AVERY
"Penny for your thoughts?"
I blinked, only now noticing that Mariah had placed a cup of coffee on the table in front of me.
"Thanks." I beamed at her, before dropping the pen I was holding and picking up the cup.
I held the cup with my two hands, spanning the width with my fingers so that the heat from the coffee would warm my chilled fingers.
"Sure." Mariah took her seat on the other side of the table, taking a sip of her coffee. "What were you thinking about? "
"Nothing."
"Are you sure?" She c****d a brow, "You looked like you were concentrating really hard."
I sighed, my shoulders dropping. I had never been able to keep anything from her.
"I've been thinking about this guy..."
Her eyes widened and she almost spat out the coffee in her mouth. She hur
