I was in my room that night when Shay called me. Grateful for Missy’s absence, like always, I answered and leaned back in my chair. “What’s up, Coleman?”
He paused a beat before laughing under his breath. “Coleman. Okay. I get it. We’re like chill buddies? Is that it?”
Was there a better description for us? I shrugged to myself. “We kinda hate each other but still seek each other out. I figured it’s time to move on from calling you ‘That Guy I Hate’ in my head to a name. Last names seem fitting. You can keep calling me Clarke.”
“I never know what I’m going to get with you.”
I was purposefully keeping it light. I wasn’t ready to dive into the deep waters we had been in when I saw him this morning.
Light and surface. That’s what I wanted at that moment.
“Guess that’s my charm. I’m not
