that,” he says way too happily.
Ryan comes over to us, draping his arm across my shoulder. I lean into his chest and take in his delicious scent.
“We ready to head out?” Ryan asks.
Nate and Kaylee join us. I nod at Kaylee who already knows my plan and is in on it.
“I’m going to go with Kaylee and Nate,” I say to Ryan.
“Wait, what?”
“I’m just getting my stuff. I’ll come to you. Meet me behind the garage.”
“You have that conniving look in your eye. What are you up to?”
“You’ll just have to wait and see,” I say and give him a kiss before following Nate and Kaylee out to the car.
I should’ve known Nate and Kaylee would be all revved up after a night of dancing. She’s practically in the driver seat with him as I awkwardly stare out the back window.
Finally the engine turns on and I feel it’s safe to peel my eyes away from the lovely brick wall I’ve been gazing at.
“So here’s the plan,” Kaylee says. “Nate’s house then your place and then to Ryan’s.”
“Let’s do this,” Nate says and puts the car in drive.
“I didn’t even ask. What do you guys have planned for tonight?”
Kaylee holds up a set of keys. “We have the dance studio for the night. Just have to be out before the first class tomorrow at ten.”
“Only you would be able to convince someone to give you the keys to their business so you can sleep with your boyfriend.”
“Hey between Hannah and my step-mom always being home, and Nate’s brother home from college, we’ve had to get creative. Plus I’m getting sick of the backseat of the car, it’s small and uncomfortable and…”
“Ewww!” I screech and jump up smacking my head on the ceiling. “You could’ve thrown down a blanket back here for me. Or just not tell me.”
“We’re clean and careful. You have nothing to worry about.”
Except for the visual that I can’t get out of my head now. I might as well be sitting on top of them while they’re doing it since that’s pretty much how I feel right now.
When we pull up to Nate’s I can’t jump out of the car fast enough.
“It’s in the shed,” he whispers and points to the back of the house.
Nate darts from bush to bush and Kaylee laughs at him. “Your parents aren’t even home from their movie date yet,” she yells across the yard and Nate’s arms slouch forward. “Okay, fine keep up the daring spy act. It’s kind of hot anyway.”
Nate tips his fedora then dives behind a planter. Kaylee giggles and joins him. Her pink dress flowing behind her.
What should have taken two minutes to walk across the yard takes ten. Nate unlocks the shed while Kaylee stands watch. I don’t move from my spot out in the open because Nate’s parents probably won’t be home for another hour. Also his parents wouldn’t care. But I let them have their fun. I just need to beat Ryan back to his house.
“We good?” I call out and Nate jumps out of the shed with the object in question in hand.
“We’re good,” he confirms.
Next stop is my house, and because Mom thinks I’m sleeping at Kaylee’s, I walk in with the intention of telling her I forgot something. I can push everything out my bedroom window to Nate and Kaylee.
I head down the stairs to our basement apartment and freeze at the laughter coming from inside. That’s definitely Mom’s laugh, but that’s not Roger’s. I press my ear to the door to try and get a better listen, but it only confirms what I was dreading. Mom is in there with him. My father.
“We had a lot of good times,” I hear him say.
I can’t go in there. Not tonight. Tonight is about me and Ryan and I don’t want to get all raging lunatic and ruin our evening. So I very quietly sneak back up the steps and head around to my window. I slide it open, jump onto my dresser, grab what I need and get the hell out of there.
“Everything all right?” Kaylee asks, when I come around the bend. “You look…”
“Weird,” Nate