To leavemebejessica: I know! He's kind of a kissing whore but I just wanted to toy with the idea of him kissing someone he hasn't made a move on yet. And Darcy is obnoxious to Claire so I kind of wanted to write a story dealing with their relationship.

Chapter 7

(Present day)

"So you got into a fight with him and that was it, right?" Ali looked at Claire and rolled her eyes.

"Don't roll your eyes at me and no that was not it." Claire snapped.

"All right, all right. So what happened?"

"Ughhh," Claire sighed. "We made up. Which was so stupid. "

(1 and a half months earlier)

After the party Claire had avoided Craig every time he had come over for a couple of weeks. She had planned to forget about him entirely and erase him from her memory just like that but it ended up being easier said than done. It wasn't like there was anything else to really focus on anyway. And the fact that he kept on coming over really didn't help the situation either.

In any case, all of those plans changed when Craig came over for the Edwards mid-summer barbeque. The house was packed with Darcy's friends playing Badminton in the yard or listening to music in the living room. Claire spent the first couple of hours bored to death watching people play Rock Band in the basement before she decided to escape to her bedroom. It was in the hallway on the way there that it happened.

It was probably a good thing that she didn't have any mace on her because Claire was quite certain that she would have blinded him if she had. She had made it about halfway down the hall when she felt a hand on her shoulder. Before she had time to react she was being spun around and soft, delicious lips were pressed against hers. She might have pulled away faster had she not realized immediately that they belonged to Craig.

Instead she let him press her back against the wall and tangle his hand in her hair. She let him slip the other one up her shirt just a little bit and shook as his tongue explored inside her mouth. She even wrapped her hands around him and let them rest on the small of his back for a minute before she realized what she was doing. But it ended almost as soon as it started.

"Craig, what the hell are you doing?" She pushed him away.

"I don't know. I've just missed you, Claire." He looked embarrassed.

"You mean you missed copping a feel? "She spat back.

"No! I mean I miss you. I want you, I-"he looked down, ashamed. "I don't know what I'm doing with Darcy."

"You don't just get to switch sisters depending on your mood Craig, it doesn't work like that."

"I fucking know that, okay?" He nearly yelled. "I've been thinking about you since Marcos party. About what happened and how sorry I am for upsetting you. I know it shouldn't have happened but, I wanted it to. I still want it to."

"I can't do that to my sister."

"I know. I'm sorry." He looked so sad that she couldn't help herself moving closer to him and letting him take hold of her hand.

"I hate you so much." she smiled as he brought her hand to his lips and kissed her fingers.

"I know." He whispered, tilting her chin towards his face. She sighed, but when he kissed her, she kissed him right back.