(Marcos Party: Two months earlier)
When she pulled her face back from Craig's he was still staring into her eyes.
"Wow." seemed to be the only thing that he had enough breath to say.
"So what happens now?" Claire looked at him, shocked that she had said what she was thinking out loud and terrified of what his answer might be.
"I'm not sure. Do you want something more to happen?" He asked, gently rubbing her hands in his.
"I don't know," Claire stuttered. "Do you?
"Well shit, Claire. I mean, I'm still with Darcy and I…" he trailed off.
"So what was that then?" Suddenly she was terrified and her mind was reeling with thoughts about how stupid she was for kissing him. Hadn't she heard what he had done to Manny? How could she think that this guy could really have feelings for her?
"I don't know," he stumbled on his words, suddenly awkward and uncomfortable. "It just happened. I mean, I think you're a great girl, Claire, but-
"But what? You just wanted to see if you could get the goody-goody to kiss you? You wanted to be able to say you kissed both Edwards girls? Was I just a conquest?" She stood up, yelling at him.
"Claire, no-" but he was too late, she was already walking towards the screen door, which was being opened by someone else, that someone being Darcy.
"Claire, are you okay?" She asked, walking past her sister and towards Craig.
"Yeah fine, Darce. I'm just going to grab a beer. I'm trying not to be such a GOOD-GOODY, you know?" She glared at Craig and then she slipped inside the door and was gone.
"Did you say something to her? What the hell happened?" Darcy sat next to Craig, curious about the strange look on his face.
"No..she was just upset about um..some boy at school," he lied, rearranging his face into a smile. "I guess she didn't like the advice I gave her."
"Oh, okay. In that case," Darcy smiled. "I've missed you. Come here and kiss me!"
"I've missed you too, love." Craig widened his fake smile, and leaned toward her. He felt her lips on his and her tongue slip between them but instead of feeling chills this time, he only felt like he was going through the motions.