Chapter Fifteen

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I looked out my window and sighed when I saw Liam sitting in his car, tapping on his phone. I hate that I'm stuck in my house like a prisoner, and I hate that he's basically a prisoner too, because of me.

I glared down at my completed homework, wishing that there was more so I would at least have something to do. What has my life come to, where I wish for more homework so I can be entertained?

Maybe I could invite the girls over, that way they're not seen in public with me, but I still get to hang out with them.

And dad's working until late tonight, it would be nice to have some company.

My lips stretched up into a smile as I typed out a text to Steph and Lisa telling them my plan. They could come over as soon as they got the text, and we could eat snacks and watch movies for a while. It's only Monday, a few hours after school, so they probably couldn't sleep over, but they could stay until nine or ten o'clock.

Within minutes of sending the text, both girls replied and were on their way over.

I excitedly made my way downstairs to set up the living room, stalking up on comfy blankets and bags of chips, and by the time I was done the doorbell rang.

"Hey Lisa." I greeted the gorgeous blonde, stepping aside for her to walk through the door just as Steph pulled into the driveway.

"Isn't that Liam's car?" Steph asked as she made her way to the front door, jutting her thumb over her shoulder in the direction of the car across the street.

I froze at the question. Why didn't I think about the fact that Liam was right outside my house, his car parked just across the street?

"I think he has a friend that lives across from me, his car is there all the time." I lied, barely missing a beat.

I mentally gave myself a pat on the back for the believable fib.

"How's that going, the three kisses thing?" Lisa asked as I closed the front door behind Steph.

I sighed, "Awful, I think I'm going to just give up. It's never going to happen and I feel bad lying to him."

Steph scoffed and Lisa replied, "You can't give up, the whole school will see you practically naked! How about we invite Leo over and tell him to bring his friends?"

I thought the idea over for a minute. If I invited Leo over, would that give him the idea that I want to be more than friends? And what if he brings different friends instead of Liam?

But if things did work out right, I could ask Liam if he had any updates on the mole situation, and it'll make the girls happy.

"Okay, I'll text him now." I told them, pulling out my phone to do exactly that.

Thankfully I got his number after our talk earlier today. Once I explained the reason Liam called him after I stood him up, Leo insisted that he give me his number so that kind of thing would never happen again.

After I hit send on the text I fiddled with my phone for a moment, nervously waiting for his reply. I just hope everything works out the way I want it to.

"So I've been wondering about something for a while." Steph spoke up as we all sat on the couch as I waited for Leo's reply.

"Yeah?" I asked, my curiosity peeking up at the nervousness in her eyes.

"Do you have feelings for Leo?" She finally asked after a moment of hesitation.

I sighed in relief at the question, I thought something was really wrong, Steph looked so nervous. But why would she be nervous to ask that?

I shook my head, "No, we're just friends. I have no romantic feelings for him at all."

"Okay." Steph muttered, her brown eyes lighting up in delight even though her voice didn't reflect the way she felt.

"Wait, are you into him?" Lisa suddenly asked Steph, her voice raising an octave with how excited she was.

"No!" Steph exclaimed as her cheeks pinked.

"You totally are!" Lisa squealed, pointing to the blush on Steph's face.

"Shut up! He barely even knows I exist." Steph mumbled.

"That's not true, and tonight we'll prove that he knows just who you are." I reassured her, ideas swirling around in my brain. We could play truth or dare, spin the bottle, seven minutes in heaven, there's so many options.

Not only could we get Leo and Steph together, but I might be able to get my third kiss from Liam.

Tonight was going to be one hell of a night, as long as Leo actually sees my text and comes over.

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An excruciating hour later my phone finally buzzed with a text from Leo.

From: Leo

I'll be over in ten with Garrett and Liam!

"Leo agreed and he's bringing Garrett and Liam." I told the girls after reading the text, my voice high and excited. The plan is working!

"Thank god, I was starting to worry." Steph said, sighing dramatically.

I rolled my eyes and smiled at the night ahead of us. If everything goes right, I could get my final kiss, an update on the mole situation, and Steph could get Leo's attention.

"So what are we going to do first?" Lisa asked, bouncing excitedly in her spot on the couch.

"The pizzas should be here any minute, so we could all eat and play a game like truth or dare." I suggested, the wheels in my brain turning as I came up with the perfect plan.

No ones going to want to kiss while they're eating, so truth or dare is a great way to start. Then we can play spin the bottle or seven minutes in heaven.

I'd rather play seven minutes in heaven because I could get Liam alone so he can give me an update. And I want to get kiss number three in private, I don't need my friends watching and judging my first French kiss.

Luckily for seven minutes in heaven, two people are chosen to be together, the bottle doesn't decide. So Lisa and Steph will pick Liam and I to go together, and Lisa and I will pick Steph and Leo to go together.

