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“You’re annoying,” I say, attempting again.
“Are you done yet?” he asks, not even looking tired from how much he has to kick his legs to keep us above water.
I’m not going to lie to myself: the strength of his body, the way I feel like a wisp of nothing to him as he keeps us afloat, is kind of a turn-on. I know the water is making this easier, but it’s still hot to just be held like this.
“It’s my dad’s birthday next Tuesday,” I tell him, still holding on to him like I’m a new appendage. Graham swims us over to the side, and he grabs on to the ledge, holding us there.
“Tell him happy birthday for me,” he says.
“Why don’t you tell him yourself?”
His eyes find mine, a skeptical look on his handsome face.
“We’re all having dinner at my parents’ house that night. You should come.”
“I ... don’t know if that’s a good idea.”
“I think it’s a great idea. My family would love to see you.”
“Everyone except for Kyle,” he says, his mouth pulling into a frown.
“Who cares about Kyle?” I say. “Besides, maybe you both can bury whatever happened between you two.”
“I don’t know if that’s possible. But it would be great if we could.”
“So, what do you say?”
“I say ... let me think about it.”
“I’ll take that as a yes.”
He shakes his head while laughing, and I use that moment of distraction to push him under the water.
“ADMIT RIGHT NOW THAT THIS challenge has been fun,” Morgan says, sitting with me on my pink couch.
We’re wearing pajamas and watching some dumb movie on Netflix that neither of us is paying attention to and eating caramel popcorn that Morgan picked up from the store on the way over.
“Never,” I say, grabbing a handful of the sticky treat and stuffing it in my mouth. Of course, as I tell her this, a flashback plays through my head of Graham and me in the pool, laughing as I try to push him under after he got me a third time. The lifeguard had enough and blew his whistle at us, telling us to stop roughhousing. Freaking fun killer. I swear, if you give someone a whistle, they think they are so high and mighty.
“You are the most stubborn woman I’ve ever met,” Morgan says. “As the boss of you, I’ll answer for you.” She clears her throat. “Why thank you, Morgan. You’re not only the most beautiful person I know, but also the most intelligent. I bow to the ineffable goddess you are.”
“I would never say this. I don’t even know what ineffable means.”
“Lucy,” she says, her tone a teasing chastisement.
“Fine,” I say. “It hasn’t been that bad.”
She rolls her eyes. “Speaking of the challenge, are you just skipping today’s? Because Graham has already done his.”
“What did he do?”
She shakes her head, slowly. “I’m not telling you until you tell me yours.”
I sit back on the couch, slouching into the pink velvet, my chin touching my chest. I probably look like a pouting toddler.
“I don’t want to tell you,” I say.
Her eyebrows move up her forehead. “And why not?”
