A knock came at the door. “Dad! Dad! Wake up.”
I stilled and hiked the sheet up to my chin. “Oh my God.”
“She doesn’t—”
The door flew open and Dani held out her arms. “You guys are still in bed?”
“Is she like this all the time?” I asked out of the side of my mouth.
“Nope. Special case, evidently.”
“Go start the batter. It’s a pancake morning.”
“Yes!” Dani turned on her heel before her stomping footsteps receded down the hall.
Gideon’s hand firmed on my breast. I elbowed him. “Are you kidding?”
He laughed. “What? You haven’t heard of a quickie?”
“Not that quick, buddy.” I slipped out of bed and grabbed my bag before bolting for the bathroom.
“Damn, you’ve got a nice ass,” he yelled after me.
I was smiling as I dug my way through my overnight bag.
“I’ll go down and start breakfast. You gonna take a shower?”
“Yes.” I opened the door to peek out. He was wearing ancient sweatpants and a wrinkly white shirt. His hair was sticking up and he was stupidly attractive. Me? I was afraid to look in the mirror. I knew what I looked like in the morning.
It wasn’t hot.
“Give me fifteen.”
His eyebrow went up. “Really?”
“I mean, I can probably do ten.”
He laughed. “You do know who I used to live with. I was expecting an hour.”
“What part of me seems like it would take an hour? I’m nothing like that—”
He reached in and pulled me through the small space. “Nothing about you is like my ex. That’s why I...like how we are so much.”
I narrowed my eyes at him. “Like how we are, huh?”
“You really want me to go there this morning, Macy?”
That was a no times three-thousand. I wiggled out of his arms and closed the door in his face. “I’ll be downstairs in fifteen.”
I actually made it in ten. My wet hair was pulled back in a tail, and I hadn’t bothered with makeup. I followed the scent of bacon and paused at the kitchen doorway. Gideon had a towel tucked into the front of his sweats, and the radio was playing.
Dani was conducting with a spatula as One Direction sang, “Olivia”. She was singing at top volume and Gideon was laughing at her.
It was so obvious that he loved her. It was always obvious, but he knew the words to the song too.
Dani spotted me and jumped off her stool. “Macy, you took forever.”
I tugged on her ponytail. “I barely had time to put my jeans on since you interrupted.”