after. Apparently, they took pranks very seriously in this house.
Aiden wasn’t going to be so easy to trick though—and I knew I had to go much bigger for his prank. I couldn’t let him get off easy like I had with his younger brother. I was struggling to come up with the perfect idea though, and I’d been thinking about it all day. Everything I thought of seemed too lame, and as I glanced out the window, my stomach tensed. Night had well and truly fallen now, and I was running out of time. How did you prank a guy who thought everything in life was a joke?
I blew out a breath and took a seat on the end of my bed as I considered my options. If I couldn’t think of something good, was it better to just not prank him at all? I couldn’t quite bring myself to let it go though. He’d made me feel like a total idiot this morning, and I was desperate to take my revenge on him. Lockdown was probably to blame for the intensity with which I focused on making him pay. If I wasn’t stuck in the house with nothing to do, there was no way I would have cared this much.
As I stared at the far wall, my gaze caught on Aiden’s weight bench. His football jersey was resting across the end of it, just like it had been ever since I moved into the room. It almost felt like Aiden had left it here to taunt me. Every time I saw it, I was reminded of my first morning here and how I’d woken up to find him working out in my room. And, even more disturbing, how he’d suggested the jersey would look better on me.
I wasn’t sure why I hadn’t tossed it from my room yet, but as I stared at it, a crazy plan started to take seed in my mind. Aiden was always flirting with me, but I never returned his advances. He wouldn’t know what to do with himself if I actually flirted back. He always seemed to be leading girls on. Maybe I could give him a taste of his own medicine.
He’d definitely be shocked, and he was too arrogant to ever imagine I wasn’t being serious. He would either completely panic or get far too excited. Either way, he’d be totally tricked, and I could already imagine the look on his face when I finished the prank by shouting April Fools’ right in his face.
I bit my lower lip as I considered the idea. Flirting with Aiden was risky, and I’d be embarrassed forever if it somehow backfired. I was desperate though—desperate and committed to pranking Aiden no matter what it took.
I jumped from the bed before I could reconsider and changed into Aiden’s football shirt. It was far too big for me and fell midway down my thigh, making my pajama shorts disappear completely beneath it. I felt ridiculous as I glanced at myself in the mirror. The outfit was supposed to look sexy, but I thought I looked more like a small kid dressing up in her dad’s clothes. I pulled my hair out of the ponytail it was in and allowed the soft curls to fall down my back. That improved the look slightly.
“This is totally going to backfire,” I muttered as I studied myself in the mirror. I still looked too much like myself, and I definitely didn’t think I was the kind of girl guys found sexy. This was Aiden though, and he’d been the one to suggest I wear the stupid jersey in the first place. Plus, he pretty much dated anything that moved. I had to believe that included me.
“Screw it.” I felt completely uncertain this was a good idea now I’d seen myself in his jersey, and nerves were prickling my skin. I had to do something though. I was running out of time, and this was the best idea I’d come up with that had a chance of truly fooling Aiden.
I opened my bedroom door and peered out into the corridor to check it was empty. The only thing worse than Aiden seeing me wearing this outfit was the idea of Aiden’s family catching me in it. Thankfully, the house was silent and the coast was clear. It was late at night, so I imagined Jade and Elliot were sound asleep.
A soft light crept out from under Aiden’s door, so I knew he