Breaking The Ice Between Us
I could barely taste my food, but I kept chewing anyway, pretending to be human.
James, of course, didn’t notice. Or maybe he did and just didn’t say anything. He was on a roll—hand gestures, animated expressions, half-laughing at his own stories like he was auditioning for a talk show.
I blinked at him, tuning in halfway through some tangent about packing cubes and TSA agents with superiority complexes.
“—and anyway, I told the girl, if you’re gonna grope me at security, you better buy me dinner first, right?” James snorted, shoving a fry into his mouth, chewing like a satisfied idiot. “Anyway, I leave Monday.”