along.
"When we kissed?" Her eyes found mine, bright with hope. "That spark was there. It's always been there with us."