“Yeah, we’re attracted to each other. We’ve been dying to kiss for almost three weeks now, so when given the opportunity to kiss, we kissed.”
My brows drop. “You’ve been dying to kiss me for three weeks?”
Caleb smiles. “Every single day we’ve been together.”
I want to smile.
NO! I can’t smile. This is bad. So incredibly bad.
“No.” I shake my head. “That’s not what happened. We haven’twantedto kiss.”
“It is what happened. You just don’t want to admit it because you think it makes you sound even more like a cheater.”
“That is not true!”
It’s entirely true, but like he said, I don’t want to admit it.
“Whatever happened tonight was just an unfortunate part of the swap.”
“Nothing about that kiss felt unfortunate to me,” he mutters under his breath.
“Can we just not talk about it anymore?” I reach for the radio, turning the dial to the first channel I can find. I sit back in my seat, letting the music fill the car.
Until I realize what song is playing.
“Jessie’s Girl” by Rick Springfield, and it’s at the chorus, which is the worst part because it’s diving deep into the fact that he wishes he could be with the woman Jessie’s with.
So freaking awkward.
Caleb abruptly leans forward and changes the station to something else. He has obviously had enough of that message.
Thank goodness!
But then I realize what the new song is: “Two Princes” by the Spin Doctors. It’s also on the most damning part of the song where it talks about choosing between two different guys to marry.
It’s the middle of December. Where are all the Christmas songs?
We both jump forward to change the song, our hands tangling together by the buttons.
“I got it,” I snap.
Caleb pulls back, and I take my sweet time finding a song on the radio that has nothing to do with a love triangle.
CALEB
* * *
“Hey!”Justin comes out from the kitchen when we walk through the door.
“Hi,” Summer and I mutter.
We avoid eye contact with him as we take off our coats and hang them up.
“How was the hoedown?”
Summer folds her arms, staying at her spot by the door. “Good.”
“Good,” I give the same answer.
