Page 75 of Still Love You

"Why?"

"Because they're doing him a favor letting him stay here and they think it's disrespectful for him to start something with their daughter while he's living under their roof."

"It's not disrespectful if you and Luke both want to be together. It'd be different if he was hitting on you and you had no interest in him."

"My parents don't see it that way. They don't want Luke getting involved with me."

"Do they think anything's going on with you two?"

"No, and it needs to stay that way."

"I think you should date him." I plop down in the desk chair and spin around on the casters.

"Willow! You're supposed to talk me out of this!"

"It doesn't have to be anything serious. Just date him for the summer."

"Just like you're dating Silas for the summer?"

I stop spinning. "I'm not dating Silas."

"That's not what I heard. Lilly said you've spent all your time with him since you got back."

"When did you talk to Lilly?"

"Yesterday. I had to tell her about Luke."

"You called Lilly before me?"

"You never have your phone on."

"It's on but the battery keeps dying. I think I need a new phone."

"So tell me what's up with Silas."

"Nothing's up. We're just friends."

"That's not what it sounded like," she says in sly tone.

"We only did it one time."

"You had sex with Silas?" she yells.

"Lilly didn't tell you that?"

"No. She just said you've been hanging out with him, not having sex with him."

"Well, I did."

"So you're dating him," she says like it's a fact.

"We're just friends."

"Who have sex. So friends with benefits."

I cringe because I hate that term, but unfortunately it's true. "I guess that's what we are. I'm not really sure."

"Are you going to do it with him again?"

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