“Andrew, look at me,” Katie said.
I looked at her and her eyes were wide. Her hand was still shaking, and I could tell she was more tired than she let on. I was wondering if all this was too much for her. Two jobs, a needy best friend, and being volleyed between all of us. Maybe her emotional state was finally giving way. Maybe she was finally processing what had happened to her.
Whatever it was, that shit show I’d just witnessed was hard for me to stomach.
It was hard for me to even look at her now.
“Are you gonna make me ask what’s wrong?” Katie asked.
“I’m confused by you, Katie,” I said. “I don’t know what ya want.”
“I want you guys,” she said.
“You guys.”
“Yeah.”
“And by that you mean?”
“All of you. I think. There was a question Wyatt asked me last week. You know, when we all had that pizza lunch,” she said.
“Yep. I remember,” I said.
“He told me he was in love with me. That he’d always been. Then he asked me if I felt the same way.”
“He told you that?” I asked.
“He did. But when he asked me how I felt back, Caleb and Dylan came in with food. I never did get a chance to answer him.”
“So, you love Wyatt.”
“I do, I think. But I also think I’m in love with you. And Dylan. And Caleb.”
“So, you think you love all of us. But you’re not sure,” I said.
“Look, I’m still sorting through it myself. I’ve always cared about you guys. And you know me. The moment we shared at that bonfire all those years ago. I wanted you then, and I wanted you the night you took me out. But I want them, too. I want all of you.”
“Kinda figured that,” I said. “Does put us all in a predicament though.”
“Please don’t tell anyone else,” she said. “I’m as confused as you are, and I haven’t sorted through everything yet.”
“I ain’t tellin’ no one,” I said with a sigh. “But ya should talk to my brothers. I can tell ya they like ya. I can tell ya we’re all sort of tryin’ to figure out what ya want. What’ll make ya happy.”
“And that’s what makes you guys even more incredible,” she said breathlessly.
“Coffee for you, doll,” Dylan said.
Katie dropped my hand immediately and cast her smile toward Dylan.
“Thank you so much,” she said.
“Not a problem,” Dylan said. “Anythin’ else I can getcha?”
His eyes volleyed between the two of us as Katie looked back at me.
“Nope. But I should start reading through some more things before ten o’clock comes around. Two hours isn’t anything in the world of lawyers,” she said.
“Then I won’t keep ya,” Dylan said. “And neither will Andrew, right?”