Peeking over to Morgan, I watched her face grow into a full-on grin. “A serious date? With who? Nice. Are you finally moving on?”
I swallowed hard and waited by the passenger-side door of Morgan’s car for her to unlock it. She was so caught up in whatever it was Nash was saying to her, she stood there, her keys in her hand.
“Morgan?”
Her eyes jerked up to look at me, and she mouthed she was sorry. Unlocking the doors, we both got in.
“Well, I’m glad you’re moving on, Nash. I love you, and tell Charlie I can’t wait to see the baby!”
Morgan hit end on her phone, set it down, then started her car. We drove for a few moments in silence before I couldn’t take it another second.
“Nash is going on a date? With Karen?”
She laughed. “No, not Karen. He said he and my father were both meeting Karen to go over her first two weeks on the job and the expectations from here on out, but then Charlie went into labor, so it would just be my dad meeting Karen. My father can handle it all.”
“I bet Charlie and Tucker are excited to find out if the baby is a boy or girl,” I stated.
“There is no way I could do it! I’d have to find out the moment I knew I could. I’m hoping it’s a girl. Sorry about the girl crush comment. I know how much you look up to Charlie.”
With a small shrug, I replied, “It’s okay. So, who is Nash going on a date with and when?”
Morgan turned and gave me an incredulous look. “It’s someone he met on the coed softball team he plays on. He said she’s been flirting for a while and he wasn’t feeling it, but he thinks he’ll give it a try. Kaelynn, do you like my brother?”
I nearly choked on my own spit as I started coughing. “What? Why? I mean, what makes you ask that?”
“I’m not stupid, and I saw the way the two of you looked at each other at my birthday party. I’m pretty sure you were the first woman he had shown any interest in since Lily.”
“He told me he was only interested in being friends.”
Morgan laughed. “Okay, and you believed that? I honestly thought the two of you would go out after spending a whole day in a car together. I was surprised that nothing came from that. Nash said he invited you to dinner, but you blew him off.”
I twisted my hands together and stared out the window. “I didn’t blow him off, I couldn’t make it that night. It’s probably for the best, anyway.”
“Why do you say that?”
How did I tell Morgan the real reason I needed to stay away from Nash? The problem was, I didn’t want to stay away from him. I wanted to get to know him better. Spend more days together like we had two weeks ago. It was so easy talking to him.
Ugh. Why is this happening?
“It’s hard to explain, Morgan.”
She let out a breath and said, “Okay.”
“That’s it? Just okay? You’re not going to push me on this? Ask a million questions?”
Shaking her head and laughing, she answered, “No. I mean, if you’ve changed your mind about Nash, I get it. I thought the two of you would make a cute couple, and I have to admit, when you said how hot he was at my birthday party, I got a little excited y’all might start dating. But if things didn’t work out, then they didn’t work out.”
We sat in silence for a few moments before I broke it. “When is he going out on his date?”
Morgan smirked at me before she answered. “Tomorrow night.”
With a gigantic sigh, I looked out the window and said, “Oh, that’s nice.”
This time she laughed, but being the good friend she was, she didn’t say anything. I knew she could see right through me. She knew I liked Nash, but she would never know why I couldn’t pursue things with him. In my heart, I just knew that they would both hate me if they ever found out the truth about me.
I STARED OUT the window as we all waited in the waiting room of the hospital for Tucker to come out.
“Penny for your thoughts,” Terri whispered as she bumped my arm and stood next to me.