her fingers tightened on his leather jacket , and she went up on tiptoe to meet him , but she was holding back , too . `` they want us to cut the cake now . '' he leapt into the air and spun around . ill think on it , dean said . i stopped at every floor and searched all the rooms , pretending i lost my contact lens , in case the security cameras were still recording . his expression remained stubborn ; so , once again she pricked at his pride . i turned and saw lily staring at us . 