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“I thought you weren’t interested in any of the guys from our school,” I said.

“I’m not,” Cress quickly replied. “I can think Kaden is good-looking without being interested that way. I also think Tom Holland and Liam Black are hot, but that doesn’t mean I want to date them.”

“Ha, you would totally date Liam Black if you could,” Anna said. “You had a picture of him as your phone background for like a year.”

“Because I liked his movie, not because I want to date him.”

“Liar.” Anna grinned. “But we’ll let it pass—for now.”

Wes returned with two bottles of beer and offered one to me. I took the bottle and thanked him before taking a small sip. I’d barely lowered the bottle from my lips when a cheer went up behind me. I stood and turned to where the laughter, whistles, and shouting was coming from, only for my eyes to meet a very naked Sawyer darting through the crowd.

“Oh my God!” Cress squealed at my side, grabbing hold of my hand.

“Stop covering your goods, and give us a real show!” Anna shouted as she jumped up on the bench to get a better look.

My hand went to cover my mouth as Sawyer lifted his arms and waved at Anna who started whistling. She was enjoying this far too much while I kind of wanted to poke my eyes out. I must have been the only one who felt that way. Everyone else at the party went wild as they applauded Sawyer.

“I can’t believe your brother’s actually streaking!” I said.

“Do you even know Sawyer?” he replied through his laughter. “He would have done this even if he hadn’t agreed to the bet.”

“True.” I shook my head and watched as Sawyer’s pale butt made its way to the far edge of the clearing and disappeared into the woods.

Anna jumped down from the bench and grinned at Wes. “Please tell me you and your brother are identical inall ways,” she said, wiggling her eyebrows. “Because, if so, Isobel, you are one lucky girl.”

Wes coughed uncomfortably and glanced away. “I should probably go check Sawyer has some clothing,” he said before quickly following his brother.

“I’m totally taking that as a yes,” Anna called after him.

Cress laughed as Wes disappeared. “I think you scared him off.”

“Oh yeah, he looked terrified,” Anna happily agreed. “You’d think he’d be proud that he shared his brother’s body.”

“You’re so weird sometimes,” I said.

She grinned brightly. “I know. It’s great, isn’t it?”

“Great. Annoying. Same thing really,” Cress replied.

“Hey!” Anna pouted.

Cress laughed. “You know I’m only joking.”

Anna folded her arms across her chest. “Ninety percent of jokes are born of truth.”

“Lucky for that ten percent then,” Cress replied.

“Lucky,” Anna muttered.

We sat back on the bench as the excitement of Sawyer streaking through the party dissipated, and the noise levels around us went back to normal.

“I still can’t believe you agreed to date Wes,” Anna said, changing the subject as she took a swig out of the bottle of champagne she held at her side. I hadn’t seen any champagne when I’d looked at the drinks table, but it was no surprise Anna had found a bottle somewhere.

I frowned. “You think it’s a bad thing?”

“No, of course not. Wes is great. I just thought you two might stubbornly refuse to see how great you are together for a while longer.”

“We weren’t being stubborn; we were being careful.”