Free Everything You've Got: Anything & Everything, Book 2 by Erin Nicholas Page B

meant he knew every tiny detail about what made her tick. He knew enough, but yeah, he wanted to know it all.
    “And true or false,” she continued. “You think this trip is going to end with us madly in love with one another?”
    “False.”
    She raised an eyebrow. “False?”
    “We’re already there. You’re not admitting it, but that doesn’t make it untrue.”
    Kat sighed. “You’re nuts.”
    But she didn’t deny being in love with him.
    Luke would take what he could get. For now.
    She pushed her hand through her pink-streaked hair that she’d crimped into tight waves around her face today. It drove him a little crazy that he never knew what to expect. Sometimes her hair was dark, sometimes light, sometimes crazy colors. She wore it in spikes, curly, straight, wavy Sometimes she even put extensions in, making it longer.
    He liked things predictable, truly hated change. But underneath, Kat was always the same—dependable, loyal, sexy and smart. So he could live with a little hair dye.
    This close he could see the deep brown of her eyes behind the thick eyeliner and dark shadow. She’d transformed her appearance over the summer between eighth and ninth grade and he hadn’t seen her without makeup and hair dye since. He wanted to see her without makeup and hair dye. He wasn’t sure why. She turned him on just walking into a room no matter what she wore, but he wanted to see her underneath the stuff. Or maybe it was that he wanted her to let him see underneath.
    Kat cleared her throat. “And are you going to tell me all your deep, dark secrets too?”
    “I’ll tell you whatever you want to know.”
    She got a contemplative look in her eye, then slowly leaned in too. “Well since you’re the one who wants to speed everything along, I’m going to jump to a question that I would usually wait several dates to ask.”
    “Bring it on.”
    “Is it possible that there will be a time when we’re sitting on the couch kissing and suddenly Sabrina calls needing a ride home from somewhere and you jump up to go get her?”
    The kiss. That night in college. They’d never talked about it, and they’d never repeated it—until now.
    He remembered it clearly though. He and Kat had been in his dorm room while Marc was on a date and Sabrina was at a dance. Dorm rooms were small and the only place to really sit comfortably had been on the bed. Together. They’d been watching a movie and he’d looked over to ask her something and suddenly he had to kiss her. He remembered that distinctly. The need had swept through him and he couldn’t resist. So he’d kissed her. It had gotten really hot, really fast. Their mouths had been hungry, their hands bold. There had even been some bare skin. They both knew they were on their way to much, much more than a stolen kiss. And they were both completely okay with that. It was going to change everything between them and they’d gone full speed ahead.
    Then Sabrina had called. She’d needed a ride home.
    He’d been torn. He wanted to be with Kat, but there was no way he could leave a friend stranded.
    And now it was coming back to bite him in the ass.
    “Your friends are important to you and I’m sure you appreciate the fact that they’re important to me. In fact, I would hope you would expect me to help a friend out, no matter when they need me or what I’m doing.” He tried to gauge her reaction but she was just watching him. “That’s just one more reason you’re the perfect woman. All of my friends are your friends. You would do that same thing if Marc called and needed your help.”
    “Well, don’t forget to add that to your list of criteria,” she said dryly. “Someone who will put up with the short leash Sabrina has on you.”
    That wasn’t fair. Now. “Marc is the only one on any leash,” he said. “She’s his handful now.”
    “And yet, here we are driving that thing—” she gestured out the window at the RV, “—to Nashville so she can sleep a