TREPIDATION // h.s

CHAPTER 40 //

"Yeah, that's it thanks." I smile at the waitress after I placed our order. I pick up our menus and hand them to her before she walks off.

When Harry left for work, Quinn and I decided to get some lunch. 

"Okay, but can we just talk about how that girl was so into you last night?" She squeals from across the table.

"Jenny?" She nods. "Harry said the same thing."

"Ohh." She giggles. "He must have been so jealous." 

"That's Harry." I shrug. I fiddle around with the straw in my drink and then I take a sip. I almost choke on it when I hear what she says next though. 

"Soooo, have you guys done it yet?" She says so loud that I think the whole shop heard.

I swing my head first to the left and then to the right to see if anyone is staring."Quinnlan West, could you shut the fuck up," I say through my teeth giving her a sarcastic smile.

She just snickers at me. "So? Have you?"

"No." I round my mouth and I shake my head aggressively trying to stop her from talking about this in public.

"Do you want to?" 

I think about it for a few seconds but that's all fake. I damn well knew the answer immediately. "Well, obviously I want to, duh. But I don't know if it's too soon." 

"You've known him for almost two months now." 

"And for most of the two months, I hated him." I give her a fake smile.

"Right." She nods sarcastically.

"Listen, it will happen when it happens, things are good between us right now."

"They are?" Her expression is more serious now like she is genuinely concerned

"Quinn, I think I really like him." I bring my hand up and I nervously start chewing at my nails. A habit I've actually shaken but in times when I get really nervous, I can't help but resort back to it.

This is a time like that. Quinn is probably the best friend I've ever had and her opinion really does mean a lot to me. 

"I know." She says effortlessly. I'm a little confused at this point, so I furrow my eyebrows.

"What do you mean?"

"You get this look in your eyes when you see him." 

"What look?" I ask, very intrigued.

"Just a... look." 

Now I'm even more confused. "Okay, how do you know that's what it means?" I riddle.

"Because he has the same one when he looks at you."

Fuck-

I just can't get rid of the stupid smile on my face right now. 

"Hey, there's Nate," She shouts, once again way too loud, and he must have heard, because, at the same time I look at him out in the street, he turns around and faces us.

I just want to fall off the face of the earth. Can this girl be any louder? 

He smiles at us nervously and then waves. 

"Come here!" Quinn shouts. At first, he hesitates, but when Quinn waves again he starts approaching us. "Now this is husband material." She whispers to me just before he reaches our table.

"Hey, you two." He smiles. He looks so cute. He's wearing a navy polo shirt with corduroy shorts, definitely husband material.

"Hey, Nate," I reply.