Bastiana has a loving family, two amazing best friends, and a secret.
Over summer vacation, Bastiana and her besties do their best to focus on their bucket list in order to distract them from all the secrets they're keeping from one another. When a...
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"And keeping this from Abi and the guys is killing me!" I whine as I finish explaining the kiss to mom. "What do I do now?"
Mom sighs deeply as she considers everything I just told her. After a long moment of tense silence, she finally speaks.
"When did this kiss happen?" She asks.
"Friday night when he dropped me off after Liz's party. Keep up, mom!" I roll my eyes and flop back in my seat.
"Okay, okay." She laughs softly. "I just don't understand. I thought you went with Ryker and Asher. What happened to them?"
"Well..." I trail off. I don't want her to think poorly of Ryker. "Ry had a little bit too much to drink. Which has never happened before!" I add quickly. "Something was up with him. So Ash took him home, but I wanted to stay so Jaxon offered to drive me home because he wasn't drinking."
"And why was Jaxon there if he told Abi he was sick?" She asks, her eyebrows furrowed.
"Well, that's the other thing..." I sigh. "The night before, he stayed to watch another movie with me after Car and Abi went to bed and we were talking... And I sort of accidentally told him I have a crush on him." My cheeks flame with a blush and I bury my head in my hands in embarrassment. "I don't even know how it happened! It just like, came out of my mouth and I couldn't even stop it!" I throw my hands up in frustration.
"And that's why he didn't come to movie night?" Mom clarifies.
"Yeah, he said he didn't want to make me uncomfortable or something because I basically freaking sprinted up the stairs after I said it. I didn't even give him a chance to speak. I was mortified, mom!" I roll my eyes at myself. "So, he lied to Abi, because of me, and skipped movie night, because of me. I'm already destroying their friendship!" I whine.
"So, what did he say when you finally let him talk?" Mom asks.
"He said that it made him 'really happy' when I told him about my crush and he called me 'cute'. Then he said that he wanted to touch me before, like hold my face, which he was doing when he said it. And he said he really wanted to do something and when I asked him what he just leaned in and kissed me!" The words rush out of my mouth all in one breath and I pause for some much needed oxygen.
"Well, that sounds sort of sweet, Bug. Was it a bad kiss?" She smiles gently.
"Mom!" I whine.
She laughs and raises her eyebrows. "Well, was it?"
"No..." I sigh. "It was good. Really good. Like, I could feel it in my whole body, good." I smile a little at the memory of the way the kiss felt, then shake my head. "But it was bad! I have a boyfriend, mom! Nico? Remember him? The guy I've been dating for almost a year!"
