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Aiden Taylor is Liv’s oldest brother. I’ve known him since I was a little kid, and I’ve had a crush on him since I was ten and he was sixteen. Not that he ever gave me the time of day. I was always his a
“Alice!” Liv shouted as she walked into the apartment. “Where are you?”
“I’m in the living room!” I shouted back and then lowered my voice. “Why are we shouting by the way?”
“I’ve had a brilliant idea.” Her eyes were sparkling as she ran into the living room. She clapped her hands and did a little dance as she gri
“What’s the idea?” My eyes narrowed as she finally stood still.
“I have a way for you to start talking to Aiden again.”
“Oh?” My heart raced at her words. I looked up at her and studied her face carefully. “A good idea or a harebrained idea?”
“Alice,” she pouted, her eyes looking at me wickedly, “since when have I had harebrained ideas?”
“Since you became my best friend.” I giggled and shook my head at her. Unfortunately it was true. We both seemed to have spur-of-the-moment ideas and plans that always seemed to get us into trouble. To be fair to Liv, I was the one who usually had the really stupid ideas, but Liv had been giving me a run for my money lately.
“We’re going to join a flag football team.”
“Say what?” I frowned.
“Flag football,” she said excitedly. “Xander was telling me about it. He’s going to be on it, too.”
“Okay,” I said, not feeling as excited. “How is this going to help me get Aiden?”
“He’s going to be playing on the same team.” She gri
“I don’t know about this, Liv.” I chewed on my lower lip. “Do you really think me playing football is going to win any guys? I’m not exactly the queen of anything sporty.”
“Trust me.” She grabbed my hands. “That’s not the only plan I have. That’s just step one.”
“Step one?” I groaned, but my stomach was doing flip-flops in excitement. I wasn’t a huge football fan, but if joining a team meant I would get to see Aiden weekly, then I was all for it.
“Oh yeah, baby.” She gri
“What’s your surefire plan?” I asked weakly. There were times that I didn’t love that I had rubbed off on Liv so much. When we were younger, Liv was i
“You’re going to go to the flag football games with me and Xander. You’re going to look pretty and flirt with all the attractive single men. You’re going to be nice but not overly friendly to Aiden. You’re going to let him see what he’s been missing all these years.”
“You think he’s even going to care or notice?”
“I’m positive of the fact.” She gri
“Really?”
“Oh yes.” She nodded. “I always wondered why he used to look at you with such protectiveness, but also with a kind of possessiveness and jealousy.”
“He treats you the same way.” I rolled my eyes, but my hopes were rising.
“Nope.” She laughed. “Yes, he is overprotective and a bit of a jerk, but he’s never acted jealous when I’ve talked about another guy and he’s never acted possessive or upset when he’s seen me with another guy. He couldn’t care less. You know he told me he’s glad I’m dating Xander because now Xander can worry about me.”
“Yeah, but he’s just saying that. He loves you.”
“Yes, he loves me. I’m his sister.” She gri
“Confused about what?”
“He’s confused that he had this night with you all those years ago that he enjoyed, but feels guilty about it and now he’s not sure what to do.”
“You think so?” I asked hopefully.
“Yeah, I really do.” She nodded. “The problem is he still sees you as a teenager. You need to show him you’re a woman now.”
“And flag football will do that?”
“You, in some short-shorts ru
“But what about Scott? And what about my Facebook message?”
“Ah, forget them. They mean nothing.”
“You think so?”
“I know so.” She nodded.
“What do you know?” Xander’s voice filled the room, and I groaned.
“What are you doing here?” I asked accusingly, and he laughed.
“Nice to see you too, Alice. I’m taking my girlfriend out to di
“Yeah, that’s fine.” I looked at Liv and she gri
“He was parking the car,” she explained. “I left the door open for him to come in.”
“Oh, okay. I was wondering if you gave him a key already.”
“Would you have a problem with that?” Xander teased me. “I don’t see anything wrong with that.”
“I’m sure you wouldn’t.” I shook my head at him.
“I bet you wouldn’t mind if Aiden had a key, though.” He winked at me. “Maybe this time he can be the one to slip into your bedroom and bed.”
“Liv!” I screamed as my face went hot. “You told Xander?”
“Xander!” Liv turned to him with angry eyes. “What were you thinking?”
“What?” he asked i
“Why would you tell Alice that I told you?” She sighed and looked at me with apologetic eyes. “I’m sorry, but he wanted to know what was so important that I’d kick him out last night.”
“So you told him?” My jaw dropped. “I can’t believe you told Xander that I lost my virginity to Aiden.”
“You had sex with Aiden?” Xander’s voice sounded shocked, and my heart froze as I looked into Liv’s eyes.
“You didn’t know?” I frowned at him and then looked back at Liv.
“I didn’t tell him everything.” She sighed. “I didn’t want to tell him everything. I just told him that you slipped into Aiden’s bed one night and kissed him.”
“Sex is a bit more than a kiss.” Xander laughed and looked at me. “Well, well, well, Alice Waldron, the more I learn about you, the more intriguing you become.”