couldn’t look at Callie. He’d honestly not expected that answer and he didn’t know how to take it.
‘No.’ Callie’s voice was still soft. ‘It’s just… convenience really. I mean he’s right next door… I trust him... I figured one day we might get drunk and you know, get it out of the…’ her voice trailed off. ‘I answered the question, okay?’ She sounded defensive.
‘So hold on!’ Reece still sounded irked. ‘You wouldn’t give up your first kiss for a dare but you’d just get your virginity ‘out of the way with?’ What kind of logic is that?’
‘It’s the logic of a daughter of a romance writer.’ Callie grumbled. When Hunter looked up, he saw her vault herself onto the edge of the pool with one hand, keeping her drink upright with the other. She did not look at him. ‘Have you read my mother’s books guys? If I’ve learned anything useless from them, it’s that sex gets better as you go along, that girls waste time obsessing over who to do it with first when all that matters is that eventually, you find the one who… who does it you know, well and when you do it makes the one you stressed over insignificant.’ She chuckled. ‘But the first kiss… that’s special for a girl. She never rushes those, and I like it.’
Hunter was pretty sure he was being insulted. He’d probably be more sure if he’d had fewer drinks. But the only thoughts he could latch onto were: She was going to give me her virginity! She was going to give me her VIRGINITY!
‘I get it.’ Marnie said, nodding. ‘With a kiss, you want to be like, crushing majorly. With a sexual partner, you’d want to trust that they’d be careful, and not run their mouth-’
Callie clicked her fingers. ‘Exactly.’ Then she turned on Marnie and crossed her arms. ‘Right-o, Winters. Revenge time! If you had to choose any guy here to-’
‘Ryan.’ Marnie answered, then looked their way and giggled. ‘But everyone already knew that…’
Hunter glanced up at Ryan and grinned, but to him, Ryan’s face still looked pinched. Was he irked by Callie’s admission, or the elusive chord?
‘Thanks Marnie,’ Ryan answered smoothly. ‘It’s an honor just to be nominated though, really.’
Everyone laughed. Then Ryan turned to Sacha, Sean’s dark-skinned girlfriend who was Meredith’s best friend, and on the Cross-Country team with Marnie and said; ‘Sash? Truth or dare?’
Across the pool, Callie crossed her legs and leaned on her elbows, looking more relaxed now that her skeletons had already been torn from the closet, though she still hadn’t looked Hunter’s way. Hunter took another sip of his beer and glanced at her calves, and then glanced away, breathing in a heavily-chlorinated and tiki-gas breath. He should have invited Meredith. When she found out Callie had named him, he was going to be in for it! And if anyone saw the way he kept scoping Callie out, he was going to be in even worse trouble.
‘.. Course we have.’ Sacha bumped her hips against Sean’s and smiled at him secretively. ‘We’ve been together three years.’
‘Every night baby. She can’t get enough!’ Sean joked, and Sacha splashed him.
‘Oh that’s me humping legs is it?’ She teased. And then, those dark, smiling eyes rolled over Hunter, and one of her dimples deepened. ‘Hunter; Truth Or Dare?’
‘Dare,’ he said quickly, and Sacha’s face fell. No way was he answering a private question to Meredith’s best friend while everyone seemed determined to dig up as much dirt on the triumvirate as they did! Ryan had opened his door and the coolest kids in school were now rifling through their closets gleefully!
A bottle of tequila was thrust in front of Hunter’s nose. ‘I dare you to eat the worm.’
Hunter glared up at Ryan with his foulest look. Ryan looked smug, safe in the knowledge that every time Hunter had ever tried to do that, like a rock star ought to be able to do- he ended up throwing his guts up. He
‘No.’ Callie’s voice was still soft. ‘It’s just… convenience really. I mean he’s right next door… I trust him... I figured one day we might get drunk and you know, get it out of the…’ her voice trailed off. ‘I answered the question, okay?’ She sounded defensive.
‘So hold on!’ Reece still sounded irked. ‘You wouldn’t give up your first kiss for a dare but you’d just get your virginity ‘out of the way with?’ What kind of logic is that?’
‘It’s the logic of a daughter of a romance writer.’ Callie grumbled. When Hunter looked up, he saw her vault herself onto the edge of the pool with one hand, keeping her drink upright with the other. She did not look at him. ‘Have you read my mother’s books guys? If I’ve learned anything useless from them, it’s that sex gets better as you go along, that girls waste time obsessing over who to do it with first when all that matters is that eventually, you find the one who… who does it you know, well and when you do it makes the one you stressed over insignificant.’ She chuckled. ‘But the first kiss… that’s special for a girl. She never rushes those, and I like it.’
Hunter was pretty sure he was being insulted. He’d probably be more sure if he’d had fewer drinks. But the only thoughts he could latch onto were: She was going to give me her virginity! She was going to give me her VIRGINITY!
‘I get it.’ Marnie said, nodding. ‘With a kiss, you want to be like, crushing majorly. With a sexual partner, you’d want to trust that they’d be careful, and not run their mouth-’
Callie clicked her fingers. ‘Exactly.’ Then she turned on Marnie and crossed her arms. ‘Right-o, Winters. Revenge time! If you had to choose any guy here to-’
‘Ryan.’ Marnie answered, then looked their way and giggled. ‘But everyone already knew that…’
Hunter glanced up at Ryan and grinned, but to him, Ryan’s face still looked pinched. Was he irked by Callie’s admission, or the elusive chord?
‘Thanks Marnie,’ Ryan answered smoothly. ‘It’s an honor just to be nominated though, really.’
Everyone laughed. Then Ryan turned to Sacha, Sean’s dark-skinned girlfriend who was Meredith’s best friend, and on the Cross-Country team with Marnie and said; ‘Sash? Truth or dare?’
Across the pool, Callie crossed her legs and leaned on her elbows, looking more relaxed now that her skeletons had already been torn from the closet, though she still hadn’t looked Hunter’s way. Hunter took another sip of his beer and glanced at her calves, and then glanced away, breathing in a heavily-chlorinated and tiki-gas breath. He should have invited Meredith. When she found out Callie had named him, he was going to be in for it! And if anyone saw the way he kept scoping Callie out, he was going to be in even worse trouble.
‘.. Course we have.’ Sacha bumped her hips against Sean’s and smiled at him secretively. ‘We’ve been together three years.’
‘Every night baby. She can’t get enough!’ Sean joked, and Sacha splashed him.
‘Oh that’s me humping legs is it?’ She teased. And then, those dark, smiling eyes rolled over Hunter, and one of her dimples deepened. ‘Hunter; Truth Or Dare?’
‘Dare,’ he said quickly, and Sacha’s face fell. No way was he answering a private question to Meredith’s best friend while everyone seemed determined to dig up as much dirt on the triumvirate as they did! Ryan had opened his door and the coolest kids in school were now rifling through their closets gleefully!
A bottle of tequila was thrust in front of Hunter’s nose. ‘I dare you to eat the worm.’
Hunter glared up at Ryan with his foulest look. Ryan looked smug, safe in the knowledge that every time Hunter had ever tried to do that, like a rock star ought to be able to do- he ended up throwing his guts up. He
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