I kissed her several more times before I walked out their front door. I couldn't wipe the grin off my face as I jogged home. I was barely inside our front door when Kevin called me.
"Hey, man," I said when I answered.
"Hey," Kevin replied. "I was thinking it would be a good idea for me to pick you up and bring you over to our place. You know, so my mom doesn't suspect anything."
"Okay," I replied.
This time I called Stephanie to warn her. I wanted her to have the chance to act natural when we showed up together. I thought she did a masterful job of acting as if nothing was amiss, but that performance was lost on Kevin. He was clearly distracted and his mother noticed as clearly as I did.
I followed Kevin back to his room, and I knew his mother was listening outside in the hallway. It
