Page 63 of Anyone But Her

"So you brought Luke the pizza and then you guys kissed?"

"Not exactly. First we talked. He told me about Albert and how much he meant to him. I feel really bad for Luke. He loved Albert like a dad and now he's gone. I didn't think he'd want to talk about it but then he started opening up to me."

"That's a sign he trusts you. And really likes you."

"I don't know. Maybe. I hope he keeps talking to me about stuff because I think he needs to. I don't think he talks to Cal about this stuff."

"And after you talked, you kissed?"

"It's not like we planned to. It just happened."

"And?" she says, urging me to continue. "Tell me more!"

"About what?"

"The kiss! I swear you love to torture me."

I laugh. "I don't know what you want me to say. We kissed, and it was amazing. What else do you want to know?"

"Did it go beyond kissing?"

"It started to, but then my mom knocked on the door."

She gasps. "Oh my God, did she catch you?"

"No. Luke got off me and got dressed before she opened the door."

"Wait. Luke was on top of you? Without clothes?"

"He was shirtless. The rest of him was covered."

"When your mom found you there did she think something might be going on between you two?"

"Not at all. I told her I was keeping Luke company so he wouldn't have to eat alone."

"You're such a good liar. That's kind of scary, by the way. You don't lie to me, do you?"

"Not usually."

"You lie to me?" She huffs. "I thought we told each other everything."

"It's just little white lies. Just forget it."

"I want to know what you lie to me about. Tell me."

I sigh. "Okay, well, remember when you dyed your hair purple then didn't like it and dyed it pink and it ended up looking orange?"

"Yeah. You said it looked cool."

"It was kinda cool but it didn't look very good with your skin."

Birdie has fair skin which looks great with her normally blond hair but didn't look good with the orange.

"The orange was horrible but I couldn't do anything about it. The hairdresser said I had to wait for my hair to get healthier before I could dye it again."

"Which is why I told you it looked cool. I was trying to be supportive."

"Hmm. I guess I'm okay with that. I would've said the same thing to you. So what else have you lied about?"

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