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I whisper to him, “You know, it seems silly in this day and age that we have to take notes.”
“I don’t take notes. I let you take them for me. I’m a good delegator.”
“You’re not a delegator. You’re lazy.”
“You’re the one working while I’m texting my sexy girlfriend. What does that make you?”
I shake my head. “Why can’t he just email notes to us? Although, if I didn’t take notes, I’d probably fall asleep. And is it naughty texting?”
“Just stuff,” Riley says with an adorable grin. I swear, he’s gotten even cuter since he and Ariela started dating. He still has that cocky swagger, but he just beams all the time.
“What kind of stuff? I’m stuck in junior high with Aiden. Let me live vicariously through you.”
Riley almost drops his phone. “What about Dawson?”
“I haven’t done anything with him lately.”
“Why?”
“Because Aiden kissed me with his tongue.”
The teacher shushes us again, so he texts me.
Riley: So you like Aiden?
Me: Yeah. Although, when I went to visit my family, my ex was there.
Riley: How did that go?
Me: We’ve become friends again.
Riley: Just friends?
Me: Yeah, for now. I don’t know what the future will hold.
Riley: Your ex was a jerk to you. You should forget about him.
Me: He was my first love. Part of me still loves him.
Riley: Sometimes the past should stay in the past.
Me: HA! Someone should tell our teacher that!
Riley: I dare you to ask him why we have to study history.
I raise my hand and interrupt the lecture.
“Yes, Miss Monroe?”
“Why do we have to study history?”
“Well, that’s easy. We study history so we don’t repeat the mistakes of the past.”
Riley: OMFG! The universe just spoke to you again! How does THAT relate to your life?
Me: Are you saying if I got back together with my ex that I would be repeating the mistakes of my past?
Riley: Uh, yeah.
Me: People grow and change. He’s changed. He’s not the person that he used to be. Neither am I.
Riley: I REALLY want to have sex with Ariela on the furry rug, but if I try, will she get mad at me again? Would that be repeating a mistake of my past?
Me: I have no idea. But I’ve always wanted to have sex on the furry rug too.
Riley: You’ve been coveting my rug?!
Me: I owned your rug. Has Dallas had sex on the rug?
Riley’s eyes get huge and he holds his hands up to his chin like he’s covering himself up. “He wouldn’t dare! Would he?”
I just shrug my shoulders.
Shirtless for five days.
Ceramics
Peyton texts me during ceramics.
Peyton: After you and Aiden went to that French restaurant, he told me you said something about us going to St. Croix with you for Thanksgiving break. We just found out that our parents are going to be on a safari. Whitney wants me to come with her to Palm Beach. Needless to say, the idea of spending the break with her family makes me want to poke my own eyes out. I thought about going to the Johnsons. I know that Riley and Aiden are friends, but I didn’t want it to be awkward with Dawson. So that’s kinda out. That leaves St. Croix with you.
Me: Glad to hear I’m so high on the list of options.
Peyton: You are first on our list of options. I’m just telling you that my backup plans suck so that you will feel sorry for us and say yes.
I imagine being there with Aiden. Seeing him shirtless for five days straight.
Me: Yes.
Peyton: Really?!!!!!! Yay!!! We’re going to have so much fun. And I promise that I won’t be like an a
Me: No boys?
Peyton: No boys. But if you could arrange to bring hottie Cooper, I’d gladly take a man.
Me: Very fu
Peyton: Do I need to book flights? When do we need to leave?
Me: I booked a charter flight, so you can just join me. I’ll have a car pick us up on Wednesday at noon and drop us of at the Municipal airport.
Peyton: Sounds good :) Yay!!
That’s harsh.
French
“Peyton said she talked to you about Thanksgiving break. Sounds like it’s go
“It should be fun.”
“Tell me about the house. What we’ll do.”
“Well, since I was little, we’ve been calling the house The Crab. I can’t remember why we named it that. It has a full staff, so we won’t exactly be roughing it. It’s very laid back but very luxurious. The perfect mix. It’s one of my favorite places ever. Like paradise. It has a rooftop balcony on top of a turret overlooking the ocean. And the bedroom I always stay in is in the turret. It’s amazing. Want to know my other favorite thing?”
“Yeah.”
“There’s a fountain with a tile mosaic of a prince and a mermaid, who’s sitting on top of a treasure chest. The Little Mermaid has always been my favorite Disney movie. Of course that may be because I wanted to marry Prince Eric.”
“Why’s that?”
“He had a castle on the beach.”
He laughs. “Do you want to live in a castle on the beach someday?”
“Yes.”
“Well, it sounds perfect. I’m looking forward to both it and going to your loft this weekend. Mostly, I’m looking forward to just hanging out with you.”
“I’m looking forward to the loft too. Between the play and traveling, I’m tired. Not to mention behind on my homework.”
“Maybe we should meet in the library to study tonight.”
“Not your room?”
“If you come to my room, we’ll kiss and not study.”
“I’m kind of obsessed with your tongue.”
“Why do you think I waited so long?”
“Because your tongue is cursed?”
“What?”
“Nothing. Why did you make me wait so long?”
“I’m hoping that it made you want it even more. From what I can tell, you’re a girl who’s used to getting exactly what she wants.”
“I wish I was one of those girls,” A
“What’s wrong?” I ask her.
“Are you ever afraid to be happy?”
“All the time. Are things okay with you and Ace?”
“Did you hear what Logan did for Maggie?”
Aiden says, “Keatyn helped him plan it.”
“Then help Ace plan something romantic. Seriously, the boy doesn’t understand romance.”
“What do you want to be romantic? He already asked you out.”
“You know what I want to be romantic,” she says to me with her eyes bugged out.
“Oh, I heard a fun line about that today. I say we bypass all the bullshit and just get naked.”
“Where did you hear that?” I say to Aiden.
“Riley told me at lunch.”
“What else did he tell you about that line?”
“He was just joking and saying he wanted to use it on Ariela.”
I squint my eyes at him. “And that’s it?”
Aiden gives me an odd look. “Uh, yeah, that’s it.”
“He didn’t tell you about anyone else that may feel that way?”
“Uh, no.”
“I feel that way,” A
“What was your first time like, Aiden? You’re a fairly romantic guy,” I say.
“I’ve never really been romantic. And my first time was not romantic. At all.”
“What do you think girls want? Romance-wise?”
He gives me a sexy smirk. “They want to be wooed.”
A
After class, A
“She’s not interested,” Aiden says firmly to A