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over it that read: WALKER RANCH in really pretty lettering. Below that there was a smaller sign that read: Cody, Candy, and Cade . I always felt like I was home when I saw that arch. It always made me happy, well, until today. When I got to the end of the lane I met Cord as he was riding by. He stopped in front of me. “Hey, Suz. Whatcha doin’ here? Did you bring me one of those?” He was ogling my lemon bars.
    “Nope, these are for me and Cade. Is he inside?” I was holding the lemon bars as far away from Cord as possible. He looked like a wild animal ready to pounce.
    Cord was pretty darn cute or hot as my friend Callie would say. He was a couple years older than Cade and me. He had darker hair and really pretty brown eyes. He was getting muscles and if I didn’t look at him like my big brother, I would probably wanna touch them, but eww that was a gross thought. All of the Walker boys were like brothers, well except for one. He acted like a brother, but it didn’t matter.
    “Uh huh, he’s on the porch with Anna, they are K-I-S-S-I-N-G,” he sang that silly song like a little kid.
    “What? They’re kissing?” I asked. My stomach was feeling a little funny. I didn’t want him to kiss Anna. I wanted him to kiss me. I really, really wanted that.
    “Yep. You better leave ‘em alone for a little bit.” He rode away on Cade’s bike toward the barn.
    Bull!
    I wasn’t gonna leave ‘em alone. I wanted that crap to stop. I ran up to the porch and I was frozen in my tracks. I just stood there watching. I couldn’t tear my eyes away. Their kiss wasn’t like my kiss with Branch. They were using their tongues. His tongue was in her mouth. She was moaning. He pulled away and said, “Wow that was...uh, somethin’.”
    He finally caught my gaze. “Suz, what’re you doin’ here?” I couldn’t say anything. I just stood there like a moron holding my lemon bars.
    “Can’t you see Cade and me are busy? Why don’t you just get on home?” Anna hissed as she clung onto Cade’s arm.
    Cade shook out of her grasp, stood up, and walked toward me. “Those lemon bars for me?”
    I finally squeaked out, “Uh, yeah. For us. I brought two.”
    “Lemon bars are my favorite. Can I have a bite of yours, Cade?” Anna sounded so whiny. How could he want to kiss that whiny mouth?
    “I think you better go home, Anna,” he grumbled as he turned and walked toward her. He leaned down and whispered something in her ear. She giggled and walked past me. She bumped into me with her shoulder and I swear I heard her say, “Mine” as she walked away.
    “Come sit down with me, Suz.” Cade was motioning for me to join him on the swing.
    Slowly, I walked up the steps and sat down by him. Our legs were touching and he tried to take the lemon bars from my hand. When our hands touched, I felt like something snapped in me. That was the moment I realized something - I was mad at him.
    “Why’d you kiss her, Cade? Do you like her?” I asked, looking down at the lemon bars that I was starting to really hate.
    “Why’d you let Branch kiss you, Suz? Do you like him?” he asked as he grabbed my chin and made me look up at him.
    “How’d you know he kissed me?” I was so surprised. How could he have known that? It just happened.
    “I was there. I saw him and you looked pretty darn happy when he left. Since when do you like Branch Johnson? And since when are you his sweetheart ?” Cade asked me with his eyebrows all scrunched up.
    “I don’t know, Cade. It felt good when he kissed me. I’d been waiting for my first kiss and I’m glad it’s over with.” I pulled my chin out of his grasp and pulled the plastic wrap off of the plate in my hands. I pulled off a piece of my lemon bar and shoved it in my mouth.
    “So you just wanted to get it over with? That’s why you let him kiss ya?” He asked me with a totally confused look on his face.
    “You didn’t answer my question. Why’d you kiss Anna? Since when do you like her ? I