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"Coo out back"

The seven of us slipped onto the porch and down the deck stairs, finding lawn chairs to sit in under a giant oak tree Kaidan leaned back in his chair, balancing it on the back two legs

"How about a game of Truth or Dare?" Marna offered

I was iest soo first," he said "I dare Kope to kiss Anna"

Everything inside me flooded with fury and embarrassment Kaidan leaned far back with his ar and hookedhiround with a stunned expression that rin

The twins and Blake were in hysterics Blake laughed so hard he fell sideways out of his own chair, which hter I couldn’t sit there with theht was a disaster I turned and walked through the yard, toward the side of the house I heard Ginger talk between gasps of mirth

"Maybe she’s not so bad after all!"

I didn’t knohere I was going I made my way between the two houses, toward the street, and I heard steps running through the grass behind me

"Wait up!" It was Jay "You okay?" I stopped and let him catch up

"I knew I shouldn’t have come"

"Yeah, you called it Butwith that other guy, and it’s got hi I peered over his shoulder, but we couldn’t see the others

"What?" he asked, confused "They can’t hear us"

"I wasn’t flirting!" I whisper-hissed

"Well, you were standing real close and talking all serious--"

"Okay, okay! Maybe it looked bad, but ere just talking It was crowded"

"Hey" Marna came around the corner toward us "Don’t worry about Kai He’s a nasty drunk Come on back"

"I don’t think I should," I said I wished I could just shake it off and be cool, but he’d hurt ize?" she asked

"No!"

"Kaidan!" she hollered "Get over here!"

My pulse quickened and I crosseddown at rass Marna and Jay must have walked away, because when I looked up, it was only the two of us He stared down and nudged an old tree stu the stuy I felt myself soften