Erin nodded toward the steps and Blair felt as if she was in a daze as she walked down and over to the front door. “So,” she said as she rocked back and forth on the balls of her feet.

“So.” Erin cleared her throat. “Thank you so much for doing that for him. I’m sure he’ll talk about it for days.”

“Yeah.” The moment from earlier was gone. If something was actually going to happen between them, that wasn’t the case anymore. Blair awkwardly pointed at the door. “I guess I better go.”

She grabbed her shoes and walked out before Erin could say anything else. She tossed and turned throughout the night, wondering if the next day would be awkward, given what almost happened between them. Blair thought about calling Erin and saying she was sick, but she didn’t want to lie. Plus, she knew calling out would put Erin in a horrible position for work, and Blair couldn’t do that to her.

Blair wanted a moment to gather her thoughts before she knocked on the door the next day, but that wasn’t going to happen. As soon as she parked out front and got out of her car, Nolan ran out of the house. He was holding something in his hands that he was clearly excited about, because he was waving it around.

“Bear! Bear! We going to the zoo!”

The zoo ? What was he talking about? When he got close, she saw it was tickets that he had in his hands. She grabbed them from him and found that they were, indeed, two tickets to the local zoo.

“Surprise!” Erin said as she walked out of the house. “I thought you two could use a break from the pool today.”

Blair couldn’t believe it. She had spent the whole night worried about this very moment, and now, she could barely even remember why she had been worried. All she could focus on was the zoo. If she had any reason to believe Erin actually wanted that kiss to happen last night and it wasn’t a fleeting hormone-filled moment, she would’ve kissed her right there in the front yard. The joy she felt over her childhood dream being fulfilled was a pretty good consolation prize, though.

Chapter 14

Erin

Erin still couldn’t believe she almost kissed Blair the night before. Or was it that she almost let Blair  kiss her ? Was there really a difference?