I knew Uncle Rob and Mr. Tanner had specifically not asked Uncle Matt for help with the secret lair. And I agreed with their reasoning. I wasn’t allowed in Jacob’s bedroom with the door closed anymore. I didn’t think Uncle Matt would be thrilled with the easy access to my house.

I cleared my throat. “I just happened to run into them after the party on Saturday night. When I was wearing Jacob’s varsity jacket.” Which I guess did just mean we were boyfriend and girlfriend. Like they’d said. Because Jacob hadn’t asked me to be his girlfriend in so many words. He’d asked me to wear his jacket.

Like Axel had asked me to wear his jacket.

I shook the thought away. Axel definitely had not asked me to be his girlfriend. He just didn’t want anyone on his team to flirt with me. I took a deep breath.

“Uncle Rob and Mr. Tanner just leapt to the conclusion,” I quickly added. “I didn’t tell them you were my boyfriend. Because you hadn’t technically asked me. I...”

“It’s fine,” Jacob said with a laugh. “We’ve pretty much been dating since the first party of the year.”

Had we? Because I’d kissed an awful lot of guys since that party... And been texting my kiss thief nonstop. If I’d known Jacob and I were dating I never would have done any of those things! Crap. Did I need to tell him about the kiss thief?

Wait. No. I didn’t need to tell him because he was my kiss thief. Right? Gah! “I need to use the bathroom real quick,” I said. I didn’t wait for anyone to respond. I just hurried off. I needed to talk to Soph ASAP.

Chapter 33 – First Kiss Do-Over

Monday

I closed the door behind me and clicked on Sophie’s name in my phone.

“Please tell me that the two of you kissed,” she said when she answered.

“Not yet. Soph, I’m panicking.”

“Why? You’ve had tons of practice now.”

I groaned. “That’s the whole problem. Jacob thinks we’ve been dating since the first party of the year.”

“Yeah. It’s been super cute to watch.”

“I didn’t know we were dating!” I hissed.

“Of course you did. You went to get ice cream together. And he holds your hand between classes.”

“Soph! Why didn’t you tell me I was dating him?”

“Because I thought you knew.”

“I wouldn’t have made out with half the football team if I’d known that!” God, I was a terrible person.

Sophie laughed. “It was for charity.” She kept saying that, but I’d never seen her hand the money over to the team.

“And I kept flirting with my kiss thief too.” And sending him illicit pictures. Seriously...what had I been thinking?