Page 45 of Falling With You

If things were going to change—and things had already been changing without my doing anything as it was—maybe I needed to take care of my own destiny.

Or maybe I just needed to go with it for once.

By the time the girls had left, I was all coiffed and in the boots with the buckles because my feet did get cold at hockey games.

And four minutes before Aiden was supposed to arrive, the doorbell rang, and I sucked in a breath.

I didn’t know why I was so nervous. I had been to sports games with the Connollys before. Just not actually with Aiden.

And not by myself.

So, when I opened the door and I saw him there in jeans that were tight around his thighs, a t-shirt that clung to his chest, and that leather jacket that just made him look all bad boy and sexy, I almost threw myself at him.

Would it be wrong if I were to climb him like a tree?

“Dear God, short stack,” Aiden growled.

I looked down and held back my laugh since my boobs were really out in my top, thanks to Harmony and Violet’s help with picking out my bra and shirt.

“You look nice,” I said, my voice a little too high-pitched.

“You look fucking edible. And that’s going to be a problem. Because I’m probably going to want to hit somebody again.” He held up his hand. “And I’m not in the mood to find a third physical therapist.”

I just leaned forward and rested my forehead against his shoulder, my own shaking with laughter.

“We are really bad at this whole thing,” I whispered.

He ran his hands down my hair, careful not to touch the top. “Well, I guess we should practice. Maybe it’ll make us a little better. And did you see? I didn’t touch your bangs. Last time I did that, you gut-punched me, and I’m not in the mood for that.”

I leaned back and laughed. “Okay, then.”

“I’m going to take that as a good sign,” Aiden said, and then he kissed me.

Just a soft kiss, just a brush of lips, and I knew that I’d be okay. Because all of the thoughts of anything but Aiden’s lips and what we could do tonight just for fun flew from my mind.

This was just a date. This was just Aiden. This was just me.

And maybe it was okay to fall, just this once.

Chapter Ten

Aiden

“It’slike you know me or something,” Sienna said with a wink as we made our way to our seats in the stadium. The Avalanche were playing the Red Wings, and it was a rivalry my brothers and I loved more than most. Even though none of us knew when it had actually started.

I put my hand on the small of her back as we found our row, and she just grinned over her shoulder at me.

“Well, I kind of do know you. I guess that could be a good thing, right?” I asked as we took our seats, careful not to jostle our beers.

“I guess it can be a good thing. Or it can be a horrible thing because we already know too much about each other, and this is really just a terrible mistake.” She said the words so quickly that she winced after, and I just shook my head.

“Okay, let’s not go there. Shall we?”

“Well, I did sort of say yes because you were threatening a kitten,” she said with a wink, and the couple on the other side of her gave me a weird look.

I pinched the bridge of my nose, glared at Sienna, and then looked past her at the big, tattooed man and his curvy date. “I wasn’t actually threatening the kitten.”

Sienna grinned and turned towards the couple, putting her back to me even though I knew she was laughing at me at the same time.