And that was when something happened that never ever happened to me. I got nervous. My heart skipped a beat, and a cold sweat flushed the back of my neck. What was going on? It was just Nico. I was just bringing him a beer…after Charlie had bullied me into agreeing to act on my attraction. I’d ignored it this long, so why would I do this? It was like my instincts had just grabbed the wheel, yelling at logic in the backseat to shut the fuck up.