I only wanted to slip a love letter to the guy I'd liked for two years. Instead, I put it in the jacket of Rhett, the school's star hockey captain—and everyone thought I'd confessed to him. While they waited for me to get humiliated, Rhett stepped in and said, “Funny. I like him too.” To keep the lie going, we started fake dating. But the hand-holding, the way he protected me, the way he called me his boyfriend... started feeling a little too real. And when his teammates dared us to kiss, I realized I might be the only one still pretending.

