“It’s good enough, my sexy señorita.”
“Oh, Aiden.” I rolled my eyes.
“Say Aiiiden.” He drawled out his name as he said it with an accent.
“Or maybe I’ll call you Juan.”
“You can call me whatever you want, señorita.”
“You’re an idiot,” I said, and we both laughed.
“Seriously, though. I’m glad you came to dinner with me tonight.
“It’s not like you really gave me a choice,” I said. “It was more of an order.”
“Well, thanks for obeying orders.”
“You’re welcome,” I said, and he reached over and squeezed my hand.
“So I wanted to talk about the—” he said at the same time that I said “What’s going on with you and Elizabeth?”
“So I guess we’re both ready to talk, then?” He looked at me with a smile. “What did you want to talk about first?”
“What were you going to say?”
“I wanted to talk to you about that night you came to my room.”
“Oh, again.”
“I wanted you to know that I don’t want to be your best friend’s creepy older brother.”
“You’re not creepy at all.”
“Sometimes I think I am.” His voice sounded frustrated. “You and Liv have been best friends for so long, and I don’t want you to think that I’m trying to horn in on that relationship.”
“Aiden, I don’t know if you remember, but I was the one who snuck into your bed. Not the other way around,” I said with a small laugh. “I was the one who wanted you.”
“I wasn’t sure if I’d led you on.”
“How had you led me on?” I asked curiously.
“You know, when I used to tutor you,” he said and glanced at me before switching lanes.
“You mean when you tutored me for math?” I thought back to when I was in ninth grade and he’d spent a summer helping me figure out pre-calc and algebra.
“Yeah. And helped you figure out how to kiss.” His voice dropped. “I still feel guilty about that.”
“Why?” I looked at him in shock; I was surprised that he’d even remembered those days.
“I was your first kiss.” He sighed. “And the first guy you slept with. I kinda felt like an asshole.”
“Aiden, you were my first kiss, and you were amazing.” I laughed. “If anything, I was the asshole. I was the one who practically forced you to teach me how to kiss.”
“You didn’t force me.”
“I begged you for two weeks.” I laughed. “And practically grabbed your face that one time.”
“You were a bit aggressive, yes.”
