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hate that I’m so transparent.
    “Oh, come on, mate. We aren’t stupid, and you have it written all over your face. You like her, don’t you?” Joshua winks at me and chuckles. “I don’t understand why you’ve been hanging out with Maddison though.” He frowns.
    “I like Maddison, okay? She’s great to be around and we’re just having fun, that’s all.”
    “You do realize that she likes you?”
    My heart starts pounding erratically. She likes me? Lily has never looked interested in anything else apart from flirting with me, so for Karl to say that she likes me has me feeling rather good right now.
    “Do you think so?” I look between Karl and Joshua.
    “We can see it. She doesn’t hide it very well, and I think you need to tell her that you’re not interested before you are thrust into an awkward situation,” Joshua says. I furrow my brows because I’m not sure why he’s just said that.
    I like Lily too, so why would I tell her I’m not interested?
    “I can’t tell her that. I wouldn’t mean it, okay? I like her a lot. I know she’s cold toward me sometimes and she’s really irritating, but there’s just something about her that I like.” I sigh with the relief that I’ve finally admitted it to myself, and now to Joshua and Karl. They both look at each other before keeling over with laughter. I’m not quite sure what they are laughing about, I’m pretty sure I didn’t say anything funny, but they’re starting to piss me off.
    “What the hell is wrong with you two?”
    Karl straightens up and he has that annoying smirk on his face again.
    “We’re laughing because we finally got you to admit you like Lily.” I’m still confused.
    “Well, of course, I do. And now that I know she likes me too, I can finally do something about it.” I go to walk toward the girls, but Joshua stops me by placing a hand on my arm.
    “Um…actually, I think we have our wires crossed. We were talking about Maddison liking you.”
    I don’t know what to say. I feel stupid, admitting to these two that I like Lily. My mind is always so focused on Lily that I didn’t even realize that they were still talking about Maddison.
    “I…I…” I’m so embarrassed.
    Karl chuckles and places a hand on my shoulder. “It’s all right, mate. Your secret is safe with us, but maybe you should put Maddison out of her misery. She follows you around like a lovesick puppy half the time. I’m surprised she isn’t here now.” I look toward where the girls are and see that Tracy and Annabelle are sitting up talking to Lily. As I’m watching, she stands and takes her T-shirt and jeans off. My God, my heart goes into overdrive when I see her standing there in a lacy black bra and matching thong. She bends over and spreads a towel out before sitting down on it. I quickly glance at Tracy and Annabelle to see them looking at me and smiling. I hear a wolf whistle and I see Karl standing beside me.
    “Oh, mate…she is H.O.T.” I glance at Karl and I know he’s trying to piss me off, and it’s working.
    “Shut. Up!” He chuckles and slaps me on the back.
    “You’re so screwed, mate.” He shakes his head. “Let’s get back to the game, yeah?”
    I look at the girls again and see Lily spread out on her back. She’s so gorgeous, and I have to admit, Karl is right.
    I am so screwed.

 
    “How’s it going with Karl?” Annabelle asks. I smile to myself as Annabelle, Lily and I lay side by side on the beach while the guys are playing volleyball.
    “Things are going…well.” I can’t stop the smile that spreads across my face. “I’m not actually sure now why I thought being with him would be wrong.” Annabelle bolts upright and stares at me.
    “Oh my God! Are you saying that you want to be with him?” As she said it, her voice gets louder and louder.
    “Ssh.” I look over at the guys and luckily enough, they haven’t heard and are still playing their game. “I don’t want the guys to overhear.”