“Oh, and, Liv?”
“Yes, Aiden?”
“Go easy on Xander,” he said softly. “He’s a good guy.”
“What are you talking about?” I asked softly, my heart racing and my face red.
“You know.” He laughed. “I’ll see you soon,” he said and hung up.
I put my phone in my pocket and looked at Alice in silence, unsure of what to say.
“You kissed Scott?” I said finally, and she sighed.
“No—yes—not really.” She burst into tears. “He walked me to my room that night, and he leaned in to give me a kiss outside the door. And I said,What would one kiss hurt?You’d always told me to go for him. So, I leaned forward, and he kissed me, but as soon as our lips touched, I knew I didn’t like him like that, but it was too late. As we kissed, I saw Aiden in the corridor, glaring at us, and I just didn’t know what to do.” She sobbed. “Oh, Liv, what am I going to do?”
“Oh, Alice,” I groaned. “I’ve really fucked this all up.” I feel like my head is going to explode. I just don’t know what to do.
“I don’t know what to do,” she cried. “I really like Aiden, and now he hates me.”
“He doesn’t hate you.” I sighed. “I’ll come up with a plan. We’ll figure something out.”
“Thanks, Liv.” She rubbed her eyes. “I’m going to go and lie down now.”
“Okay.” I nodded and watched her leave the room.
I stood there for a few seconds and then pulled my phone out and made a call.
“Hello?” His voice was a sexy drawl, and I felt my heart jump at the sound.
“It’s Liv.”
“I know.” He laughed. “I take it, you got my gift?”
“Yes”—I shook my head as I walked to my bedroom—“I did.”
“What do you think?”
“I think it’s perverted. Who sends someone a plastic tongue?” I laughed.
“Me,” he said softly. “Have you used it yet?”
“Used it? What are you talking about?”
“Oh, you don’t know what it is yet?”
“No. What is it?”
“Take it out of the box and look at it carefully.”
“Okay.” I grabbed the box and pulled the tongue out. I looked at it carefully and noticed a small switch I hadn’t seen before. I turned it on, and the tongue started vibrating back and forth. “Oh my God, is this a vibrator?”
“Yes.” He laughed.
“Xander!” I shouted at him. “How could you?”
“How could I what?” He laughed. “I figured if you couldn’t have my miracle tongue, you could have the next best thing.”
“Wow, how nice of you.” I laughed and lay back on the bed.
