It looked like his trip went well? Why? Because of his hair? How? What was that supposed to mean? For a second, one eye squinted, and Jake's brow furrowed. Then he remembered the IG posts. Unless there was something written on Jake's face, Abbie had to be talking about the IG posts. The IG posts that she reacted to at H&G. Since Lanie had overheard her it was basically the whole reason Jake had to have this talk with Abbie right now.
“It was good,” Jake said. He kept his arms to the side, and his chin dipped. He wanted to ask Abbie why everything was just okay, but Jake didn't like small talk anyway, and it definitely wasn't why he was there. He wanted to get this whole thing over with.
The problem was that Jake still wasn't quite sure how to ask what he needed to ask. He'd thought about it a lot since he'd gotten back and Lanie had told him that Abbie had been commiserating over the trip with Elise's maker. While Jake had been working out, he'd run through a lot of different scenarios. Each worse than the last. Jake hadn't actually had a conversation like this before. He'd never been in a situation like this before.
In the end, Jake had decided to with the totally blunt approach.
“Okay,” Jake said after a beat. He turned his feet so that he was fully facing Abbie and looked at her. “Is there something going on between us?”
“I just want to know what you're thinking, because I've been getting mixed signals. I mean, you're engaged, right? To some high-class wine guy who has everything you're looking for. On the fast track toward the perfect cookie cutter Knight life. You're happy. About to get everything you want. And you keep saying you regret getting with me on the full moon. And half the time it's normal.”
“But then you do things like text me when you're at Coachella. Or steal a hat for me and then get all interested in my pictures. Or challenge me to a pie contest. Or take off your shirt during truth or dare. Or tell me I should send my portfolio in for that gala thing. Or all these other things. And now Lanie's saying that you were upset that I went to Ibiza with Elise....”
“I guess I just wanted to ask what you're thinking.”