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she said, as she
laughed. “No, I don't still think you're cute. I was little and
you were grown. I can't believe we are talking about this.”
    He
reached over and took her hand in his. She could feel so much heat in
his touch. Could he feel it too, she wondered? He was more than cute.
She wanted to lean in and kiss his gorgeous lips so bad.
    “ I
thought you were cute. I would sit outside and see how long you would
watch me, before Heath would get mad and throw a fit. I used to tease
him about you all the time. I used to ask him where my girlfriend
was. He would get so mad.”
    “ He
never told me that. Heath is the only friend I have kept in contact
with. It's like he's my brother or best friend. We don't talk as much
now that he has his business. I can't believe you ever noticed me
watching you. I used to think you were the cutest boy in the whole
world,” she said, as she blushed.
    “ You
know I'm the cutest boy there is,” he joked back. “I bet
you even wanted to kiss me.”
    Josh
puckered his lips up and laughed. If he only knew, she thought. She
still wanted to kiss him.
    “ Don't
pucker those lips at me. I'm not that little girl anymore. I've
learned a lot since then.”
    Josh's
eyes widened as they locked with hers.
    “ Becky
said you own a restaurant now,” she said, trying to change the
subject.
    “ You
and Becky talk about me,” he said, with a grin. “That's
interesting.”
    “ Since
we are alone, I want to ask you something,” she said, changing
the subject again.
    “ OK,”
he said.
    “ How
bad was it when you found me? I just need to know,” she asked.
    Josh
tightened his grip on her hand. She felt nervousness in his touch.
    “ You
really want to know?” he asked, and she nodded. “It was
bad. I really was not sure you were going to make it. You were
trapped and it took a minute to get the wood off of your leg. When I
was carrying you out, you were out of it. I didn't think you could
even hear me. You opened your eyes a little once or twice, but you
were having a hard time breathing. I was not sure if you had been in
there for too long. I thought you might have broken your ankle. I
have no idea if I hit it or anything on the way out. I tried to be
careful. Once I handed you off at the ambulance, I worried if you
were going to be okay. I had no idea it was you, until Gavin called
me after I had gotten home.”
    Lisa
could see he was looking down at her hand. She wanted to lighten the
mood. It was very hard for her to know that he could have been hurt
saving her. She didn't want to upset him, but just needed to know how
bad it really was.
    “ If
I had known that a fireman was going to have to carry me, I would
have put on something a little longer,” she said, with a smile.
    Josh
laughed and he looked up at her.
    “ It
was hard to miss the tiny shorts and shirt you were wearing. If it
wasn't such an emergency, I would have taken a better look.”
    She
smacked his arm and laughed.
    “ Why
are you still a fireman if you own a restaurant?” she asked.
    Lisa
could feel his arm tense up as his grip on her hand tightened. She
could see his face stiffen, as well.
    “ I'm
sorry,” she said. “I shouldn't have asked you that.”
    “ No,
it's okay.”
    The
door opened and a doctor walked in with Julie, Gavin's sister. Lisa
was glad there was an interruption. Her doctor examined her ankle and
let her know that her surgery would be in the next half an hour or
so. He left the room. Julie was a doctor, and Gavin asked her to come
by for the surgery. She had gotten to know Lisa through Becky. Julie
asked Lisa if she had any other questions. When she left the room,
Lisa burst into tears.
    Josh
got up from his chair and sat next to her on her bed. He wrapped his
arms around her, as her head leaned against his hard chest. He
hurried to text Becky and asked her to tell Gavin, Ethan, and Heath.
Their friend John was at work and couldn't come. They needed to
hustle if they wanted to be there before she