Page 71 of Only You

“Yes. Who else would it be with?”

“Is this a pretend date or a real date?”

“It’s a friend date,” Jack explained.

“A friend date with your pretend girlfriend. I’m so confused,” Ryan grumbled.

“We’re going ice skating,” Jack said.

“Sounds fun. Can Josie and I tag along?”

Since Jack and Kayla had introduced them, Ryan and Josie had been inseparable. It was an odd pairing, but it was working, at least for now. “No offense, but I just want it to be me and Kayla.”

“If it’s a friend date, it shouldn’t matter if we come too,” Ryan argued.

Ryan could be tenacious, and Jack decided to just get it over with. “We made out last night,” he blurted out.

“It’s about damn time!”

“My mom showed up and interrupted us,” Jack added.

“Damn!” Ryan said.

“Exactly.”

“Did you continue after your mom left?”

“I wish. Crap! Did I just say that aloud?”

Ryan chuckled. “Congratulations on your first make-out session with your pretend girlfriend.”

“Thank you?”

“Was it okay? You don’t sound happy.”

“It was great,” Jack said.

“But?”

“But Kayla kind of freaked out afterward.”

“What about during? Was she into it?”

Jack recalled Kayla pressing her body against him, kissing him passionately and letting him fondle her breasts.

“Jack? You still there?”

“Yes. She was into it,” he replied.

“What’s the problem then?”

“The problem is she still thinks of us as friends, and that’s all she wants.”

“How do you know? Have you asked her?”

“Not exactly. But when I suggested we go out as friends tomorrow, she seemed all for it.”

Ryan chuckled. “Of course she did. She’s following your lead, Jack. If you had asked her out on a real date, she would have agreed to that too.”