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But that didn’t change the way she felt for Colin, as staring at her with longing, his eyes soft, the slightest hint of a s?" she asked

He half-shrugged, caressing her paleous"

She felt a shiver run down the length of her spine

"You’re not so bad yourself," Spencer said, lowering her lashes

The waitress reappeared and took their orders When she was gone, Colin sighed "It sucks you have to go home soon"

"I know" Spencer pouted "Butwill you be here?" Herand leoing to be here until February But the thing is, I’ in his seat "I want to get into some slams this year, rehter "I would never tear you away fro I’d hit balls around with you if you wanted, though you probably want stiffer competition"

"No, that would actually be awesome" Colin used his straw to crush a piece of ice at the bottoo well, maybe you could come with me to some of my matches" He sat back in his chair and crossed his arether Roland Garros in France We could hobnob in New York City at the US Open"

"I could sit in the special visitors’ box and wave for the ESPN cameras," Spencer said excitedly

"You’ll look a in the stands," Colin whispered

"You’ll look a on the court," Spencer said

They leaned forward and kissed lightly Electricity crackled through Spencer’s body

She sat back "And if, God forbid, you don’tback to Connecticut, right? I could always drive up to visit you Rosewood’s not that far"

A muscle in Colin’s jaitched "Yeah, I don’t know about that"

"Why?"

He raised one shoulder "My apartment’s kind of" He trailed off

"Kind of what?" E? Shabby? Or maybe he lived with a creepy uncle or way too many cats

"It doesn’t ht now" Colin cupped her chin in his hands "Let’s talk about you instead When did you first realize you had a thing for anizing junkies," Spencer joked

Colin wagged his finger at her "You’d better stay out of ot it set up just the way I want it"

Spencer pretended to pout "But closets are anize!"

When the entrées arrived, Colin launched into a story about a tennis one into seven break points that lasted until Spencer speared the last bit of crab onto her fork She laughed and groaned at all the right places, then tried to tell a story about when a field hockey gaone into sudden death overtiht over her Heat him It was so cute

The waitress appeared "Any dessert for the lovebirds?"

Spencer opened her mouth to ask for some coffee and a menu, but Colin jumped in

"I’ed at Spencer "You know the drill Gotta put in a good night’s sleep"

Spencer struggled to smile "Of course But maybe just a quick--"

"We’ll take the check," Colin interrupted

The waitress glanced at Spencer,the dessert menus with her Colin rolled up his napkin, tossed it on the table, and shot Spencer a winning grin "I’onna run to the restroo to hide her disappointe fro back to Rosewood--and then examined her manicure, which was still flawless She crossed and recrossed her legs and then druainst the tablecloth

The waitress dropped their check off, and Spencer left it where it was, crooked in the center of the table, slightly askeard Colin’s still-e time There must have been a line, Spencer decided She checked her phone again, and read several blog posts on Go Fug Yourself She touched up her lip gloss The waitress returned and reached for the check Spencer clapped her hand over the leather envelope "Uh, we haven’t paid yet," she said, cheeks fla