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be?”
    “You know what girl I’m talking about.”
    I’ve never seen Nic so serious. He’s no longer hiding behind his arrogant grin. He’s just looking at me, like he wants me to actually see him. Not the star. Not what everyone else sees. Just him. Just Rayne. The guy behind all the glitter.
    Before I can respond, Leo and Xander wander back into the room with Raven trailing behind.
    “Found her,” Leo states to no one in particular.
    “Real tough,” Raven says. “It must have been quite a challenge to try to find me in my own room.”
    “We’ll finish our conversation later,” Nic whispers in my ear.
    His breath on my neck and his close proximately make me feel things that I’m not so eager to feel.
    When I look up at him, he gives me his arrogant little grin again. It’s almost like he knows he’s whittling away at my resolve not to get involved with him.

     
    Five
    “Have time to finish that conversation we started?” Nic plops down in the seat next to me.
    “I was hoping to get some reading in,” I admit. “I’m not much of a flyer.”
    He laughs. “Have you ever been on a private plane before?”
    I shake my head. “I’ve only been on an airplane once in my life. My parents liked to take vacations within driving distance. But we did take a trip up to Seattle once for my cousin’s wedding.”
    “What were you planning on reading?” he looks at me expectantly. “I just happen to also have a book with me. Although I’ll probably fall asleep before I get much reading in.”
    “You may want to consider spending more nights sleeping and fewer nights engaging in bedroom gymnastics. Just a suggestion.”
    “Maybe you need to spend more time engaging in bedroom gymna stics and less time sleeping. Just a suggestion.”
    I pull out a paperback copy of Joyland by Stephen King. Much to my surprise when I look over at Nic he’s holding the same book and giving me his signature grin.
    “Were you spying on me? How did you know what book I was rea ding?”
    “I’m not spying on you. Although I wish I would have thought of it. It’s probably a great way to get into a girl’s panties. But I really am reading th is book.”
    He opens the book to where he’s dog-eared the page. “See?”
    “Okay, fine. You’re really reading the book and not trying to get into my panties.”
    He raises an eyebrow. “Hold on. I never said I wasn’t trying to get into your panties. I just said I was really reading the book and I wasn’t using it as a ploy.”
    I can feel my cheeks getting hot . I know I’m probably blushing.
    “So what are my chances? ” Nic asks.
    I frown. “Of what?”
    “Getting into your panties?”
    “How about slim?” I’m not sure why I say that because it’s not completely true. I’m beginning to have a few thoughts about Nic that include him and my panties.
    “And what do you consider slim? Maybe ten percent? I’ll take those odds. What were the chances that a guy like me from the wrong side of the tracks would ever become a superstar?”  
    “There you go with the clichés again. And just what do you mean by wrong side of the tracks? Bad neighborhood? Dysfunctional family? Could you be a little more descriptive?”
    “I could but I’m not going to. I could check all of the above if I wanted to.”
    “Don’t want to share any of your dark past with me?”
    “I’d rather share my bright future.”
    I can’t help but laugh. “Okay, not exactly a cliché but a very corny line.”
    He shakes his head. “Tough crowd. You really know how to undermine a guy’s confidence.”
    “You have plenty of confidence to spare. I could undermine ninety percent of your confidence and you’d still be the cockiest guy I’ve ever met.”
    “You’re killing me, Shakes. You really are.”
    “You mean there’s actually a female on the planet who’s going to make you work for it?” Raven takes a seat on the opposite side of us. “I didn’t think I’d ever see the