her. “So that’s your best advice? I thought you’d be full of tips for dealing with snobs.”
He never missed an opportunity to take a cheap shot at her paternal grandparents. Of course, they weren’t much better when it came to the Joneses. Still, they were her grandparents and she loved them. If she refused to love people because of their flaws, she wouldn’t have had very many people left in her life.
She said, “The most important thing is Trina. Anyone can see you two are the real thing. Don’t let her parents or anyone else steal that away from you.”
Devon shrugged and mumbled something she couldn’t discern.
“Promise, Devon?”
“Yeah. I’ll call her in the morning.”
The tea kettle began to whistle and she ran to grab it before the sound woke up everybody in the house. She poured water into both mugs. Devon put tea bags in the water while she set the kettle back on the stove.
While they waited for the tea to steep, he said, “Thanks, big sis. You’re really all right. I know I give you a hard time, but you’re always there for me when I need you. I want you to know I appreciate it.”
She smiled. “I know.”
She could fix her brother’s love life, but she didn’t even have one of her own. Not that she wanted one of her own. Not really, anyway.
Chapter 9: Just Can’t Wait
Chace talked to Rob, and it seemed they would get along great. They were almost the same person. Neither one was as organized and together as Whitney and they were both crazy about her, although Chace knew better than to admit he was already.
It was all set. Chace would leave for D.C. when Whitney did, and he’d move in with Rob that day. After the call Chace had a long day of nothing to do ahead of him. Whitney was out shopping with her family.
Alone again, with no Whitney to distract him, Chace was feeling pretty low. He was happy he was moving to D.C., but being alone in that apartment with memories of Kelly for several more days was going to be harsh. He’d gone to the store and gotten boxes and he’d pulled out his suitcases and a few crates, but he was too bummed to get moving when it actually came to packing up his things and leaving the apartment that had been home for the past two years.
Even with all of Kelly’s stuff gone, she was still in that apartment with him. Yes, moving to D.C. would be the best thing for him.
It was weird. He didn’t even miss her as much as he thought he would. He just missed the idea of her being around. And having someone to cuddle up with and be close to. He missed her massaging his feet even though she teased him about his stinky toes and gross socks. He missed cooking for her. But he didn’t know that he actually missed Kelly.
Ethan had told him he fell in love too easily because he picked out a pretty girl and fell in love with the idea of being in love more than he fell for the actual girl. Well, wait until Ethan heard about Whitney. He would definitely rip into him for this one. But he couldn’t help it. If there was such thing as love at first sight, he’d fallen into it for Whitney. It hadn’t even been that quick with Kelly. With any other woman. Something about her made him just…know. What he felt didn’t have anything to do with rebounding.
Still, two years was a long time to invest in a person, and Chace couldn’t help moping around the apartment where he and Kelly had spent so many happy times together. They’d laughed, cried, fought, made up—the making up being best of all—so many times right there in that apartment.
“Well, the smartest thing would be to get rid of all the Kelly stuff first, I guess,” Chace said. He dragged his feet over to the bedroom closet to take down boxes of photos. They were the hardest Kelly things to get rid of. The two things he’d thought he’d loved the most in the world—his camera and his girl.
He didn’t even look at them. He just emptied boxes of photos—black and whites and colors both—into a
He never missed an opportunity to take a cheap shot at her paternal grandparents. Of course, they weren’t much better when it came to the Joneses. Still, they were her grandparents and she loved them. If she refused to love people because of their flaws, she wouldn’t have had very many people left in her life.
She said, “The most important thing is Trina. Anyone can see you two are the real thing. Don’t let her parents or anyone else steal that away from you.”
Devon shrugged and mumbled something she couldn’t discern.
“Promise, Devon?”
“Yeah. I’ll call her in the morning.”
The tea kettle began to whistle and she ran to grab it before the sound woke up everybody in the house. She poured water into both mugs. Devon put tea bags in the water while she set the kettle back on the stove.
While they waited for the tea to steep, he said, “Thanks, big sis. You’re really all right. I know I give you a hard time, but you’re always there for me when I need you. I want you to know I appreciate it.”
She smiled. “I know.”
She could fix her brother’s love life, but she didn’t even have one of her own. Not that she wanted one of her own. Not really, anyway.
Chapter 9: Just Can’t Wait
Chace talked to Rob, and it seemed they would get along great. They were almost the same person. Neither one was as organized and together as Whitney and they were both crazy about her, although Chace knew better than to admit he was already.
It was all set. Chace would leave for D.C. when Whitney did, and he’d move in with Rob that day. After the call Chace had a long day of nothing to do ahead of him. Whitney was out shopping with her family.
Alone again, with no Whitney to distract him, Chace was feeling pretty low. He was happy he was moving to D.C., but being alone in that apartment with memories of Kelly for several more days was going to be harsh. He’d gone to the store and gotten boxes and he’d pulled out his suitcases and a few crates, but he was too bummed to get moving when it actually came to packing up his things and leaving the apartment that had been home for the past two years.
Even with all of Kelly’s stuff gone, she was still in that apartment with him. Yes, moving to D.C. would be the best thing for him.
It was weird. He didn’t even miss her as much as he thought he would. He just missed the idea of her being around. And having someone to cuddle up with and be close to. He missed her massaging his feet even though she teased him about his stinky toes and gross socks. He missed cooking for her. But he didn’t know that he actually missed Kelly.
Ethan had told him he fell in love too easily because he picked out a pretty girl and fell in love with the idea of being in love more than he fell for the actual girl. Well, wait until Ethan heard about Whitney. He would definitely rip into him for this one. But he couldn’t help it. If there was such thing as love at first sight, he’d fallen into it for Whitney. It hadn’t even been that quick with Kelly. With any other woman. Something about her made him just…know. What he felt didn’t have anything to do with rebounding.
Still, two years was a long time to invest in a person, and Chace couldn’t help moping around the apartment where he and Kelly had spent so many happy times together. They’d laughed, cried, fought, made up—the making up being best of all—so many times right there in that apartment.
“Well, the smartest thing would be to get rid of all the Kelly stuff first, I guess,” Chace said. He dragged his feet over to the bedroom closet to take down boxes of photos. They were the hardest Kelly things to get rid of. The two things he’d thought he’d loved the most in the world—his camera and his girl.
He didn’t even look at them. He just emptied boxes of photos—black and whites and colors both—into a
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