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my racing heart. I was far too jumpy. “Yeah, sorry, I forgot.”
     
    “I’m offended,” he joked and I playfully hit his arm.
     
    I headed back to my room and he trailed behind me , before plopping on my bed beside the dogs , who were still snoozing peacefully.
     
    I dug out my shiny royal blue duffel bag, which I had gotten from American Apparel on a trip to New York City, from the bottom of my closet. I grabbed some jeans, shirts, hairbands, and a bunch of other crap and dumped it into the bag. I struggled to zip it closed.
     
    Caeden took it from me and slung it over his shoulder. “I think I’m going to get me one of these. I can rock the shiny metallic look.”
     
    I laughed as he strutted out of my room, doing duck lips, when he reached the front door he turned and struck a pose.
     
    “Do that again and I’ll take a picture and post it all over Facebook,” I threatened.
     
    “You wouldn’t dare,” he said.
     
    “Oh I would,” I laughed.
     
    “You mean to tell me that you would mortify the love of your life?”
     
    “Yes, and enjoy every minute of it,” I crossed my arms over my chest and leaned against the wall. The dogs wandered out of my room and into the hall. Archie stretched and Murphy rolled around on the floor.
     
    “You’re sick,” he grinned.
     
    “What can I say?” I shrugged. “I love it when your cheeks and ears get all red with embarrassment.”
     
    Caeden shook his too long hair. “We better go.”
     
    “Come on guys,” I said to the dogs. They immediately jumped up from the floor and ran to the door.
     
    Caeden let them out and I closed the door behind us. Gram’s car was gone so I figured she must have left for the cupcake shop already .
     
    Turning around I busted out laughing when I saw Caeden struggling with Murphy. His face was quickly turning red. “You. Have. To. Get. In. The. Crate.”
     
    The large dog would not be budged.
     
    “Come on Murphy. I don’t want to hurt you,” Caeden said. Murphy was half in, half out, of the crate and he wasn’t budging. Caeden pushed at his backside. “Please, Murph ? When we get home I’ll give you a nice big juicy bone.” Suddenly Murphy was in the cage and Caeden fell from the sudden movement. I was laughing so hard now that I had tears running out of my eyes. “That was not nice, Murph ,” Caeden chided as he slid the locks into place.
     
    He had a cut on his cheek but it was already healing. He closed the trunk and turned to me with his hands on his hips.
     
    “That went well.”
     
    “Definitely,” I giggled.
     
    I opened the car door and picked up Archie. As soon as I closed the door he pawed at the window. “You want it down bud? Wanna feel the wind through your pointy ears?”
     
    He made a cute little noise as I rolled the window down. As soon as Caeden started driving he turned and gave me a cute little dog smile . All pointed teeth and rolling pink tongue.
     
    On the ride to Caeden’s house we were both quiet. I think we were both lost in our thoughts.
     
    He came to the gate and entered his card. The doors quickly swung open and we drove through. The garage door was up and two people were in there. One with fiery red hair was pressed against a brand new green Jeep and was totally making out with the other person. There was enough passion to ignite the garage.
     
    “Is that Charlotte?” I asked leaning forward. I knew it had to be. No one else had red hair that shade.
     
    “Yeah, and my brother.”
     

 
six .
     
    Caeden parked the car and rubbed his knees. “Well, I guess I should’ve known this was coming.”
     
    I laughed. “Yeah, you should’ve. Do you think they’ve noticed us yet?”
     
    Bryce and Charlotte were still going at it. Tongues, hands, it was a bit dizzying watching them.
     
    “I don’t think so,” he said and tapped the horn. The noise made me jump and it did the same to the two lovers. They both looked around, with the whole deer in headlights look,