Ok, that time was an accident.
My phone starts to ring before I can think of another way to avoid lying to her. I know that I have to answer it or she’ll show up at my door, and it will be much harder to lie to her in person.
“Tell me everything,” she says as soon as I answer the call.
I sigh. “There’s not much to tell.”
“Don’t be coy. Ryan says he caught you in Oliver’s bed.” Even though I can’t see her, I know she’s wiggling her eyebrows the way she always does when she says something suggestive.
“Yep. He caught me.” I’m not really lying yet, so my conscience is clear.
“Don’t make me pry it out of you, Priss. How did this happen? When did it start? Was it before or after the game? Are you guys serious or just a fling? Ryan said that Oliver said you’re just sleeping?—”
“Jesus, Tina,” I interrupt. “Slow down with the questions or I won’t even remember what you asked.”
“Then talk! I want all the details.” She’s quiet for a moment while I hesitate. I don’t even know what to say. “Priss…” she warns.
“Fine.” I rack my brain trying to come up with a story. “It started when we got out of the car on the highway.”
“I knew it!” she exclaims.
“I’m not going to tell you if you interrupt.”
“Sorry! I’ll be quiet.Zrrrp!That was the sound of me zipping my lips. Please go on.”
I roll my eyes, laughing. Then I clear my throat. “It was the first time that it was just the two of us in a really long time, and I don’t know, I guess we kind of hit it off?” I cringe, hating that I’m lying to her. “On our way out of the building, we stopped by the doors and…” I trail off, my mind taking me back to that moment. My breath catches again as I remember the way he cornered me against the door, and even though he was angry with me, I have this vision of what it might have been like if he had stepped just a little bit closer to me.
“And?” Tina prods.
I have to take a deep breath to calm my racing heart in order to speak with an even voice. “And he kissed me.”
Tina squeals. “And you didn’t tell me immediately? I feel betrayed!”
“Sorry. I guess we wanted to keep it between us for a little while.”
“I had a feeling something was going on. The way you two were whispering and giggling the whole time, you weren’t fooling anyone. Plus, with the way Oliver looks at you, I knew it was just a matter of time.”
Now she’s just imagining things. I roll my eyes.
“I guess the cat’s out of the bag now,” I say. “Everyone knows we’re dating.”
She squeals again. “So, you are dating? You’re not just sleeping together?”
“Uh, yeah,” I confirm, suddenly unsure whether I was supposed to keep it casual or not.
I have to pull my phone away from my ear when she squeals even louder. “You know what this means, right?” she says.
“What?”
“Double-date! You, me, Ryan, and Oliver.”
I cringe at the thought. Keeping up with this white lie is one thing, but sitting across from Tina and putting on a show is a little too much.
“I don’t know,” I tell her. “I’m pretty busy.”
“Priscilla,” she says through a sigh. “Your only job right now is planning my proposal. I’m sure you can afford to take a night off. In fact, Iknowthat you can.”
“Okay, fine. We’ll go on a double-date, I guess.”
