Keeping It Secret

What do you do when the perfect boy for you is the one that no one wants you to have?

I've had a crush on Ethan, my big brother's best friend, for years. Unfortunately he's totally off limits. My brother is jealous and doesn't want me anywhere near him, my parents don't want me dating a boy in college, and Ethan's ex-girlfriend is a psycho stalker who's liable to lock me in her trunk and bury me out on the beach somewhere. Not that it matters, because Ethan has never treated me as anything except a favorite kid sister.

Or at least that's how it was until we moved back to Bayview. Now Ethan isn't looking at me like I'm a kid or his sister. He looks more like a cat about to pounce on a mouse. We've been spending time alone, and I'm pretty sure we almost kissed. But even if I'm not imagining things, it could never work. If my brother found out he'd tell my parents, who'd end it in a hurry. And Olivia would do anything she could to sabotage us. But Delaney came up with the one solution that just might work. You could keep it a secret. It's the only way that Ethan and I have a chance.

But secrets always come out in the end.