I fidgeted in front of the blue SUV as he stared me down, a sly grin on his face. In nothing but my tiny shorts, a t-shirt, and flip fops, I couldn't help but feel naked in the cool October night air.
"So are you gonna give me my charger or what?" I quipped, trying to portray a confidence I didn't feel.
"Sure," he said. "Get in." His voice bore no room for argument.
I stepped onto the pavement and crossed to the passenger side, hefting myself into the seat. The indescribable, masculine scent of the car washed over me and made my stomach flip. I could sense that something was going to happen between us, and my virgin mind didn't know how to feel about that.
"Did you forget your phone charger on purpose?" he teased. The light from my brownstone's porch light cast a halo behind his dark hair and cast the rest of his features in darkness.
"And why would I do that?" Luck was with me: my voice didn't tremble.
"So you would have an excuse to come back down here and see me again, of course." He laughed, and I couldn't help but grin back at him.
"No, I wouldn't do that, at least not consciously." I wasn't lying. Luck had led to my lapse in memory. Of course, I had taken advantage of that by asking him to come back to return it after I had already changed into my scant outfit. I looked at him in the dark and blushed, thankful that he wouldn't be able to see me, as I recalled our day together.