Something In Between: Sequel to On The Edge of Tomorrow

Chapter 14

"Maybe you have to break the skin with the knife so the peeler has something to catch?" Billy suggested.

"Okay," I nodded before making a small slice to the tomato and trying again with marginally better success. "Haven't you even seen your mom peel a tomato?"

"No," he shrugged. "Isn't you mom like a home ec teacher? Have you ever seen her peel a tomato?" He jabbed back at me.

I sucked in another breath to prevent myself from snapping back. "We can't turn on each other," I declared. "I am confident we can outsmart a tomato."

"My confidence is dwindling," Billy admitted.

"You know what?"

"What?" Billy's eye gleamed at my sudden confidence.

"To the Googler," I declared.

"The Googler," Billy agreed.

I brought it up in on my phone. "You have got to be kidding me," I lamented as I read the directions. "No normal person would have ever known to do this."

"What?"

"Apparently you need to put them in boiling water for a couple of second then immediately put them into ice was and the skin just falls off them," I groaned.

"Really? How did someone come up with that?" His nose scrunched up as he thought about the process. It caused little creases that made me giggle. "What?" He smiled at me.

"Nothing. You just looked so adorable when you are confused," I teased.

"When I'm confused!" Billy grabbed my around the waist and pulled me to him. "I believe you mean when we're confused," he added as he dipped his face to my neck and tickled it with soft kisses pulling more giggles from me.

"Yes, I concede. We we're confused!"

Billy spun me to face him. "Always a we," he added before dipping to kiss me.

I let my arms circle his neck as he lifted me off the floor.

"This is about as well as I expected this to be going," Tim said from the doorway.

Billy reluctantly let me slide down him to the floor before our lips parted.

"I don't remember inviting the peanut gallery," Billy noted as I spun in his arms to face Tim.

"You two are incredibly cute. I'd be jealous if I... oh, no. I am jealous," Tess added.

"Ouch," Billy and I said together.

"I'm very romantic," Timmy shot.

"Are you?" Tess teased.

"Yes. Just last week I brought you home flowers," he noted. "And last night, I did that think you like with the ice cream."

"Ew!" Billy and I called out in unison.

"Relax, he talking about how I like ice cream in my hot cocoa," Tess laughed.

"Not cool, man," Billy groaned.

"Hey, you shot first!" Tim responded.

"Did I? I believe that was the misses," Billy argued.

"It doesn't matter, we have some tomatoes to peel," I reminded Billy as I pulled myself from his arms.

Billy quickly grasped my waist and pulled me back to his chest. "We could just order eggplant parm from a restaurant and spend the afternoon upstairs," he whispered.

"Mmhmm, tempting, but no," I whispered back accented with a kiss to his cheek.

"Well, at least I got a tempting," Billy noted as he let me slip from his arms.