face with kisses. Both of them laughed as they rolled around on the floor, kissing and tickling. The girls at the restaurant were forgotten. At that moment, everything was right in the world again.
Chapter 18
Kaylee felt like she had been floating since Ashton had made his declaration. She hadn't expected it, and it still didn't feel quite real. like In some ways, she felt it was too soon, but then she realized they had had feelings for each other long before they ever got together.
"Don't worry. I meant what I said, and I'll never take it back," he told her, pulling her in for a steamy kiss.
"Oh yuck! Can't you two find somewhere else to do that?" Jayden asked as he walked into the living room.
"We could, but this is so much more fun," Ashton replied with a smile, taunting him by nibbling on Kaylee's neck a little more.
Kaylee giggled and smacked his arm. "What's up?"
"Just seeing if you guys wanted to hit a couple of clubs tonight. Colton and I were thinking about getting everyone together, maybe try to smooth things over," he told them, plopping down on the couch and kicking his feet up on the coffee table.
"I'm in," Kaylee said, anxious to try to get back on her brother's good side.
"I guess that means I am too," Ashton replied. "See you about 10:00 here then?"
"You got it." Jayden said goodbye to them as they went out the door, in search of some good pasta.
At ten o'clock sharp, Jayden, Colton, Kaylee, and Ashton sat in the living room waiting for Noah and Brittany to finish getting ready. Finally, after fifteen minutes, Noah and Brittany made their appearance in the living room, where everyone was not so patient.
She sneered when she walked into the room, and blatantly asked Noah, "Tell me again why we have to go out with them?"
"Brittany, they're extending a peace offering. The least you could do is accept it," Noah groaned, his impatience with her evident.
"Whatever. I forgot something. I'll be right back," she said dismissively and went back to her bedroom. Everyone in the living room looked at each other, but nobody said a word. Minutes later, she reappeared with a smile plastered to her face. "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get this night of fun underway!"
Noah smiled, relieved at Brittany's change in attitude. He just wanted everyone to get along. It finally looked like Brittany was going to make the same attempt that the rest of the group was making.
Kaylee was having a great night at the club in the VIP section. She stayed a respectable distance from Brittany without making it look like she was avoiding her. No matter how much she said she was going to try to be civil, she just couldn't stand to be around that woman.
Instead, Kaylee made sure she was busy on the dance floor. No one was safe from being dragged out there at one point or another. Colton was one of her favorite dance partners, so she spent a lot of time with him at the beginning of the night, until Ashton decided that he was getting tired of watching all the other guys grind against his girlfriend. From that point on, Kaylee had only one dance partner.
Just as one of her favorite songs was ending, Kaylee felt a tap on her shoulder. "Kaylee, can you do me a favor?" Noah yelled over the music. "Brittany's been in the restroom for a while. Can you go check on her?"
Kaylee looked to Ashton quickly, and gave him an all-knowing look before heading to the restroom. When she walked in, there were a couple of girls at the mirror, but she didn't see Brittany anywhere. She walked further into the restroom, toward the stalls, and called out Brittany's name.
When she got no answer, she called her name again. In response, she heard a faint moan at the furthest stall. Kaylee ran and knocked on the door to the stall.
"Leave me alone," Brittany slurred, weakly.
"Brittany, are you okay?" she yelled through the door.
"I said leave me alone!" she slurred again, a little louder.
Kaylee went into the empty stall next to Brittany's, and put her foot on the toilet to try to get a boost up so she could look over the partition. Just as she was pulling herself up, her stiletto heel slipped and landed right in the toilet bowl.
"Great!" she cried out, taking her foot and shoe out of the water, and shaking it. She