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"I got coffee yesterday and always get shit from you," I counter as I sit and absently rub the littleyou gory details, those are for me to dwell on and fantasize over But, Pan, the e connected The way he looked atat hs and puts her forehead on her palm as if she’s in for a headache I know that she hates it when I’, and wonder what my mother would say if she knew about this

I was married and had you before I enty-five, she’s told me all my life

And I tell her that I’reat friends and a damn career

But now,and nments, my mind drifts off to my phone

I have this rule that the last one to text should be the one who is next texted

Greyson texted "And accurate" last night and before I know it, I text him back

Are you there?

To be honest, I don’t knohat to expect This is uncharted territory for me I hardly knohat my name is today

One moment I was at a party with so many people

And then I ith him

And he ith htens as That his touch went farther than my skin, it went intothe way our eyesfor him to text me

♥ ♥ ♥

Two days after Greyson

TODAY WE’RE DECORATING one of my client’s new hoe of the project, everyone pitches in on "the" day when the actual delivery and arrangement of furniture takes place Basically it works like this:

I et and taste

Ithe approxi concepts

I make the room plans, take room measurements, then deliver the PDF files with the prices of several options and ies and fabric swatches, based on the concepts we discussed

Once the client approves our choices, I show it all to Susan, get her stamp of approval, then I order the fabrics, the furniture, thetreat is shipped to the company warehouse, where it is checked and asseins For we actually get to set a date, usually when our client is out of town, and ill get tothat we visualized mentally happen in real life

I’m a visual person, and this is what I do This is what I love Since I was three years old, I visualized everything From the way I would dress for the first day in school To the way a certain boy would look at ht at the apple my mother always had me take She said if I put an apple in their hand, I would be putting their hearts intheenerous" to everyone and is always giving out things, even hugs Yes! She’s done the FREE HUGS posters at charity events and just hugs everybody--and she’s taken ood In any case, pleasing people and living a happy, relaxed, colorful life is what I love

"Where’s this going to go?" Pandora asks as she unwraps a pretty glass lairl’s room," I say, then I check all my files for the third time today "It’s over that old pink vanity and this little fellow" I toe a small striped otto it "Isn’t it cute?"

"What’s cute is how you keep pulling out your phone like it’s a warnal"

And

NO text Still

Soes They’re scared It was too intense He gave --What the fk, Greysonproble myself So there He’s made me think of only him, his skin, his touch, and I want itI crave itI freaking need it again I’ve mentally checked myself into the Greyson Addicts Anonymous and only he can re hi of disappointrow on the left side ofI am definitely still interested and please, dude, if you likedain

Should I?

Rules say I shouldn’t But I’ve never liked rules, and Greyson doesn’t look like a rule man either

What do I do?

I want to ask Pandora but I already loathe the smirk on her face