Chapter 3: King Me
"Hey Jackson!" Lilly said, skating into Miley's house.
"Oh hey, Lilly."
"Is Miley home?" Lilly asked.
"No, but she'll be home soon. She's with Oliver…she said something about roses, I think? Anyway, you want to play a game or something until she gets here?" Jackson suggested.
"Sure!" Lilly shrugged, "What are our options?"
"Um… let's see here, we've got chess, checkers, and LIFE. The chess is missing the knight, though."
"Me too." Lilly mumbled.
"What was that?"
"Um, nothing. Let's play checkers. I like red…"
Jackson took out the board and set up the pieces. As Lilly thought about Jackson and how he had said "something about roses", she suddenly had an idea.
"Hey, Jackson…you know what I like about board games?" Lilly asked with a sly grin.
"What?"
"A little…wager. It makes things more exciting."
"Ah, I see you workin'. I can go for that, I am, as you know, from the South. So what will it be?"
Lilly pretended to think for a moment. Then she leaned in and whispered the bet into Jackson's ear. She tried not to laugh at the surprise on his face, but her laughter turned into nervousness when she went to move a piece and realized that she had all of her pieces on Jackson's side of the board and that he had no more pieces left.
Lilly took a deep breath in, leaned forward, and kissed Jackson on the lips. When she drew herself away from him, and saw the slight smile on his face, all she could say was,
"King me."