Kiss List (Book I of the List Series)

Chapter 36 - Cheater

"Okay, so tell us one more time what happened," Payton said.

I giggled. "You're not getting anything else out of me," I said. "I've given you more than enough information."

"But how was Paul?" Olivia asked, her eyes wide.

"Let's just say that he was a very fast learner," I said, loving how much I was able to torture the girls. I also loved remembering the feel of Paul's body against mine and the way his... well, there were quite a few things I enjoyed about my time with Paul.

Payton shook her head. "You know what this means, right?" she said. "You've kissed all the boys on the list except for the Hall twins. You're definitely going to have to kiss them as well. You've almost finished the list."

"Yeah, and you're going to have to hand over the pictures of you kissing Graham and the photos on your phone," Olivia said.

"I'm already one step ahead of you," Alyssa chimed in. "I'm transferring the photos from her phone and I found the flash drive Doug gave her and downloaded the pics."

I looked over at my best friend in surprise. The little traitor was sitting in the corner of my room and holding my phone and the flash drive. "Alyssa!" I cried. "You can't do that. How did you even get the password for my phone?"

Alyssa raised an eyebrow. "I've been your friend for a long time," she said. "It wasn't exactly hard to figure out."

I groaned. My password was "Aaron." Alyssa knew me too well. "It doesn't matter," I said. "There's still no picture of me kissing Aaron and unless Alyssa can work her magic I don't think there's going to be one anytime soon."

Alyssa rolled her eyes. "How many times do I have to tell you?" she said. "Just be patient. Give it time."

Winter break was over and the girls and I had congregated in my room to do homework and work on the yearbook. I had missed them. Ever since they got boyfriends they had been busier. This was the first time we had all hung out together in my room since before winter break. It felt good.

"How about Paul?" Payton said. "Is there any future with him?"

I shrugged. "Maybe," I said. "We've been exchanging texts occasionally. We'll see where it goes."

"Well, I for one hope you finish the list so we can put all the photos in the yearbook and beat Missy," Olivia said. "Do you know she sent in a photo of her kissing yet another guy?"

I looked at the photo Olivia was holding in her hands. "You're kidding," I said. "She's still dating Graham."

"Well apparently she's also hooking up with Austin Young," Olivia said.

I wracked my brain trying to place the name. Then it hit me. "No," I said. "Are you serious? Didn't he graduate like two years ago or something?"

"Yep, he was homecoming king when we were freshmen," Payton sat beside Olivia and looked at the picture. "I guess he was home for winter break. Wow, Missy is collecting homecoming kings."

"But isn't she worried the photo will ruin things with Graham?" I asked.

"She probably doesn't care," Payton said. "This photo wouldn't come out until the yearbook does at the end of the year. Graham and Missy aren't going to the same colleges. I'm sure she plans to break up with him anyway."

I shook my head in amazement. That girl had no shame. I had been relieved when Alyssa told me that she stopped Gabriel before he confronted Missy and told her about my dad. I didn't trust Missy one little bit and I certainly didn't want her knowing that my dad was sick. She could make fun of me all she wanted but if she said a word about him I was going to snap.