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My dad cleared his throat.

Darn it! He popped up as much as RJ. I pulled back.

“Go to class,” my dad said. “Doing this in the hallway is entirely inappropriate.”

If he thought an innocent kiss in the hall was bad, he would have really hated hearing about my dream. I almost laughed thinking about Sophie pretending to ski.

My dad nodded when Jacob dropped his hands from my waist. He turned and walked to his classroom.

“Catch you at lunch,” Jacob said. “Try not to flirt too hard with Mr. Halifax.”

I laughed. “I never did that! I only flirt with you.”

He looked both ways and then lifted me up and twirled me around in the middle of the hallway.

I laughed when he kept turning in a circle. “Stop it, you’re making me dizzy!”

“Only if you promise to never flirt with anyone else but me.”

I laughed. “I promise.”

He stopped spinning and slowly lowered my feet back on the ground. I tickled his side and he laughed.

“Oh. Before I forget,” I said. “Put the Sadie Hawkins dance into your calendar. I’m officially asking you.” It wasn’t until next month. But I wanted to shove it in Gigi’s face so badly.

“I would have been very upset if you’d asked someone else,” Jacob said. “For a reveal or something.”

I shoved his arm. “Stop it. I’ve been dreaming of asking you.”

“Is that why you were moaning in your sleep on Saturday night?”

Kill me.

“I’m just kidding.” He leaned in closer and whispered: “I know you were dreaming about me because you kept moaning my name.” He lightly slapped my butt and walked to class.

Oh God. I was lucky I’d moaned his name and not Axel’s or Leo’s.

“You guys are almost too adorable,” Sophie said. “And see? Why would you go and ruin a perfectly good morning by telling him about weird fantasies and bedmates that don’t matter?”

I groaned. “Why do I keep forgetting to tell him about Axel?”

“Because it didn’t mean anything.”

That was the whole problem though. It had meant something while it was happening. It had meant a lot to me. And I was pretty sure that made it significantly worse than just an innocent bedmate.

“Do you really think it was a good idea to ask Jacob to the Sadie Hawkins dance though?” Sophie asked.

“Why wouldn’t it be?”

She shrugged. “It’s a month away. That feels like a jinx.”

“People make plans a month out all the time. I’m pretty sure my parents plan date nights that far in advance.”

Sophie laughed. “Fair. But I don’t think your couple goals should be like your mom’s. Or else you’ll end up sleeping with Mr. Halifax for sure.”

“Stop it.”

She smiled. “Speaking of our hot teacher...” She turned around and started walking backward. “Shall we?”