The Dare
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“Well, I was talking to Hunter, and it looks like he and Demi are thinking about their arrangements, too. Brenna and Summer are both leaving to live with their boyfriends, and Mike Hollis is married now, so…yeah…”
She raises an eyebrow at me. Fuck, I didn’t think this would be so hard.
I gulp. “Anyway, I don’t remember how we got on the topic, but someone mentioned, you know, maybe the four of us, could, like, get a place.”
“A place,” she repeats.
“Together.”
“You’re asking me to move in with you.”
“I mean, no. But yeah, sorta.”
“Huh.” Taylor stares at me. Unmoving. Not even a lip twitch. It’s sort of scary how still she is. “But won’t that be awkward for you and Demi?”
My eyebrows fly up. “What? No. Not even a little. I mean, she kissed me once, but that was just to make Hunter jealous. There’s no thing there.”
“No,” Taylor corrects, deadpan, “I meant with all the super-obvious sexual tension between me and Hunter. We’ve kept it quiet all this time, but—”
“Fuck off,” I say, laughing and launching a splash at her. “You’re such an asshole.”
“I have to confess,” she continues, “I’ve got the mega hots for your best friend. I mean, he is the captain, after all.”
I narrow my eyes. “I’ll break his legs in his sleep.”
“You can watch, if you want.” She flashes this self-impressed grin at me, and I can’t help myself. I’m stupid for this girl.
“Come here.” I pull her board closer and kiss her. Deeply and with purpose. “You’re a pain in my ass.”
“Love you, too.”
If someone had asked me to describe my perfect match, I wouldn’t have been able to do it. I probably would have spit out a bunch of clichés that would have amounted to every one-night stand I’ve ever had. Yet somehow, life put Taylor right in front of me anyway. She’s made me a better person. Taught me to be true to myself. Helped me see the value in me as a person. Hell, she put my family back together.
She and I found every possible way to try to sabotage our happiness, each of us falling back on old habits and insecurities. But what gives me faith in us is that we always managed to end up right back here. Together. I guess there’s hope for a couple of hopeless fuckups after all.
“So is that a yes?” I ask her.
Taylor looks over her shoulder at the incoming swell. She lines up her board and prepares to catch it. Then, with a mischievous grin, she starts paddling.
“Race you for it.”
The End
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The Dare
Copyright © 2020 by Elle Kennedy
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Edited by Lindsey Faber
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Cover Art © Damonza
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