I found my voice and fell in step beside her. “Let me walk you back to your place.” “I promise I won’t get lost,” she said with a teasing lilt to her words. Then she met my gaze and I got lost. Invite her to stay for dinner so she doesn’t have to eat alone. Tell her to take a pair of your shoes so she doesn’t have to walk barefoot. Say…something. Anything, Noah. But I couldn’t. The signal connecting my brain and my mouth was MIA, and I couldn’t even pretend to play it smooth.
