her for a long time.”
“If that’s true, then your sister isn’t going to be half as upset as you seem to think.”
“What do you mean? Of course she is. The one thing she told me to never do is hook up with her best friend.”
“Your sister didn’t want you to hook up with Zoey because she knew you had a tendency to sleep around. She just didn’t want you to hurt Zoey.“
“Guess it doesn’t matter anyway, Zoey clearly isn’t interested in me.”
Trevor didn’t know what to tell his friend so he just took him back to his wife, knowing that if anyone could help Evan it would be Kara.
When he and Trevor got back to his sister’s, Evan confessed his feelings for Zoey and asked Kara for her help. He expected her to be angry, or at the very least give him a speech about keeping promises, but she didn’t. Instead, she gave him a knowing smile and a big hug.
“I knew this was coming for a while now.”
“Yeah, apparently everyone but me did,” Evan huffed out while glaring at Trevor.
Ignoring her brother’s comments, Kara continued on. “The problem is, Zoey is probably sitting there right now thinking she is just another notch on your bedpost.”
“But we didn’t actually have sex, not really.”
“Evan, I love you with all of my heart, but let’s face it, you’re a man whore. You’ve been with so many girls over the years and you’ve never been serious about a single one of them, so Zoey probably assumes you would feel the same about her if the two of you were intimate.”
Evan opened his mouth to protest but then quickly shut it, realizing his sister was right. He hadn’t ever been serious about another girl before now but that was only because none of them had ever been Zoey.
“How do you know that’s what Zoey is thinking?” Trevor interjected.
Kara smirked at him. “Because I’ve known Zoey almost my entire life and I know how her mind works.” She turned back to her brother. “Let me guess, immediately after you two were intimate, she did her best to get away from you?”
Evan sighed. “Yeah, pretty much.”
“And did you ask her to stay the night with you or go on another date and she refused, saying she had other plans?”
“Both. Last night she said she couldn’t stay the night with me because she had something to do early this morning, and then when we dropped her keys off I asked to take her to lunch and she said she couldn’t because she had some stuff to do around the house.”
“ Exactly,” Kara said with a smug smirk on her face. “She probably doesn’t want you to think she is one of those girls that are all clingy, the ones you are always complaining about.”
Evan hated to admit it but he knew his sister was right. Zoey probably was trying to avoid him because she felt like a trashy one night stand, and that was his own fault for letting things get as far as they did in the car.
“So how do I fix this?”
Kara seemed to think about it for a moment, then a huge smile came across her face. “You are going to have to make one of those grand gestures that you always see in romantic comedies. Are you up for it?”
Evan hesitated before answering, not because he wasn’t up for doing whatever it took to win Zoey but because he knew how devious his sister’s mind could be sometimes and he partly feared what idea she had come up with.
“Yeah. Tell me what I need to do.”
Kara picked up her phone and called Zoey. “Are you free for dinner tonight?”
Zoey sighed. “No, Kara. I’m still feeling a little icky from last night. I really shouldn’t have drank so much. I think I should just stay home tonight and take it easy.”
“If you meet me for dinner, I’ll tell you my Ami with an I gossip. It’s good.”
Zoey choked back a laugh. “How about lunch tomorrow instead?”
“Deal.”
Kara hung up the phone and turned to her brother.
“There. Now you know for sure she’ll be home tonight.”
“Wait. First tell me your Ami