“You should have tried to make a move,” she says out of nowhere.
“Says the girl who told me I would never get him, she would get him first,” I say with a snarky look.
“You know he would be hot as hell in bed,” she says with stars in her eyes.
“Would you stop,” I say as I smack her arm.
“I’m serious. We’ve had crushes on him since forever. Don’t tell me you don’t think he’s hot anymore.”
“Oh no, he’s definitely hot.”
“Then what is it? How he treated you?”
“Yeah, I mean things are better now. I just hope they stay that way.”
“So make a move,” she says urging me on.
“Absolutely not, he’s committed to the President of my sorority. That’s wrong on so many levels.
“Please, do they look in love to you?”
“I don’t know, yesterday was the first day I saw them together.”
“Don’t get me wrong I like Meg, she seems nice, but she also seems very clingy,” Kenzie says looking anything but impressed.
“I don’t see her date, so I honestly have no idea how she is.”
“Yeah, I don’t get that. They’ve been together for two years yet you didn’t know that, I think that’s weird all in itself.”
“I mean, I don’t always hang out at the sorority house. I do my own thing usually with Quinn, so it could just be bad timing.”
“Sure.”
“What?”
“You never see Liam at college, that’s not just bad timing. That’s either you avoiding him or him avoiding you.”
“Well I was avoiding him, I told you that. But I didn’t really go out of my way to do it. The campus is a pretty big place; it’s not hard not to see someone.”
“True, you have a good point there.”
“Even now that he knows I go to school there, I still doubt I’ll see him.”
“Oh, I disagree on that,” she says with a sneaky look.
“What?”
“How long have you been in love with Liam?”
“WHAT?” I shriek.
“You heard me.”
“I’m not,” I retort.
“The hell you aren’t. You wouldn’t have run out of the room like you did, when you found out he was planning to live with Meg.”
“I didn’t run out of the room. I just needed to use the bathroom.”
“And he just had to go and make a call at the same time you had to use the restroom,” she says with an “I’m not buying it look.”
“I don’t know, maybe,” I say flustered.
“Are you two in a relationship?”
“Oh my gosh Kenzie, no. Where are you getting this from?”
“It makes sense.”
“What makes sense?” I ask confused as hell.
“You and Liam,” she says matter of fact.
“Kenz, there’s nothing going on between me and Liam.”
“Then explain why he came rushing out after you last night?”
“He didn’t. You even said it yourself, he needed to make a call.”
“That’s not it and you know it.”
“You are seriously reading into something that is not there,” I retort.
“I know what I saw.”
“You didn’t see anything,” I say irritated.
“Then last night he hung out with you outside, but only after Brody and I went to bed,” she says looking like she got a clue to a game.
“I’m telling you, it was nothing. He was just locking up.”
“Yeah, I’m sure that’s all it was.”
“Kenzie seriously, you’ve known the guy as long as I have. Has he ever been interested in either one of us?”
“Well, no.”
“So what makes you think something’s changed now?”
“Wishful thinking I guess,” she says looking down towards the table.
“Wishful thinking?”
“Yeah, he’s only getting hotter with age. You can’t seriously tell me you wouldn’t screw him.”
“Stop it. You can forget that. He’s committed to Meg if you don’t recall last night’s dinner, plus I’m looking at a few guys.”
“Yes, I remember. Fine, I want details on these guys you are talking and looking at. You need to get yourself out there. You’re in college Hails.”
“I know and I am,” I say defending myself yet again.
“I’ll believe that when I see it.”
“Fine, I’ll make you a deal.”
“Let’s hear it,” she says not looking impressed.
“Since we only have two months of school left, I will start dating and will have a boyfriend by the end of the year.”