#xmadeoflightningx

Aria couldn’t forget the way Damien’s face had looked when she’d joked about him loving her or the quiet, altogether too serious way, he’d agreed. They’d known each other for way too long for Aria to simply allow herself to move on from it. Thinking about your ex was bad, she knew. Thinking of asking your ex on a date was even worse, but it was undeniable that there was something still there between them. She hadn’t dated anyone seriously since they’d broken up, though she’d convinced herself that it was simply because she was pouring all of her time and energy into raising their daughter, and even though they sometimes got under one another’s skin, they co-parented well. They’d decided that they were better apart but that had been over a decade ago and surely they were different people now.

With a sigh, Aria opened the message thread in her phone. This wasn't weird, she told herself. She was just inviting him over to talk about their kid. They'd done that tons of times before. Want to come by mine? she typed. I promised to make cupcakes from Alicia's PTA bake sale tomorrow and I'm nowhere near finished. Drinks' on me. Aria reread the messages once before hitting send. It was time to get to work if she had any prayer of finishing these cupcakes by morning.