Nothing Like I Expected

My best friend’s younger brother rescues me and scares off the terrible date I met online.

Then he sticks around, flirting with me, and buying me drinks.

He’s twenty-six and all grown up.

We shouldn’t… but we do.

And then we do… again.

It’s not serious. We’re just having fun. It can’t go anywhere.

At thirty-two, I’m ready for marriage and kids. At twenty-six, he’s way too young for me.

I need to get my life together and fooling around with a guy in his twenties isn’t it.

We're too different. This town is too small. Our families can never know about us.

But when he shows up on my back porch every night, I let him in every single time…