“I know so.” She nodded.
“What do you know?” Xander’s voice filled the room, and I groaned.
“What are you doing here?” I asked accusingly, and he laughed.
“Nice to see you too, Alice. I’m taking my girlfriend out to dinner. Is that okay with you?”
“Yeah, that’s fine.” I looked at Liv and she grinned.
“He was parking the car,” she explained. “I left the door open for him to come in.”
“Oh, okay. I was wondering if you gave him a key already.”
“Would you have a problem with that?” Xander teased me. “I don’t see anything wrong with that.”
“I’m sure you wouldn’t.” I shook my head at him.
“I bet you wouldn’t mind if Aiden had a key, though.” He winked at me. “Maybe this timehecan be the one to slip intoyourbedroom and bed.”
“Liv!” I screamed as my face went hot. “You told Xander?”
“Xander!” Liv turned to him with angry eyes. “What were you thinking?”
“What?” he asked innocently.
“Why would you tell Alice that I told you?” She sighed and looked at me with apologetic eyes. “I’m sorry, but he wanted to know what was so important that I’d kick him out last night.”
“So you told him?” My jaw dropped. “I can’t believe you told Xander that I lost my virginity to Aiden.”
“You had sex with Aiden?” Xander’s voice sounded shocked, and my heart froze as I looked into Liv’s eyes.
“You didn’t know?” I frowned at him and then looked back at Liv.
“I didn’t tell him everything.” She sighed. “I didn’t want to tell him everything. I just told him that you slipped into Aiden’s bed one night and kissed him.”
“Sex is a bit more than a kiss.” Xander laughed and looked at me. “Well, well, well, Alice Waldron, the more I learn about you, the more intriguing you become.”
“Argh. Whatever.” I groaned and blushed again.
“Now I need to know exactly what went down.” He laughed and looked at Liv. “And I thoughtwegot together under crazy circumstances.”
“Well, at least you guysgottogether.” I sighed. “Aiden didn’t give me the time of day after our night together.”
“It wasn’t exactly the same, though, was it, Alice?” Liv spoke softly. “I mean, he didn’t know it was you at first.”
“Don’t remind me.” I groaned and put my face in my hands. “I’m so embarrassed. I should just forget everything. There’s no way that Aiden will ever be able to get past that incident.”
“You never know,” Liv said and beamed up at Xander as he kissed her cheek and rubbed her back. I wanted to gag at how lovey-dovey they looked. “What do you think, Xander?”
“I think I need to know exactly what happened.” He looked at me and his green eyes turned from laughing to a more serious expression. “I know you might be embarrassed, but trust me: I can tell you if it’s as bad as you think or if it’s not as bad as you think.”
“I’m just embarrassed.” I looked down at the ground.
“It’s not as bad as hooking up at a wedding with a stranger,” Liv said.
“Yeah, it’s not as bad as going back to a strange man’s hotel room,” Xander continued in a serious voice. “And then nicknaming him Mr. Tongue.”
“Xander!” Liv hit him in the shoulder.
