"Lee. Oh my God. Rule #9, Elle will kick our asses."

"Look, I'm not saying that I want to date you which if you read the fine print is what the rule states. I'm just saying I can't think of a better girl for my first kiss..."

I sigh, looking over at him, "Fine, on one condition." I step closer to him, "We never speak of it, ever. A rule 21 if you will."

"Another rule? Are we telling Elle?"

I shrug, "I mean I don't see why not, as you said we didn't technically defy the rules. And also, if we don't it'll be weird to mention it around her."

"Okay. Wow, I'm gonna kiss a girl. Is this a weird time to say that I've always thought of you as the hot Evans?" Lee jokes, smiling at me with a flashy flick of his eyebrows.

"Yes, this is the weirdest time for that. Now just get over here and kiss me you dumbass." I laugh, as he sighs.

"Wait no, can you come over here... I'm comfy." I laugh again, "I'm fully aware that I sound like a six year old now come on please, Ember."

"Sure, Lee, sure. But remember this is a one time thing." I say, sitting down on the edge of the bed where he's laying down. He smiles, nodding and rolling his eyes before he crawls over to me.

"Okay so... 3... 2.." And then just to annoy him I disregard his counting and plant my lips onto his right then and there. I went to pull away quickly, like we'd agreed to, but the part of me that's been crushing on Lee since elementary school wasn't letting that happen.

So it goes on for a while. A little longer than I'm proud of... But then I finally get it together and pull away, fighting the goofy grin on my face. "There, you've kissed a girl now. Let's just wait for Elle to get here so we can tell her and then never talk about it again."

Lee sits on the bed with a dumbfounded look on his face, but nods. I laugh, throwing a pillow at him. He smirks, "Hey!"

And then Elle walks in on what is pretty much a full blown pillow fight. "Woah, guys, calm down. We all came over here to celebrate the last fleeting moments of summer and this looks like a scene from a sixth grade sleepover."

I laugh, "Sorry, sis, Lee did something dumb so I threw a pillow at him and he couldn't let me have the last laugh. Oh also, Lee has something to tell you. I'm gonna go change into my swimsuit." I smile at Lee, this was totally payback for earlier in the summer, and he knew it. Elle looks confused but I'm sure she'll get it soon enough.

I run to the bathroom, not taking too long to put my new swimsuit on, which took a while to figure out... Why did I get a strapless top? I have an F cup and this was a bad idea... God. But the white grid on the bottoms was just so aesthetically pleasing and-

"EMBER EVANS YOU DID WHAT?" Elle yells as I enter the room in my swimsuit.

I squint, "I kissed Lee because he begged me to be his first kiss? Jesus,"

Elle shakes her head, "I can't believe you two, violating rule number nine like this. No more or else." She warns, pointing at the both of us.

"Did you not tell her Lee? The catch for me to agree was to never talk about it again. We wanted to tell you so that you'd know what rule 21 is." I smile, trying to make that sound as sweet and innnocent as possible.

Lee nods, "Rule 21, never speak of The Incident." He smiles, his 'I just told a joke that I think is super funny' smile.

"Okay, fine. Come on, I'm gonna change and then let's swim I guess." Elle sighs, leaving the room and shaking her head. She no longer seems upset though, which is good. I'll make sure later when we get home...

"I'll be down by the pool then." I say, not wanting to be alone with Lee with where my thoughts were. I liked kissing him. A lot. And I refuse to accept that I might have a crush on my best friend.

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"Ew, Perv. Guess what Warren sent the entire school? Lee."

I look around, "Lee?"

And suddenly, our best friend comes jumping out of his house, which was no shock, but also kind of a shock.

"Geronimo!"

"You dick! You got me wet!" I yell without thinking about it, then blush as Lee makes a panicked face at me. He looks kind of impressed too though.

He gets out and sighs, sitting on my chair with me, putting my legs on his lap as Noah enters the scene, unnecessarily shirtless. Assface, rubbing his hotness in Elle's face with Rule 9 out here to stop her.

"Hey, Lee, have you seen my atheltic cup?"

"Yes, asshat. I needed it for all those varisty sports I'm constantly playing, ya know?"

I laugh, as does Elle and I high five Lee. "Hey Shelley."

She hates being called that, but he also hates being called- "Yes, Noah?" That.

"When did you get the boobs?" He asks, smirking at her. "Not as good as Amber's but... Getting there." I roll my eyes at Lee, who knows that I hate it when people think my name is Amber and Noah also knows that.

"When you were away at football camp learnin' to be a better douche, it was almost like she was on human growth hormones or something." Lee says, getting up and laughing while Elle covers up with a towel.

Elle shakes her head, "Lee, rule number two, please." Number two, never share our secrets with anyone else.

"Whatever, listen. M and D are out of town on Friday so party starts at 8, don't invite any jackasses." Noah says, pointing at Lee sternly, then starting to walk back into the house.

"Does that include you?" Lee retorts, looking back as we all start cackling loudly. Then Noah throws a football at him, and it's not as funny- especially since Lee brought me down with him.

"Ow," Lee complains, getting out of the pool, "What an ass."

I decide to stay in the pool, putting my elbows on the edge and looking- okay maybe checking out Lee's ass a bit but... It was like right there...

"I know..." Elle mutters, looking after Noah wistfully.

"Hey! Rule number 9, young lady." Lee reminds her, pointing. I laugh, looking at Elle's embarassed facial expression.

"Psh! As if!" She says, or something of the sort, I'm too busy laughing my ass off to really hear.

"Oh yeah? You got some drool right there," Lee teases, getting closer to her and then- he gets something thrown at him again and he falls right back into the pool. If I wasn't lauging before, I sure was now.

"Stop laughing, Miss Ember." Lee warns, swimming over to me and wrapping his arms around my waist, "Unless you'd like to get thrown..." He trails off, letting the threat hang in the air.

"No! You wouldn't dare, Lee. This top will come off!" I yell, wrapping my arms around my chest to try and hide my cleavage. It is not working.

"As much as I'd like to see that..." Lee jokes, "I'll let you live today, I suppose,"

"A merciful captor," I acknowledge, though he still hasn't let me go.

"And you guys are lecturing me about Rule #9!" Elle shakes her head.

And that's how I end the summer before junior year. In the arms of my crush in a pool, with my twin sister sitting on the pool deck. It's a nice scene, I suppose, but it's only a moment. After all, tomorrow school starts, and who knows how many of these moments we'll have after that.