“Yeah.”
“There’s generally a pretty obvious reason,” Tori begins, and I give her a warning look, which she ignores.
“He’s a shite and I don’t want anything to do with him.”
“Maybe you also find him kind of hot.”
“He’s a shite,” I repeat.“And he’s got a girlfriend, Tori.That’s a real no-go, and he didn’t say a word.”
“Well, what should he have said?”
“Er, sorry, this isn’t OK, maybe?And not just kiss me back and act like everything’s cool.”
“He kissed you back?”Tori sounds excited.“Was it good?”
“Stop it, Tori.”
“No, I have to know now.Where were you?”
I shut my eyes for a moment.“At the pool.”
“Oh, God, a water kiss?”Tori squeaks.“And how did it happen?Why were you even—”
“Tori, he’s with someone and I’m the arsehole he’s cheating on her with.Don’t you get that?It’s like...”I stop, but I don’t have to say it for Tori to know what I mean.I can see it in her face.
“You mean your mum?Livy, it’s totally different.”
“It’s not.”
“You didn’t know.You didn’t do anything wrong.”
I laugh mirthlessly.
“What did he say?I bet you confronted him.”
“Of course I confronted him.”
“Aye, you’re a Scorpio.So?”
“He said she isn’t his girlfriend, and then we argued.”
“But that’s a good thing, right?”Tori says hesitantly.“If they’re not together?”
“Tori, he said he was sorry if I really thought he’d wanted to kiss anyone like me.”
“I bet he only said that to hurt you.”
I say nothing because I’m scared that my voice will shake.
“So did he?”
“I don’t care about him,” I force myself to say.
“I know, Livy.”
“Stop it.”
“Stop what?”
