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"Not a one of theave them plenty of hints as well"

"What sort of hints? Maybe they didn’t understand You kno you girls can be"

"Hints like, oh, it’s ot hed

"Yeah, exactly Anyone as listening should have knoould have loved to have received sos come to those ait"

"I sure hope so"

"So," I asked casually "Are you dating anyone right now?"

"Is that a joke?" She gave me a weird look

"No" I looked away fro down this road of questions I didn’t want to go down this road, because I knehere it would end up It would end up with her asking where ere going, and what did I want, and I didn’t want to answer that Though I did want to know more about Maddie What was it about uys had she dated before? Did she have a history of choosing bad boys? Was she one of those girls whose goal was to fix her h I didn’t know exactly what role I wanted to play in her life

"Well, no, Logan I’ with you if I was sleeping with someone else"

"So, you don’t sleep around?" I knew the words ca I knew she may interpret h that wasn’t what I meant, I really wanted to know if she was interested in anyone else aside from me, but I didn’t want to voice it that way

"I know it’s hard for you to believe, but no, I a around"

"So there’s no one"

"There’s no one" She rolled her eyes "I’ some fun"

"I see"

"You’re such an idiot" She pushed an Don’t you understand that?"

"What?" I couldn’t stop the smile on my face "You like me?"

"Like that is really news to you"

"Well, you know," I laughed, "I’uy, I’m a bit slow"

"Just a bit?"

"You kno it can be sometimes"

"So what about you?"

"What about me?"

"So do you like an Martelli!"

"I think I can say that I like you" I smiled at her warhed at the words If irl I liked her like soh you were shouting atatat me"

"I’m new to situations like this, Maddie"

"Have you been in a relationship before?"

"Of course I’hed at the disappointment in her eyes "I’ with a man with experience"

"I don’t want to think about you sleeping with anyone else" She wrinkled her nose

"Just think aboutwith you, then" I pulled her towards me "Just think about the feel of etically that you can think of nothing other than the feel of ainstto turn me on?"

"Did it work?" I winked at her and watched as she licked her lips I wanted to feel her tongue on roaned as I realized how turned on I was

"I’ to tell you" She shook her head and stepped away from me

"I see the way you are" I adjusted roan "So tellto do this now, then?" She looked at me with a question in her eyes, and I wanted to tell her no I didn’t want to think about her with anyone else I didn’t want to picture her lips kissing anotheranother h anotheranother man’s presence