Chapter 38

“Wait, was that a compliment?” I asked, trying to catch his eye.

“No.”

“But it was.” I was delighted. “No way can you take it back now.”

“Enough already.”

Before I could tease him further, my cell phone buzzed in my pocket. I took it out and read the screen. “My mother is bugging me to call her.” I sent her a quick text that I would phone her later. “You’d think that calling her three times a week would be enough, but no. She wants more.”

Gregory appeared wistful. “She sounds like my mom.”

I clapped my hands. “Excellent! Then our parents will get along just fine.”

“Hey! How did we get from hanging out with paints and pineapple to meeting the parents?” The panic on his face needed to go away.