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"Sorry I’ave Aiden a sorry voice

"You’re not late," he said and grabbed ave ht on ti I looked over at Alice and I saw a dart of unhappiness crossing her face I felt bad about the way she was feeling, but at least she was exhibiting signs of caring about Aiden "Elizabeth, I want you to meet Alice Alice is my sister Liv’s best friend" He nodded at Alice and I saw thee a quick look "And Alice, I want you to hed at that Good friend, indeed I thought it was cute that though Aiden was playing this gairlfriend

"Hi," Alice said and she sht in her blue eyes that showed enuine and kind to me That surprised me I’d expected to see soed so it hard to concentrate Where was Scott? I was dying to see hiuilty that I wasn’t able to concentrate on the conversation well, but it was obvious to me that both Aiden and Alice were only really interested in talking to each other It was becoly obvious to me that Alice was in love with Aiden as well I wasn’t sure hoas so blind as to think there ht be any doubt in herthat

"Oh, here co hot This was the s "Guys, I want you to meet my friend, Elizabeth Elizabeth this is my sister Liv and , but I can’t for the life ofinto Scott’s narrowed blue eyes as he stared at me My heart thudded as I took in his appearance He looked sexy in his black soccer pants and white t-shirt Too sexy It was almost too much for me to take I wanted to reach over and kiss him I wanted to touch his face Kiss his lips Feel his warainst mine But instead I just stood still and smiled like a fool I played football and snored Scott as best as I could, but all I could think about was the fact that I wanted to go and talk to hio over and talk to hia over to Alice and watched theether My stoether, and all I could think about hether he liked her now I could remeoing to go for Alice, even though he knew his brother was in love with her I wanted to scream and shout and run after hiether I wanted to beg him to talk to me, but instead I just walked over to Aiden and chatted with him for a few minutes about what his next plan was and then I left There was a et an opportunity to talk to Scott before this assignment with Aiden was over

"Elizabeth, you know that I love you, right?" Lacey said as we sat in front of the TV that night

"Yeah, why?" I looked at her suspiciously

"You need to call Scott"

"What? No way"

"Yes way There is no way you’re going to last until next week, and what if he doesn’t talk to you then? What if he leaves early with Alice again?"

"I’ll worry about that next week" I rabbed the remote and paused the screen "Now"

"You’re bossy"