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weekend.” Turning, he started down the steps.
“Anthony...”
He stopped and turned, meeting my gaze. “Yeah?”
“You don’t have to do it. Take me to Cedar Point, I mean. We can go somewhere else.” I had to let him off the hook. I liked him too much to see him suffer like I knew he would if we went there on our date.
“Not a chance,” he replied without even a moment’s hesitation. “That’s where you wanted to go, so that’s where I’m taking you. See you Saturday.”
I watched him walk away, feeling things I’d never felt before. At least, things I’d never allowed myself to feel. I was in so much trouble.
* * *
“How was dinner?” Alisa asked when I called my friends that night.
I dropped back across my bed. “It was all right.”
“Something’s up. I can tell.”
“Anthony was there,” I said, running my fingers along the paisley pattern on my comforter.
“It’s not like he hasn’t eaten at your place before. What’s the big deal?”
“The big deal is he kissed me.”
“Anthony kissed you?” she shrieked, forcing me to hold the phone away from my ear.
“Actually, I kissed him first, but only because he dared me to. He wasn’t supposed to kiss me back and be so good at it.”
“You liked it!”
What woman wouldn’t? Besides, I had fought this thing between us for so long, kissing Anthony had left me both excited and confused.
“I want details,” she said, before I could respond. “And don’t leave one single thing out.”
“Ooh, what are we gossiping about?” I heard Carlina say in the background.
“It’s Gina,” Alisa replied. “She kissed Anthony tonight.”
“She kissed him?” Carlina said in surprise.
“He dared her,” my friend explained. “Hold on a second. Let me put this on speakerphone.”
“Gina!” Carlina exclaimed.
“Hey.”
“Wait until Mia gets home and hears this,” Alisa said excitedly.
Just talking about the kiss Anthony and I had share had me feeling that odd rush of excitement all over again.
“Sure, while I was out on one of the worst dates I’ve ever been on, Gina was locking lips with Tiger Carboni,” Carlina said with a pout. “Life is so unfair.”
I couldn’t help but smile. “It wasn’t planned, I swear. My conniving, little sister called Anthony to invite him to dinner, telling him she was calling at my request.”
“Good for her,” Alisa said.
“I agree,” Carlina joined in. “Sounds to me like you should be thanking her for setting you two up. So what was it like to be kissed by Anthony Carboni?”
They were my best friends. I couldn’t lie to them. “It was incredible.”
“I knew it!” Carlina said. “You two were always meant to be together.”
Not them too. It was bad enough my family wanted Anthony and I together. Was I the only one who knew Anthony Carboni wasn’t relationship material?
“Carlina, he kissed me like he did to get a reaction out of me, not a relationship.” I knew Anthony well enough to know that.
“From the sounds of it, you reacted alright,” Alisa pointed out.
“And then what happened?” Carlina asked.
“Then my big mouth sister yelled at us from her bedroom window, reminding me that we were standing on the front porch where anyone could see us.”
“You two kissed right there in front of your mom and dad’s house? Wow, you do have it bad.”
Boy, did I ever. That was the problem. “I tried to let him off the hook for Saturday, but he still wants to go.”
Carlina laughed. “I’ve got an idea. Maybe you can make him forget about going into the park by making out with him in the parking lot when you get there.”
Only Carlina would have suggested that tactic. Well, Mia might have too. They were both a lot more experienced in those matters than Alisa and me. Not that kissing Anthony all day
“Anthony...”
He stopped and turned, meeting my gaze. “Yeah?”
“You don’t have to do it. Take me to Cedar Point, I mean. We can go somewhere else.” I had to let him off the hook. I liked him too much to see him suffer like I knew he would if we went there on our date.
“Not a chance,” he replied without even a moment’s hesitation. “That’s where you wanted to go, so that’s where I’m taking you. See you Saturday.”
I watched him walk away, feeling things I’d never felt before. At least, things I’d never allowed myself to feel. I was in so much trouble.
* * *
“How was dinner?” Alisa asked when I called my friends that night.
I dropped back across my bed. “It was all right.”
“Something’s up. I can tell.”
“Anthony was there,” I said, running my fingers along the paisley pattern on my comforter.
“It’s not like he hasn’t eaten at your place before. What’s the big deal?”
“The big deal is he kissed me.”
“Anthony kissed you?” she shrieked, forcing me to hold the phone away from my ear.
“Actually, I kissed him first, but only because he dared me to. He wasn’t supposed to kiss me back and be so good at it.”
“You liked it!”
What woman wouldn’t? Besides, I had fought this thing between us for so long, kissing Anthony had left me both excited and confused.
“I want details,” she said, before I could respond. “And don’t leave one single thing out.”
“Ooh, what are we gossiping about?” I heard Carlina say in the background.
“It’s Gina,” Alisa replied. “She kissed Anthony tonight.”
“She kissed him?” Carlina said in surprise.
“He dared her,” my friend explained. “Hold on a second. Let me put this on speakerphone.”
“Gina!” Carlina exclaimed.
“Hey.”
“Wait until Mia gets home and hears this,” Alisa said excitedly.
Just talking about the kiss Anthony and I had share had me feeling that odd rush of excitement all over again.
“Sure, while I was out on one of the worst dates I’ve ever been on, Gina was locking lips with Tiger Carboni,” Carlina said with a pout. “Life is so unfair.”
I couldn’t help but smile. “It wasn’t planned, I swear. My conniving, little sister called Anthony to invite him to dinner, telling him she was calling at my request.”
“Good for her,” Alisa said.
“I agree,” Carlina joined in. “Sounds to me like you should be thanking her for setting you two up. So what was it like to be kissed by Anthony Carboni?”
They were my best friends. I couldn’t lie to them. “It was incredible.”
“I knew it!” Carlina said. “You two were always meant to be together.”
Not them too. It was bad enough my family wanted Anthony and I together. Was I the only one who knew Anthony Carboni wasn’t relationship material?
“Carlina, he kissed me like he did to get a reaction out of me, not a relationship.” I knew Anthony well enough to know that.
“From the sounds of it, you reacted alright,” Alisa pointed out.
“And then what happened?” Carlina asked.
“Then my big mouth sister yelled at us from her bedroom window, reminding me that we were standing on the front porch where anyone could see us.”
“You two kissed right there in front of your mom and dad’s house? Wow, you do have it bad.”
Boy, did I ever. That was the problem. “I tried to let him off the hook for Saturday, but he still wants to go.”
Carlina laughed. “I’ve got an idea. Maybe you can make him forget about going into the park by making out with him in the parking lot when you get there.”
Only Carlina would have suggested that tactic. Well, Mia might have too. They were both a lot more experienced in those matters than Alisa and me. Not that kissing Anthony all day
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