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I lean forward and grab the arainst s I place my hands on her cheeks and force her to look at me "Layken Cooper, I love you I’ve loved you since the second I laid eyes on you and I haven’t stopped loving you for a second since The entire ti about was you"

She crinkles up her nose "Taylor? I didn’t need to know her name, Will Now I’ll have a distaste for Taylors for the rest of my life"

"Like I have distaste for Javiers and Nicks?" I say She grins, but quickly forces the s to punish me with her ineffective scowl

"You’re so cute when you’re jealous, babe" I lean forward and softly press h intoher lips for me I run my hands down her arms and to her waist, then pull her out of the chair and on top of me as I lean back onto the bed

I place one hand on the sainstthe back of her head I kiss her hard as I roll her onto her back, proving to her she has absolutely nothing to be jealous of As soon as I’m on top of her, she places her hands on my cheeks and forces my face away from hers

"So your lips touched someone else’s lips? After our first kiss?"

I fall back onto the bed beside her "Lake, stop it Stop thinking about it"

"I can’t, Will" She turns to me and makes that damn pouty face she knows I can’t refuse "I have to know details In irl out on this perfect date and"would you rather" with her and sharing seriously intensethe hell out of her at the end of the night"

Her description of our first date h I lean over and press my lips to her ear and whisper, "Is that what I did to you? I kissed the hell out of you?"

She pulls her neck away and shoots ets her way "Fine," I groan, pulling back "If I tell you all about it will you proain?"

"Promise," she says

the other date

WHEN THE DISMISSAL bell rings, Lake is the first out of the classrooain The tension in the air between us is so thick, it’s like she has to run outside just to breathe I walk to my desk and take a seat while the rest of the students file out

"Saturday night Seven o’clock good for you?" Gavin says I look up at hi for a response

"Good for what?"

"For Taylor We’re going on a double date and Eddie won’t take no for an answer"

"No"

Gavin stares atit difficult to comprehend my answer It was a pretty clear no, so I’m not sure what the proble eyes only work on your girlfriend, Gavin"

He slumps his shoulders and lands in the desk in front of ets so with it"

I shake ," I say firmly "Besides, you’re the one who put this idea in her head You should have to suffer the consequences, not me"

Gavin leans back in his chair and runs his hands over his face, defeated As soon as I feel victorious, he shoots forward in his seat "If you don’t go, I’ll tell"

I lean back in lare at hilances at the door, then back at o to Principal Murphy and I’ll tell him you went out with a student I’m sorry it has to coets an idea in her head You have to do this for me"

Did he really just threaten to blackmail me?

I pick upeye contact with hiroans at my response, because he knows he would never stoop that low "You’re right I’d never tell But don’t you think you owe it toso trustworthy?" he says "It’s just one date One tiny favor What difference can one dateon who it’s with, it can h to send my life into a tailspin

"If it helps, you won’t have to doTaylor and Eddie will completely runt every few minutes and they’ll be none the wiser Then it’ll be over I swear"

I do owe hie favor He’s the only one who knows about iven et her hen she’s not even in the room, but I finally relent I slaphim a stern look

"Fine," I say "Under one condition"