“But you can’t mess with free will,” I argued.
Sarah folded her arms and waited for me to piece it together. I hated teachable moments.
Then it hit me. “Oh, my God. Shawn has feelings for Kristin. That’s why the spell is so powerful. It simply enhanced his desires.”
“Well, that’s kind of disappointing. Would he have not kissed me like that had we not altered the spell?”
Sarah shook her head. “I’m sure he would have. It’s just now, he is being very open about his feelings. He can’t stop himself.”
“How do we get him to go back to being normal?” I asked.
“Wait!” Kristin said as she stepped between us. “I don’t want to go back to fighting with him all the time. I want…I want to see where things will go with us.”
Sarah took Kristin’s hand. “The only way to do that, Kristin, is to remove the spell and go about it the old-fashioned way.Don’t you want to know that he wants you because of how he feels and not because you put a spell on him?”
Tears formed in Kristin’s eyes as she nodded. I wrapped my arm around her as she dropped to a seated position on the bed.
“What do we have to do?” I asked.
“The reversal spell, but Kristin must be the one to do it. That means, you have to tell him about the spell.”
Kristin chewed on her lip. “He’s going to be so mad.”
I took her hand in mine. “Maybe not. He might think it’s funny, and it will bring you guys together like it did me and Lucas.”
Kristin nodded, then looked up at Sarah. “Okay, so if I have to turn him back to the grumpy jerk he was before, can I not just enjoy today with him like this? I mean, the sex would probably be amazing.”
Sarah, who had sat down on the other side of Kristin, dropped back onto the bed and let out a frustrated cry that I was pretty sure woke the undead.
Lucas
“What are they doing?” Shawn asked as he looked in the direction the girls had gone.
“Talking.”
He shot me a dirty look. “I know that, but about what? And fuck, why am I lusting after Kristin like this? Did you see me kiss her? I just up and kissed her. And she kissed me back!”
I drew in a long breath and slowly exhaled. I wasn’t sure what Hollie and Kristin were up to, but I was going to give it to my boy straight.
“I don’t know how to tell you this, Shawn, but last night, Hollie talked Kristin into putting a spell on you.”
His brows drew down. “What do you mean?” he asked as he looked back once again through the doorway.
“Look at you, man! Have you ever lusted after Kristin like this?”
Shawn looked back at me. “Yes, but I wasn’t so open about it. What in the hell is happening? Do you know how many times I jerked myself off last night and this morning thinking about her? I feel like I’m losing my mind.”
Walking over to my best friend, I took him by the shoulders, gave him a good shake, and said, “You’re under a spell, man! A spell. They tried to do the notice me spell like what Hollie tried on me, and it went wrong! It, like, made you lust after Kristin.”
He blinked a few times at me. “Are you fucking with me?”
“Think about it, Shawn. Think, man. Look past the desire to sleep with Kristin and think!”
Shawn stood, his mouth in a tight, concentrated line. He walked a few feet, turned, and walked back toward me. He did that a few more times before he finally stopped.
“She put a damn spell on me?”
“Yes! I told Hollie not to do it, but she thought she could. Apparently, during the spell, Kristin changed one of the sentences to say something like she wanted you to want to see her naked and…you know.”
