Kiss List (Book I of the List Series)

Chapter 31 - Ryan

"Nothing is going to come of it but at least I got to kiss Aaron," I said. "That was a dream come true."

"I told you, you just need to have patience," Alyssa said firmly. "My plan is already in motion and I have confidence that it'll work."

"Then why won't you tell me what it is?" I asked.

"Because for it to work you have to be completely oblivious to it," Alyssa said. "I keep telling you. You need to trust me."

"Enough about the stupid plan already," Payton said. "Let's get back to the part where you made out with not one but two Caldwells."

Alyssa, Oliva, Payton and I were having lunch together at school. It was the day after the kiss competition with Aaron and judging by the looks on their faces, Payton and Olivia were desperate for details. I was far more interested in getting Alyssa to tell me what her plan was. So far she was resisting but I had ways of making her talk. I just needed to review the legal status of water boarding first.

"It wasn't that big of a deal," I said dismissively. "I kissed Aaron's brother Nate before I kissed Aaron. They were both great kissers. Aaron was definitely better but I'm sure Nate will get there with a bit more experience."

All three girls looked stunned. "Wait, we need more than that," Payton said. "Alyssa, did you see Nate?"

Alyssa shook her head. "I'm told he was rather occupied with a couple of the JV girls when I left. It sounded like he was very, very popular with those girls."

"Yeah," I said. "Lindsey told me this morning that the JV girls even put up a Nate Caldwell fan page on Facebook."

"You're kidding," Olivia said. "That's crazy. What does this kid look like?"

"If he looks anything like his older brother I need to see him," Payton said. She took up her phone. "I'm looking up the page." A second later she gasped.

"What is it?" Olivia asked.

"The group photo shows Nate with only a towel wrapped around his waist and his arms around two JV girls," Payton said. "He is so fine. I mean, it's ridiculous. How did you just kiss him? I would have had that towel off in less than a second and then had some real fun with him. He's just a sophomore? Just think what he's going to look like next year and the year after. Like, I could make a fortune renting him out to girls at this school."

"Okay, well, I'm happy that you're finding opportunities as a pimp. It's a male dominated profession and it's high time we women broke into it," I said dryly. "But how about we focus..."

"I mean day-uhm," Payton interrupted wistfully. "Just think about what it would be like to hook up with Aaron and Nate at the same time. A Caldwell sandwich. How amazing would that be? Just picture it."

"That's disgusting Payton," Alyssa said. "Right Sadie? Sadie? Uh, Sadie?"

"Oh yeah, totally," I said. Payton's suggestion had started my imagination running wild and it was a tad difficult to reign it in. "Completely disgusting."

My phone started to vibrate on the lunchroom table. I flipped it over and opened an incoming text message. My eyebrows climbed up my forehead when I saw who it was from.

"Meet me rite now in the east gym. Ive got something u want." It read. The message came from Doug.

"You're going to finish up with Ryan now, right?" Olivia was saying. "Aaron wasn't on the schedule yet. You're supposed to learn more about Ryan."

"Yeah," I said absentmindedly. "I'm going to his concert tonight. It'll happen. Sorry, I've got to pick something up now. Excuse me."

As I walked to the east gym I wondered what could Doug possibly have to offer me. He had already ambushed me and made me look like a fool. Was this just a trick? If so, he had another thing coming. I might have been naïve but I wasn't stupid. I wasn't going to let Doug hurt me again.