was a bee about to sting her. ‘Callie Clay…’ Reece seemed to get some sort of kick from using her full name. ‘Hmm… what to ask first?’
‘If she likes being felt up by a neanderthal,’ Ryan whispered darkly. Hunter laughed, but still watched that hand in what he assured himself was a protective, brotherly way.
‘I’ve got one!’ Marnie chimed, giggling over her own cocktail. ‘Cal if you had to sleep with one of the guys tonight, who would it be… Ryan, Hunter or Reece?’
Callie threw back her head and laughed to the sky. ‘Bloody hell!’ She exclaimed. ‘You gotta love these dramatic sexual multiple choice scenarios that come up during this game that have no bearing in actual life…’
The girls laughed, but Hunter had gone silent, and he would see that Reece had tightened his grip on Callie. Beside him, Ryan fidgeted.
‘Answer the question Cal…’ Sean Peters teased.
Callie sighed, looking from Reece, then over to Hunter and Ryan. She closed her eyes and whispered: ‘Dare.’
There was lot of hooting in response to this. Reece grinned, held up the hand not on her waist and declared: ‘Callie Clay! I dare you, to kiss me.’
Hunter’s abdomen tightened. Fingers were about to get broken.
‘Fuck he doesn’t waste time does he?’ Ryan’s voice was dark as he positioned his finger pads on the neck of his guitar in a familiar pose- for years Ryan had been struggling to perfect a C minor in first position. Hunter could do it, but he’d never actually had a chance to use it.
But Callie splashed Reece and slid out of his grip. ‘No way!’ She exclaimed. ‘My first kiss is not going to be public, or on a dare. I’ll answer the question instead!’
‘You’re a virgin?’ Reece exploded, eyes wide and eager.
Callie giggled and held up one finger. ‘Hold on: are you changing the truth question? Because that’s a less embarrassing answer.’
‘No!’ Marnie bayed before Reece the dip-shit could ruin their question by asking such an obvious one. Of course Callie was a virgin, or she would have been kissed by then. Everyone laughed. ‘Answer the multiple choice Callie!’
Hunter took a sip from his beer, relaxing. He could handle Callie saying she wanted Reece a lot more than he could handle seeing them pash! And he liked the annoyed look on Reece’s face from being cock-blocked by his own over eagerness. Geez a few more shots and Callie might have kissed Reece privately and with her free will, given how flirty she was being with him. Now she was going to be self-conscious all night.
‘Fine…’ Callie’s eyes swept from Reece, to Ryan, and then to Hunter. She screwed up her face (which Hunter tried not to take personally) looked back to Marnie and said: ‘I’m going to give you the best truth I know, okay? Doesn’t mean it’s a plot or anything. Just a thought off the top of my head…’
‘Today…’ Sean drawled.
Callie laughed, took a swig of her drink, tugged her hat back down and said very softly: ‘Well, considering it would be my first time… and I’d want to keep things simple…’ she took another small sip, swallowed and said. ‘I guess I always sort of assumed it would be Hunter.’
Hunter had been swallowing back his beer and now the bubbles caught in his throat on his shocked inhalation and choked him, shooting out of his nose and dribbling down his chest. Not in a cool cartoon way but an eye-watering, spluttering way.
Always assumed I’d take her virginity?! When was she going to let me in on that little thought?!
‘Huh.’ Ryan said shortly, with no inflection while across from them Reece’s eyebrows drew together. The three boys offered up as choices were the only ones not laughing. Everyone else was falling about themselves, in hysterics at Hunter’s reaction.
‘Cos he’s just so… smooth?’ Marnie giggled.
Hunter thumped on his chest, where a bubble of air was caught. It actually hurt, but he was glad that it was buying him time. He
‘If she likes being felt up by a neanderthal,’ Ryan whispered darkly. Hunter laughed, but still watched that hand in what he assured himself was a protective, brotherly way.
‘I’ve got one!’ Marnie chimed, giggling over her own cocktail. ‘Cal if you had to sleep with one of the guys tonight, who would it be… Ryan, Hunter or Reece?’
Callie threw back her head and laughed to the sky. ‘Bloody hell!’ She exclaimed. ‘You gotta love these dramatic sexual multiple choice scenarios that come up during this game that have no bearing in actual life…’
The girls laughed, but Hunter had gone silent, and he would see that Reece had tightened his grip on Callie. Beside him, Ryan fidgeted.
‘Answer the question Cal…’ Sean Peters teased.
Callie sighed, looking from Reece, then over to Hunter and Ryan. She closed her eyes and whispered: ‘Dare.’
There was lot of hooting in response to this. Reece grinned, held up the hand not on her waist and declared: ‘Callie Clay! I dare you, to kiss me.’
Hunter’s abdomen tightened. Fingers were about to get broken.
‘Fuck he doesn’t waste time does he?’ Ryan’s voice was dark as he positioned his finger pads on the neck of his guitar in a familiar pose- for years Ryan had been struggling to perfect a C minor in first position. Hunter could do it, but he’d never actually had a chance to use it.
But Callie splashed Reece and slid out of his grip. ‘No way!’ She exclaimed. ‘My first kiss is not going to be public, or on a dare. I’ll answer the question instead!’
‘You’re a virgin?’ Reece exploded, eyes wide and eager.
Callie giggled and held up one finger. ‘Hold on: are you changing the truth question? Because that’s a less embarrassing answer.’
‘No!’ Marnie bayed before Reece the dip-shit could ruin their question by asking such an obvious one. Of course Callie was a virgin, or she would have been kissed by then. Everyone laughed. ‘Answer the multiple choice Callie!’
Hunter took a sip from his beer, relaxing. He could handle Callie saying she wanted Reece a lot more than he could handle seeing them pash! And he liked the annoyed look on Reece’s face from being cock-blocked by his own over eagerness. Geez a few more shots and Callie might have kissed Reece privately and with her free will, given how flirty she was being with him. Now she was going to be self-conscious all night.
‘Fine…’ Callie’s eyes swept from Reece, to Ryan, and then to Hunter. She screwed up her face (which Hunter tried not to take personally) looked back to Marnie and said: ‘I’m going to give you the best truth I know, okay? Doesn’t mean it’s a plot or anything. Just a thought off the top of my head…’
‘Today…’ Sean drawled.
Callie laughed, took a swig of her drink, tugged her hat back down and said very softly: ‘Well, considering it would be my first time… and I’d want to keep things simple…’ she took another small sip, swallowed and said. ‘I guess I always sort of assumed it would be Hunter.’
Hunter had been swallowing back his beer and now the bubbles caught in his throat on his shocked inhalation and choked him, shooting out of his nose and dribbling down his chest. Not in a cool cartoon way but an eye-watering, spluttering way.
Always assumed I’d take her virginity?! When was she going to let me in on that little thought?!
‘Huh.’ Ryan said shortly, with no inflection while across from them Reece’s eyebrows drew together. The three boys offered up as choices were the only ones not laughing. Everyone else was falling about themselves, in hysterics at Hunter’s reaction.
‘Cos he’s just so… smooth?’ Marnie giggled.
Hunter thumped on his chest, where a bubble of air was caught. It actually hurt, but he was glad that it was buying him time. He
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