Free Truth Undressed (Exposed Series, #3) by Hazel Kelly Page B

officially a thing now.”
    “So? Do you think you could do the long distance thing if you
had to?”
    I shrugged. “I don’t know where he’s going to school yet. Maybe
it wouldn’t even be long distance.”
    “But would you? If it was?” she asked. “You either like him that
much or you don’t, right?”
    “I mean, I don’t know. I haven’t really thought about it.”
    “You mean you don’t want to think about it.”
    I tilted my head and rested it on hers for a second. “Right.” I
watched Ian slip his hand in the girls’ back pocket and closed my eyes.
    “Am I interrupting something?”
    I looked up and saw Kevin standing at the end of the breakfast
nook. He looked positively delicious in his loose fitting jeans and an open,
half tucked plaid shirt.
    “Hey you!” I said. “I didn’t think you were coming.”
    He shrugged. “I heard you might be here.”
    I tried to act cool even though it felt like there were beams of
light shooting out of my face.
    “Well scoot in,” Danielle said, smiling. “There’s room for one
more.”
    I knew she thought he was cute. She had this weird twitch that
came over her when she thought a guy was good looking. It came across like she
had something in her eye, but I think it was just her trying to bat her
eyelashes more than usual. And I didn’t mind her appreciating what I
appreciated. I considered it a vote of support for my excellent taste.
    “I’ll grab a drink and join you,” he said. “You guys need
anything?”
    We shook our heads in unison and our eyes followed him to the
keg.
    That’s when Ian stepped out of the flip cup cluster. “Well, well,
well. Look who’s decided to grace us with his presence.”
    I swallowed.
    “Hey Ian,” Kevin said, pumping the keg. “How’s it going?”
    “Did you pay?”
    “How much?”
    “Ten bucks,” Ian said stepping up to him. He wasn’t quite tall
enough to look him in the eye.
    “That’s bullshit, Ian,” I said. “It was five for everyone else.”
    Ian shrugged.
    “You know that’s okay,” Kevin said, pulling two fives out of his
wallet. “Here’s five for the beer and five towards your dick implant.”
    Ian took the money. “More like five for beer and five for
stealing Kate from me.”
    I wanted to shout that I was never his to begin with, but
Danielle squeezed my arm really hard.
    Kevin laughed. “She’s worth more than a fiver, Ian. Didn’t you
know? Maybe that’s why you fucked it up?”
    “I didn’t fuck it up,” Ian hissed in Kevin’s face. “She fucked
it up by being a fucking tease.”
    The whole flip cup crew was watching them now and everything
faded in comparison to their conversation. It was like someone had turned the
volume of the whole party down.
    Kevin laughed in his face. “Aw come on man. She’s not a tease.
Everyone knows you just can’t get it up.”
    For a split second Ian’s eyes flashed in my direction, and I
shook my head. I wished I could tell him I never said anything because it was
the truth. Kevin came up with that all on his own.
    But before I could even open my mouth, Ian took a swing at
Kevin. Fortunately, Kevin just blocked the punch and twisted Ian’s arm
backwards until his whole body was contorted.
    “Come on. You know better than that. Remember what happened last
time you tried to fight me?” Kevin pushed him to the ground.
    Ian’s face was the color of his maroon lacrosse jacket as he
rubbed his arm. When he didn’t get up right away, the girl he’d been groping
all night gave him a disgusted look and then turned towards one of his friends.
    “Oh good,” Danielle whispered. “I was beginning to worry she
wouldn’t find anyone who would push her head down tonight.”
    “I know, right? Shit.” I couldn’t wait to tell Annie what
happened.
    Kevin walked back up to the head of the table oblivious to the
glare Ian gave him as he stood back up.
    I tried not to smile ear to ear, but I don’t think I did a very
good job.
    Kevin shook his