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was a joke to even consider the possibility he found her attractive.
    “Why would I be interested in the kid when I could have McKinley anytime I wanted?”
    God, how many times had he countered their jibes with that comment?   Not that it wasn’t true, at least the part about having McKinley if he wanted to.   Serena’s older sister had made it so blatantly obvious she was willing to hop in the sack with him , it actually turned him off and he made a point of avoid ing her whenever possible.   It wasn’t easy though.   As a cheerleader, she was at most of the football practices and all of the games, and somehow always managed to be home on those occasions when he was hanging out with Anthony and Sawyer at their house.  
    Will reined his thoughts in and focused on what was important right now; Serena.   “We could take turns,” he offered.   “I’ll tell you one of my nightmares then you can tell me yours, and it can be as much or as little as you want.”
    Serena’s eyebrows arched skeptically.   “ You have nightmares?”
    “Sure I do.”  
    Seizing the opportunity to get Serena to open up, Will settled himself more comfortably on the bed, noting with a sense of triumph that she didn’t seem to be intimidated by it.   With his back resting against the headboard and his legs stretched out in front of him, he started with a recurring nightmare he’d had as a young boy.
    “It always started out with me and Melinda Sue Rutledge…”
    “Melinda Rutledge?   The girl who used to ask all the boys if they wanted French kissing lessons?”
    “Yes, that’s the one,” he replied dryly.   “Thanks for reminding me she offered her services to every boy in the eighth grade before getting to me .  I’d almost forgotten.”  
    “I’m sorry,” Serena giggled.   “I remember Anthony and Sawyer having this huge knockdown, drag out fight about which one of them had taken more lessons.”
    “It seems to me there was quite a competition over who could kiss the most girls after that too,” Will told her.   “ A s I was saying before you so rudely reminded me I was the last boy on her kiss list,   Melinda Sue is leading me down this all e y and yammering on and on about how girls don’t like boys who kiss like amateurs and that I should feel honored she chose me…”
    “Is this before or after you actually kissed her in real life?”
    “Before.   The reality wasn’t nearly as good as the dream.   Anyway, she starts dragging me into this dark woodshed but once we’re inside, someone flips on the light and I can see it’s not a shed at all but the school gymnasium.   Every teacher I ever had from kindergarten on up is sitting in the bleachers just staring at us .  I’m beginning to get a real bad feeling about it when Melinda Sue throws her arms around my neck and says, ‘Oh, don’t pay any attention to them, they’re just here to grade you.   It’s pass or fail time, Will Duncan.’   That’s usually when I woke up, shivering from the cold sweats and hyperventilating.”
    A small giggle escaped from between Serena’s lips, followed by another and then another until she was laughing so hard her sides hurt.   She managed to pull herself together but it didn’t last long.   After admonishing her for laughing at him, Will informed her that the nightmare terrified him so bad he avoided Melinda Sue for weeks, which only made her pursue him even harder.   When she finally did corner him, Will was so afraid they would get caught by a teacher that he didn’t wait for the lesson .   Gripping Melinda Sue by the shoulders, he kissed her first, sticking his tongue halfway down her throat and twirling it around a few times before bolting out of there like a cat with its tail on fire.   Apparently, Melinda Sue liked it .  So much, in fact, that she went around telling everyone that Will Duncan was the best kisser in the entire school.
    Serena couldn’t help herself.   “So you’re saying