Total pages in book: 34
Estimated words: 31462 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 157(@200wpm)___ 126(@250wpm)___ 105(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 31462 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 157(@200wpm)___ 126(@250wpm)___ 105(@300wpm)
Sky let out a long, half-sobbing “Noooooo.” That got the cop to look up at him, his dark eyes widening, while Sky lifted tear-soaked eyes to the officer. “I’m supposed to be on a very special first date tonight, but my best friends keep calling me with one catastrophe after another. How am I supposed to prove to this super-hot guy”—Sky paused and waved one hand at Nolan—“that I have this normal life and that I’m completely safe to date, if my friends are proving to be the exact opposite? And I’m sorry I swerved earlier. I haven’t been drinking. The pig freaked out and startled me. I promise that I’ll be very careful from now on. We don’t have much farther to go.”
Nolan held his breath, his heart freezing for a beat. The cop chuckled as he handed the license over to Sky. “I swear, this isn’t even my weirdest call of the night. How much farther you got to go with the boy and his pig?”
“Just a few miles. Not far. And I won’t be on the highway, I promise. Slow driving,” Sky stated with a new eagerness.
“All right. I’ll let you off with a warning. Keep your eyes on the road, and let your friend worry about the pig.” The officer leaned down to stare at Nolan and point at him. “And you need to give this nice man another chance. Everyone has an off night every once in a while.”
Nolan sharply nodded. “Yes, Officer. I will. Thank you.”
The cop continued to laugh to himself all the way to his car while they remained frozen. Nolan inwardly laughed with the policeman. Not only had Sky gotten off with a small warning, but he’d managed to get Nolan ordered to give him a second date.
Of course, Nolan didn’t need a cop to tell him to snag this amazing man while he could.
“Wow!” Red exclaimed first, letting out a jagged sigh of relief. “That was close.”
“Too close,” Sky agreed. “I’m not moving this car another inch until I know exactly where we’re going. My place, your place, and Maddox’s is out.”
“Then it’s my place,” Nolan offered.
Sky frowned, his eyes softening as they met Nolan’s. “I’d rather not. You’ve already had vampires troubling you. I don’t want you to worry about unknown witches showing up on your doorstep.”
“Duh! Moon’s place!” Red interrupted. “He’s even out of town. In Boston for that concert with friends. It’s perfect. Damon and I will be in and out before Moon even gets home.”
Nolan shifted his gaze to Sky to see him nod. “You’re right. That would probably be best. No one would think to look there for him, and it would give you a little time to figure some shit out.” Sky placed his right hand on Nolan’s seat and twisted to glare directly at Red and Damon. “But you need to back off and let Damon handle this. It will only get worse with another witch sticking his nose into it. If Damon is scared of Jasper, he needs to go to the police and file a restraining order.”
Sky faced forward again and started the engine. Nolan glanced at their companions to see the pig was now snuggling his head against Red’s chest. His heart went out to him. It sucked when relationships went bad like this.
Dating a magical person had to make it even more complicated. There were things you just couldn’t report to the cops. The vampires had their own system of governing, which was kind of a mixed bag of helpfulness. Did witches have anything like that?
Not that he was worried about Sky becoming a dangerous, stalker-y ex. The man with the sunny smile might be a touch on the clingy side, but he gave every sign of respecting boundaries. If they didn’t work out for whatever reason, he believed that Sky would walk away without cursing him.
Well, maybe a little revenge curse like temporary impotence or explosive flatulence.
Or diarrhea.
But Sky would rebound, and life would return to normal.
Fuck. Wasn’t that a depressing thought? Normal.
Normal was so boring and colorless now. It wasn’t even the magic, but the general unexpectedness that filled Sky’s life. Even his best friend Jennifer had managed to insert herself into the bubbling insanity.
Nolan stretched out his legs as much as he could and crossed them at the ankles. A smile playing on his lips, he reached across the center console and covered Sky’s hand with his own. His date’s breath softly caught, and his fingers tightened around his.
“You seem like you’re amused by something,” Sky ventured.
“This entire night. I think this will go down as my most interesting date ever.” Nolan rolled his head toward Sky and grinned. “And that’s saying something. When I was in high school, I went out with this guy and he talked me into skinny-dipping in this lake near his house. His younger brother caught us and stole all our clothes. We had to sneak behind several houses in the dark to get back to his. I hid in the bushes while he fought with his brother to let him in the house to get clothes.”