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I tilt my head in question

"I’m serious You have to pro on showing it to you At least not yet"

"And now you’re worrying"Is this the part where you confess that you’ve been taking pictures of urt cups?"

"I lied," Josh says

My worry becomes whole as he slides open a drawer, removes a battered sketchbook, and places it in my hands I turn it over WELCOME, the blue sticker says "That’s the one I was using last June," he says "I didn’t leave it in New York Obviously"

"This is it?" My relief is profound "Yeah, I know I’ve seen it in your bag"

He blanches "You have?"

"It’s okay I understand I ht? I was so out of it I understand why you wouldn’t want to show"That’s not it Not even a little bit Not even at all"

Consider my curiosity way hs I open the book, and it flips right to it As if he looks at it A lot

I stare at the page Pages There are two drawings of ainst the table in Kismet My head rests in my hand, and my hair tumbles loosely around my face My eyes are closed in reverie In the second,as a pillow My hair spreads across the table in sweeping waves and curls My lips are oh-so-slightly parted

The pictures are…sexy His brushstrokes are all curves

Josh reaches over and turns the page

There’s a third drawing

This one is fro in the rain My hair is wet My sundress is soaked More curves – arden rose floats behind ht ahead at the viewer The artist

My heartbeat pounds in my ears I look up at Josh, eyes wide

"Kurt asked to see it," he says "When I thought you were dating I thought he’d kick roans "And now you think I’m a pervert"

I smile "Only if the rest of the book is like this" I buh it At first I don’t realize what’s happening, but…I aes, inside – even some pretty ones – but as I continue to search, it’s clear that s that look like that

Josh bumps my shoulder in return "Feel better? Or arapher?"

"No" I’ as I set down the book "Definitely not For sure not"