I mean, I wasn’t all there when it happened. I didn’t think she was real, just some hallucinated fantasy that came as a result of the altitude sickness. If I had known she was realandJustin’s girlfriend, I would’ve never let it happen. But it did happen. And I most definitely remember the details.
I’m not into analyzing the way my brother’s girlfriend kisses, butdang!that girl can kiss.
Justin turns to her. “You couldn’t tell us apart?”
“All the lights were off, and your—his—back was to me,” she stammers. “How was I supposed to know it wasn’t you?”
“Maybe because he’s totally jacked. His arms are, like, twice my size.”
“I didn’t notice his arms.” Something about how Summer’s eyes drop to the floor and how her head shakes makes me not believe her, but I smother my smile.
“Plus, his hair is longer than mine.”
“Not that much longer,” she defends. “But, like I said, it was dark. It wasn’t that big of a deal. I just hugged him from behind and maybe kissed his neck a few times, then kissedhim.”
“What kind of kiss?”
“Um…”
“You’re a lucky man,” I throw out.
Her red lips purse as she shoots me another annoyed look.
“So like akisskiss,” Justin clarifies.
“It felt like”—she teeters her head back and forth—“ten seconds.”
Justin’s eyes grow bigger. “So you kissed my brother for ten seconds, thinking it was me?”
“Why is this all about me? Why aren’t you asking him why he didn’t push me away or stop me?”
“I was hallucinating from the altitude. I really don’t remember the details. But Summer seems to.”
She glares at me again, and I shouldn’t like messing with her this much, but I do.
“Are you okay?” Justin asks me. “Summer said you had acute mountain sickness pretty bad.”
“It was so bad I kissed your girlfriend and didn’t even know it.”
Justin barrels over in laughter.
Summer’s brows cinch. “You’re laughing?”
Based on her expression, I think she was hoping for something along the lines of jealousy.
“Yeah, I would’ve loved seeing your reaction when you found out,” he says between laughs.
“She fell in the dishwasher.”
“So did you.”
“No, I tripped over the dishwasher. I was really dizzy. The whole room was spinning.”
Summer looks at Justin. “This isn’t funny.”
He straightens, calming his laughs. “It’s a little funny.”
“No, it’s not. Ikissedyour brother. And he was so sick he almost died.”
