Chapter 20

He pulled my leg over top of him so that I was straddling him. I didn’t resist. I was having fun. He rubbed my back as we exchanged wet kisses. It felt good to be kissing him alone and not in front of a room full of people. That same spark was still there. He stuck his hands into my back pockets and pulled me closer. We kissed for what seemed like forever. When we finally pulled apart, I stayed sitting in his lap and pressed my forehead against his.

“Do you think as my friend, we can do this a lot more,” I asked.

“Hell yeah!” he said, giving me one last kiss.

It was a sweet kiss and felt almost apologetic in nature. I could sense how badly he wanted to fix things between us and I was excited to move forward. We ended up laying together and watching the movie. He cuddled me as I snuggled into his chest.

Before I knew it, I had fallen asleep. Jeff was shaking me lightly to wake me up.

“Brees, get up. We fell asleep,” he said.

I smiled at him, until I saw Keegan standing over me. I jumped up.

“What time is it?” I asked, looking around dazedly.

“It’s time for Jeff to leave before your mom finds out he was here,” Keegan said, gesturing toward the door.

“My bad man. We must have fallen asleep during the movie. I was a complete gentleman. I swear,” Jeff said, putting his hands into a defensive stance.

“All good bro. Just take off so Brees doesn’t get in trouble,” Keegan said, walking him to the door.

I followed closely behind.

“Bye Jeff. Thanks for the hang out. I’m glad we are friends,” I said, flirting with my eyes and air-quoting the word “friends”.

“Me too,” he said, kissing my hand.

I latched my arms around his neck and kissed him deeply. It was mostly for Keegan’s sake, but also that boy could kiss. We said goodbye and he left. Keegan stood near me, shaking his head.

“Just say it Kee, so I can go upstairs to bed,” I said , picking up the blankets and food tray.

“I don’t have much to say. I’m not sure what you are trying to prove by dating this kid again. He is going to break your heart,” he said, helping me clean.

“Maybe he can get some pointers from you on that Keegan,” I remarked.

“Really? That’s the story we are going with Brees?” he asked.

“Keegan, we were broken up when Jagger kissed me and you wanted nothing to do with me. How is this my fault all of a sudden?” I asked.

“Because I loved you. You should have known that,” he accused.

“So now I’m a mind reader, Kee? I didn’t know. You abandoned me. Something I had no control over. You used it to break my heart and our moms are still getting married with or without us being together,” I shouted.

“Brees, I’m not going to rehash this. We are both seeing other people, so this argument makes no sense to have,” he said.

“I agree. Have a good night Keegan,” I said.

“Umm, I’m going to get my stuff and go meet Izzy then sleep on the couch at my mom’s, since she gave Kailie my room,” he said.

Hearing that information was more difficult than I had thought. What were he and Isadora going to do after 11:00 pm? Was he having sex with her? Oh my gosh. I hadn’t even thought about it that being a possibility with him being away at college and on the football team. I’m sure girls threw themselves at him.

Stunned, I glanced at the clock and said, “Be safe Keegan.”

“ I am,” he said, smugly as he headed to the guest room to grab his things.

That was the last time I saw Keegan Patts before the holiday season.