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said, rolling on top of me and staring into my eyes, “and I will.” His stare was intense and as I looked into his beautiful blue eyes, the air was sucked out of me. We were both caught up in each other; neither of us moving as the energy around us crackled with sexual tension.
    His phone began ringing from his pocket, breaking our connection, and I couldn’t have been more grateful. He pulled his cell out and looked at the screen, rolling his eyes. “Yeah?” He got up and left the room, leaving me to deflate on the bed. Had that really just happened? I knew he found me somewhat attractive and you’d have to be blind not to see how gorgeous Carson was, but I hadn’t ever experienced this overwhelming attraction to him before. And apparently he was feeling it for me as well. Too bad Carson was my friend and that was a level of complicated we did not need in our relationship.
    About twenty minutes later, the sounds of a guitar filled the apartment and I scooted up and let my head lean against the headboard to listen. Carson played beautifully, but that wasn’t the amazing part. The amazing part was his voice. I hated to call it beautiful, but that’s exactly what it was.
    He was singing a song I didn’t know, but the lyrics were about a one-night stand.
Very fitting, Carson
, I thought and laughed to myself.
    I spent the rest of the night letting Carson’s voice wash over me and send me into a dreamless sleep.
    ***
    “Get up!” a bellowing voice hollered, followed by bouncing on my bed.
    “What the hell?” I half said, half screeched while I cracked an eye open to see Carson using his arms to jostle the mattress.
    “Morning. You gotta wake up because we have shit to do.” He smiled, then sat on the edge of the bed.
    “What could we possibly have to do at,” I grabbed my phone off the nightstand to check the time, “eight in the morning?”
    “Well, first off, we have to get some snow for ice cream before it gets yucky.”
    “Okay, seriously what is wrong with you this morning?” I asked as I sat up.
    He looked down at the floor then back to me. “I just had someone call me I could’ve lived without ever speaking to again.”
    “Sam?”
    “Yeah. I wasn’t really awake and I just answered without looking at the screen.” He sighed. “Don’t get me wrong, I’m completely over her, she just pisses me off and it’s too early to be pissed off alone.”
    “How’d she get your number?”
    He chuckled without humor and lay back on the bed, running his hand over his scruff. “Apparently she ran into some girl I’ve been with. When she figured out the girl knew me, she asked her for my number. Genius, actually.”
    It really was smart, but I couldn’t help the bubble of anger that made its way to my chest. I hated Sam and I’d never met her. “So…you wanna go over to a frat house and wait for them to leave to throw snowballs at them?” I smirked and he barked out a real laugh.
    “You are the craziest girl I’ve ever met.”
    “I’ll take that as a compliment.”
    He got up and turned to face me. “Thanks for making me laugh. I knew you would. I’ll go make us some breakfast.”
    “That’s what I’m here for.” He winked and left the room.
    God, if I could find Sam and beat the shit out of her, I would. Carson and I had both been through bad breakups, but Adam was a much better person than Sam. He never meant to hurt me. Sam, on the other hand, got a kick out of toying with Carson.
    I got up and threw on some pajama bottoms and an oversized sweatshirt for warmth. Glancing out the window, I noticed it had snowed quite a bit overnight. It made me shiver just looking at it.
    I walked out of the room and down the hallway. “What are you making?” I asked as I entered the living room.
    “Pancakes and sausage.”
    “Sounds good,” I said as I walked into the kitchen to grab a pitcher of water. Carson looked deep in thought as he watched the food cook on the stove. “You