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I wait for the sound of her door closing before hefting the box and cautiously carrying it through the kitchen and out the side door I set it on the ground while I unlockthe seat belt to strap it in God forbid I have to hit the brakes on ain

Can you even iine?

That would be my luck

The house is quiet when I arrive, pulling into the short driveway and parking one and my ex-roommate doesn’t have a car of her own, so I’m not sure if anyone will be ho if the Jeep parked on the curb belongs to Rohbors

I retrieve the box baby fro fro on the front door Wait a few seconds before pressing the glowing button for the doorbell No sound comes frohts on, at least not on the first floor

Just as I give up and turn to go back to my car, the front door is pulled open

It’s Roman

And he looks as if he’s about to go so a collared shirt he has tucked into dark jeans His unkempt hair has been combed into a tidy style, and I will admit he kind of looks…cute?

Or perhaps I’m just surprised

When we met, he looked as if he’d just run ten laps around a race track: exhausted, tired, and messy

“I’o somewhere?”

It’s none of your business, Lilly!

His eyes flit back and forth betweenit like the precious cargo it is

He stuffs his hands in the pockets of his jeans “Actually, yeah I’m headed to my parents’ place for Sunday dinner”

“Ohwrong and therefore there’s no need to actually apologize—I just feel like an idiot for standing here holding a box in the middle of the afternoon, unannounced

He looks as aard about it as I feel “Is that what I think it is?”

“Oh!” I remember the award in my hands, inside the box, inside the towel “Yes! I’ether” Then, because I feel a babble co on… “It’s like Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall”

Er

Sort of

But not really

“All the king’s horses and all the king’s men…er…”