Free Following You (The By You Series) by Kelly Harper

you my whole life, I can tell when something's bothering you."
    "Well, maybe you don't know me as well as you think."
    He jerked the menu back up and Sarah didn't even try to stop him. Her jaw dropped open and she stared at him for a moment.
    "Huck, that hurt. Why would you say something like that?"
    He let out an annoyed sigh. "Can't we just order some food and have a pleasant dinner?" he said.
    Sarah pursed her lips and didn't say anything. She eyed him for a long time before she picked up her menu. None of the words on the menu made any sense to her, how was she supposed to focus when he was acting that way?
    A minute later they heard the clicking of feet on the wooden floor, and Sarah looked up to see a skinny brunette wearing all black heading their way. She was carrying a bottle of wine that she set on the edge of the table.
    "Welcome to Trattoria Giuseppe . My name is Lilly. Can I interest either of you in a..." Her voice trailed off when she looked down at Huck. Sarah had to do a double take when she looked at him, too.
    Huck was leaning back in his chair and was grinning from ear to ear. His arm was hung over the back of the chair as he sat half-turned to face her.
    "Hey stranger, long time no see," he said.
    "What are you doing here?" she said, smiling. "I didn't think you would really come visit."
    "Well, I've been craving spaghetti all day and someone told me this place makes the best."
    The girl let out a small laugh. "Sound's like someone knows what they're talking about, then."
    Sarah stared back and forth between them, not sure what was happening. Did Huck already know the waitress? How? And, why did she suddenly feel like she was invisible?
    Sarah cleared her throat, a bit too loudly, and both Huck and Lilly looked over at her.
    "Huck, don't be rude," she said. "Aren't you going to introduce me?"
    "Sorry," he stammered. "Sarah, this is Lilly. Lilly...Sarah."
    Sarah tried to make her smile look genuine, but she didn't think she was fooling anybody.
    "You'll have to excuse my boyfriend--he forgets his manners, sometimes."
    Huck shifted uneasily in his chair, but he didn't say anything. Lilly looked back and forth between them with an uncertain, nervous smile.
    "Right," she said. She looked back at Huck for what felt like too long before she kept talking. "Well, like I was saying, can I interest either of you in a drink?"
    "I'll just stick with the water," Sarah said. She knew she probably sounded like a bitch, but she didn't care.
    Lilly nodded and turned to Huck, who seemed to be thinking it over.
    "What kinds of beers does this place have?" he asked.
    "We've got bottles of Bud Light, Heineken, Dos XX, and Shiner Bock," she said. Then the smile returned, and she added, "But you know I'll have to card you for those."
    Huck waved a hand, not missing a beat. "You don't need to do that--we're friends!"
    "I can't do that, I could get in a lot of trouble," she said, but she was still smiling. "Are you trying to get me fired?"
    Something rubbed Sarah wrong about the way Lilly was looking at him. She didn't like how comfortable they were talking to each other--like they were old friends, or something.
    "If anyone sees it, I'll tell them I snuck it in," he said. "No one will be the wiser."
    "Huck, drop it," Sarah said. "She said she can't bring you one, so let it go."
    Huck flashed her a look of annoyance, again. Like somehow it was her fault that he couldn't get what he wanted.
    "No, it's fine," Lilly said, quickly. "We're slow tonight so no one's really paying attention. I'll see what I can do."
    "Thanks," Huck said, and then he gave her one of his big, goofy grins. Lilly didn't seem as annoyed by it as Sarah was, though. By the time she disappeared with the bottle of wine, Sarah couldn't even think straight, anymore.
    "That's quite a new friend you have there," Sarah said.
    "Who, Lilly?" he said. "I met her earlier today."
    "You two seem awfully close for only having known her for a few hours."
    "I guess," he