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"Great, noe’re gonna end up in a pervy movie script, Vanessa," I say

"Fine" Jack smirks "If you won’t kiss Vanessa, then make out with Rory"

Rory’s head pops up He looks sick

"C’mon," I say "That’d be weird"

"Make out with Rory," Jack says, "Or you’ve gotta take a truth"

I crossa truth

"Fine," Rory says "Let’s get it over with" He has a mischievous look on his face He whispers infor drarand sweeping ht as he’s about to kiss me, he slides his hand between ourhis head around like an angry horse Fro…or Rory devouringagainst Rory’s hand, and when he pulls away fro

"Bravo!" Vanessa says, laughing her ass off "Rory" Her eyes pierce into his "Truth or dare"

"Dare"

"I dare you to dance with ainst her chest, and laughing, he leads her down closer to the water, where she wraps her are kiss I look away, saed uess," I say, and walk over to the clearing, where I can better see the stars

Jack appears beside azes at the moon "Truth or dare?"

"Dare"

"I dare you to adainst the rules!"

My heart explodes, pounding like a train engine Did he really just ask that? Is he under the influence of beef jerky or so?

It’s like, whenever we’re not at Cedar Hill, we’re nor like crazy Playing waitress at his dinner party the other night seems a million miles away He’s not my boss out here under the stars

"So what’s your answer?" Jack asks

I feel like I’ if the cord is strong enough to hold me Jack’s blue eyes find mine

"Yes"

Without a word he leads me down by the banks of the pond, where we sit My body’s doing all the thinking as I curl h

He touches ertips over my necklace "What’s this?"

I suck in a deep breath and carefully re, really It came from Claire’s and probably didn’t cost"It’s the last thing er Then he unclasps his watch, turns it over, and rubs his thurandfather’s," Jack says

"History is i the watch

"My family, Cedar Hill--they’reunder his ar races out of control He brushesall over

"Truth or dare?" I whisper

"Dare"

"I dare you to kisskiss He weaves his hands in my hair and pulls me closer as I run one hand over his knee and cup his neck with the other His pulse sla hands sweep over ly and war beautiful I wish this had been my first kiss It’s perfect

At some point, Rory co

"I’ll take her ho up for air

Cindy warned ht stands, but we never co upon top of ers don’t wander under the hem of my T-shirt or beloaistband, and when he drives us hoazing around to make sure we’re alone, he slides his hands around ht

I like hienie in a bottle and wished for the perfect night, it couldn’t be any better than this

You Can’t Help Who You Love

On Sunday , I walk over to Whitfield Faret a guy’s advice on what happens next Should I tell Jack I really like hiain? Was last night a one-ti the doorbell to the farmhouse and an older version of Rory answers the door Same mess of floppy dark brown hair Same tall muscular fra to find hi to law school in Atlanta

"Youthe hell out of the other exercise boys on the track, huh?"