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The funny thing was that I hadn’t even thought about kissing her, but now that she mentioned it, I couldn’t stop staring at her lips. She had a deep bow over her top lip that made them look like a heart. When I finally came to, I caught a shade of pink on her cheeks.

“I kissed Jo because I wanted her to realize that she belonged with Nick. So no, not kissing.”

“Good. Because for a moment there I thought you’d made it your mission to kiss all the girls in our class.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Daisy?”

How did she know about Daisy?

“I was taking a short cut through the forest yesterday and I saw you two on Pebble beach.”

“Oh.”

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to spy. You two looked pretty into it.”

I cleared my throat. “No need to apologize. Yeah, we were making out a little. But Daisy, she’s wild, man. I’m not sure I’m the right guy to handle her.”

She laughed.

“If there’s anyone who can handle Daisy, it’s you.”

“I don’t know. Yesterday was fun with Daisy, but she’s moving so fast… I don’t think I’m ready.”

“So you two aren’t going out?”

“No. She didn’t want to go out.” I lowered my head, slightly turning it to the side to look at Molly again.

She sat there thinking. What was there to think about? We’d had great time on the beach, and the kissing was definitely unexpected, but once Daisy got the ball rolling, there was no stopping her. And I, well, I was a guy who couldn’t say no to a make-out session, no matter how many times I told her that we were just friends. But then when I actually asked her out, she said no. I officially gave up trying to understand women.

“Okay, Carter Clark. If it’s not kissing, then what kind of fun are you talking about?”

“Spitting.” I grinned.

“Spitting?”

“Yup, try it now.” I hawked a full one from the bottom of my throat and let it catapult off my tongue out front.

“Carter, that was gross.”

“Thank you. Your turn.”

“No.”

“What do you mean, no? If you do this, then you get to choose the next fun thing. And I’ll know if it’s fun, because I’m a fun guy.”

“Okay, fine.”

She moved her lips around, trying to collect the saliva.

“It helps if you pull your shoulders back a little.” I pushed my chest out and lifted my head. “It’ll go further that way.”

She finally must have gotten enough in her mouth because she pursed her lips, closed her eyes, and blew it out. Except it didn’t go anywhere. The spit dripped slowly down her chin as Molly smiled wide at me.

“Did I get it far?”

I couldn’t stop laughing. I bent over in half to stop my stomach from jiggling and hurting. “No, not at all. It’s all over your chin.” I pointed, barely able to speak.

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