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Hayley waved the comment off. “Youmight not need details because you get hot kisses from Cole whenever you want them, butsomeof us need to live vicariously through others.”

“Hayley has a good point,” Evan said, nodding along with her.

“You’re dating someone,” I groaned.

“I’m absolutely certain that he’d want me to find out everything I could about kissing Liam Black,” Evan replied, like that justified his reasoning.

“You guys suck,” I grumbled.

“But does Liam?” Evan asked, wiggling his eyebrows.

I didn’t want to encourage them, but I couldn’t stop myself from laughing. “Okay, okay, it was a good kiss.”

“How good?”

I lifted an eyebrow in Hayley’s direction. I swear she had zero boundaries sometimes. “Do you really need to hear more?”

“Yes,” she replied, a completely serious look on her face. “Now, dish.”

The crack of the ball hitting the baseball bat pulled my attention for a moment and I was surprised to see it flying toward the outfield while Willow nervously started toward first base. I think she was just as surprised as everyone that she’d managed to connect with the ball. She wasn’t particularly good at sports that involved hand-eye coordination, and even the fielding team cheered for her as she settled safely on first base.

The teacher yelled out another name, calling them up to bat. Unfortunately, it still wasn’t me. I let out a long sigh as I turned to my friends once more, knowing I’d have to answer Hayley. “It was the best kiss of my life.”

Evan snorted. “Wouldn’t be hard. Your only other comparison is Slobbery Steve.”

I thumped him on the shoulder.

“Ow!” Evan rubbed the spot and shot me a scowl. “What did I do to deserve that?”

“Exist.”

He chuckled. “Okay, so best kiss of your life, continue…”

I huffed out a breath, trying to find the words to describe the kiss. The things I’d felt while Liam had held me in his arms and pressed his lips to mine didn’t really equate to any kind of description I could think of, so I said the only thing that came to mind. “I know we were only supposed to be acting, but it felt like it was more than that. For a moment, it was like the entire world had stopped and I was in some kind of dream.”

Evan and Hayley both shared a grin before she turned to me. “The world stopped, huh?”

I lifted my hands in the air in defeat. “I don’t know! You guys wanted some deep explanation.”

The two of them started laughing and I folded my arms over my chest as I scowled at them. “You guys all suck and I’m getting new friends, by the way.”

Evan draped an arm over my shoulder and pulled me in close. “You can’t replace us, we’re the best. Especially me. Hayley, I could understand…”

“Watch it, Anderson,” Hayley said.

“What? You’re high maintenance.”

“You’re worse,” she came right back at him.

“True,” he agreed with smile.

“So, do you like Liam?” Madi asked me as I slipped out of Evan’s grasp. Her question seemed to capture everyone’s attention again, and they all focused on me once more.

I glanced at the ground and shrugged. Any feelings I might be developing were hopeless because Liam would be leaving soon. There was no point in admitting I was falling for him because there was nothing I could do about it. I let out a sigh and looked up at my friends. “The two of us would never work. He’s only here a few more weeks, and then he’ll be back to his glitzy life in Hollywood.”

“So, youdolike him…” Hayley prompted.

Again, I shrugged. I was barely coming to terms with my feelings and wasn’t ready to admit them to my friends. Especially not when any relationship with Liam would be over before it started.