We had a lot of time to plan everything out while we waited for Leo's text. If he decided not to come, we would've all been very disappointed.

A knock at the front door brought me out of my thoughts and I quickly got up to answer it.

When I swung the door open I expected a pizza delivery guy, but instead I was greeted with Garrett, Liam, and Leo, all carrying boxes of pizza.

"We ran into the delivery guy in the driveway and decided to pay for the pizza." Leo answered the question I was about to ask.

I nodded in understanding and held the door open wider, "Come on in."

The three boys filed into the house and I touched Garrett's arm so he stayed behind for a second.

"How are you doing?" I asked, referring to the fact that he was shot only a couple days ago.

"Sore but good." He replied, giving me a small smile before following after his friends.

Even though I don't know him that well, I'm glad he's okay.

When I joined everyone in the living room, the boys had already dug into the pizza.

"Hey save some for me!" I playfully exclaimed, reaching for a slice of pizza as I sat down beside Steph on the couch across from the one the boys were taking up.

"You snooze you lose." Leo teased, grabbing another slice as he stuffed the crust of his current slice into his mouth.

"So who wants to play a little game?" Lisa asked, playing into our plan.

"I love games." Leo responded, his blue eyes lighting up with excitement.

"Truth or dare?" Lisa asked him, and our plan was set into motion.

"Dare, always dare." Leo mumbled through a mouth full of pizza.

"I dare you to give Emma all your pepperoni." Lisa said, giving me a sly wink. She knows just how much I love pepperoni.

"That's the best part!" Leo whined, but complied with the dare.

"Pleasure doing business with you." I told him when he placed the delicious topping in my hand.

"Garrett, truth or dare?" Leo asked, turning to his left to look at his friend.

Garrett rolled his eyes before responding, "Truth."

We all made "Ou." Sounds at his response, it's so much more risky picking truth in this game.

"When's the last time you kissed a girl?" Leo asked, his lips stretching up into a smirk when he saw Garrett's face drop.

"Pass to Liam." Garrett mumbled.

What?

"You're going to use your one pass for that?" Leo asked, shock taking over his features.

You can pass your truth or dare onto another person and they have to do it? I've never heard of that.

Garrett nodded in response to Leo's question and all eyes turned to Liam.

"The last time I kissed a girl was Tuesday, last week." Liam answered, looking directly at me as he spoke.

Last Tuesday, wasn't that when we went to his cabin and I got kiss number two done?

After that he spent so much time with that blonde girl, why didn't he kiss her? She was obviously more than willing.

"This is boring, how about we play spin the bottle?" Lisa suggested when we all went silent after Liam answered the question.

"Sure, and since it was Liam's turn to ask someone truth or dare, he can spin the bottle first." Leo replied, shooting Liam a smirk as Lisa held out the empty wine bottle I found earlier in dad's office.

Liam rolled his eyes but took the bottle and spun it on the coffee table in between the two couches we were all sitting on.

I held my breath as the neck of the bottle spun past me, and a weird feeling stirred in my stomach when I realized that I was in the clear.

Was I disappointed that I didn't have to kiss him, or relieved?

Probably relieved.

I forgot all about the strange feeling when the bottle stopped, pointing at Garrett.

"You've already kissed Leo, it was only a matter of time before your lips touched Garrett's." I teased, earning a glare from Liam, a chuckle from Leo, and very confused looks from the girls.

Steph and Lisa's attention was taken off of me as soon as Garrett started protesting the kiss he had to share with Liam.

"There's no way I'm letting you anywhere near my mouth, stay away from me." Garrett refused, getting up from his seat to put some distance between him and Liam.

"You two have to kiss, it's the rules!" Steph exclaimed, and everyone except for Liam agreed.

Eventually, after a while of convincing, Garrett finally gave in and I bit back a laugh as he squeezed his eyes closed and waited for Liam to kiss him.

The kiss happened so fast, if I blinked at the wrong time I would've missed it, and we all laughed as the two boys vigorously wiped their mouths.

"That wasn't so bad, now was it?" Lisa teased, getting nothing but a glare in response from Garrett.

"Emma, I think it's your turn to go now." Leo spoke up, pointing out that I was next in the circle after Liam. I guess we're not taking turns the traditional way.

Here goes nothing. I thought to myself as I gave the bottle a quick spin.

The bottle spun and spun, making my heart hammer with the anticipation of who I was about to kiss. Up until this point, I had only kissed Liam. If I was lucky, the bottle would land on one of the girls and it would be all fun in games.

Unfortunately, my luck isn't that good.

The bottle slowed to a stop with the neck pointing at the last person I wanted it to.

"I'm ready when you are." Leo said, excitement lighting up his eyes.

Oh no.

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