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anyway.”
    “I’m just saying,” Adam said.
    “What? What are you saying?”
    “That he likes you.”
    “No, he doesn’t!” And the thing was, I wasn’t even really lying. I didn’t think Levi liked me that way. I thought he was totally telling the truth when he had said he hadn’t meant to kiss me. Not very flattering, but I did think it was just that Levi had been close to me and he had kissed me on total impulse. No big thing.
    “I think it might surprise you how much he’s into you.”
    Adam had clearly made his decision and nothing I said was going to convince him otherwise. “What does it matter anyway? I’m positive he doesn’t, but so what if he did? I don’t like him. At all.”
    “I’m just saying,” Adam repeated.
    Saying what? God. I had that go into a closet and scream feeling again. I was surrounded by obtuse men. And neither one probably even knew what obtuse meant. Maybe I didn’t either, now that I thought about it.
    Did I even really know anything ?
    “Can we stop by here?” I pointed to the United Dairy Farmers store. “I want some ice cream.”
    Sugar and cream always made everything better.
    It was a rule.

Chapter Five
    I got three texts and a phone call from Levi while Adam and I were cuddled up on the couch watching a movie that made Adam laugh and left me confused. I would never understand why bodily functions were considered so funny by guys. But Adam was amused for the most part, until my phone rang. Levi’s ring tone, which was the music from the movie Halloween , was jarring and creepy.
    “Is he calling you again?” Adam asked, glaring at my phone as I went to scoop it up off the coffee table.
    “It’s the first time he’s called me. We’re trying to figure out this whole Halloween party thing.”
    I answered it, which I knew wouldn’t make Adam happy, but I also knew Levi. He would keep texting or calling until I answered, and I had texted him first. In all fairness to him, he would actually worry about me if he didn’t hear back from me. So I said, “Hello. How are you?”
    “Fine. What do you need me for?”
    “You have to”—I glanced around to make sure my mother wasn’t in earshot—“tell my mom you want to have a couple of friends over tomorrow night for Halloween. That you’ll help pass out candy and stuff.”
    “What friends am I having over?” he asked suspiciously.
    “Everyone on the list I give you. It’s only fifteen people.”
    “So it’s a party.”
    “Sort of.” I bit my fingernail. “Look, my mom will tell me no, but she’ll let you do it. Please?”
    It seemed weird that I was basically begging him to have a party that would actually ensure his and Isabella’s future happiness—something I suspected had never even occurred to him. The whole plan was starting to feel a little, well, stupid. But I was in now and couldn’t back out. Isabella would never forgive me, and I’d already annoyed Adam. I had to just roll with it.
    “Kenzie. This isn’t a good idea.”
    “Probably not,” I agreed. “But just do it, Levi.”
    “You know I’d do anything for you.”
    “Well, if you’ll do anything for me, then in comparison this is totally easy. It’s just saying you’re having a few friends over. No biggie.”
    Levi sighed. “Fine. I’ll talk to your mom tonight. I’ll be home in an hour.”
    “Yay. Thank you.”
    “By the way, am I on the invite list?”
    “Of course. You have to be there or my mom will catch on.”
    “Is Adam?”
    “Of course.”
    “Can I bring Amber?”
    “It would be better if you didn’t,” I said cheerfully, glad he’d asked me outright. “She wants to scratch my eyes out and it kind of drags the room down.”
    Another sigh. “Fine.”
    “Thanks! I’ll see you later.” And I hung up before he could ask any further questions.
    Adam stared at me, his long legs, which had been so close to mine, suddenly pulled to the left about a mile away. “He said he’ll do anything for