stared at him. He smirked. “I went to boarding school. It wasn’t about needing the answers so much as seeing if I could get away with it.” He grinned. “Never have I ever not been on the honor roll.”
Jake flipped him off and so did Coop. Ian grinned as he squeezed my toes, because neither of us needed to drink. Honor roll had been right up there with getting into Harvard. Yes, I might have overthought that need to get to college a lot.
“Never have I ever stood in line at midnight to get the latest game,” Jake said, and it was Coop’s turn to glare. Because yes, he had, and I’d stood in that line with him so I picked up a shot.
I was going to be so drunk.
“When I start puking,” I told them, “I don’t want to hear any complaints.”
“I’ll hold your hair,” Ian promised. “But let’s throw some snacks down.”
“On it,” Archie said as he bounced off the sofa. “Hang on a sec for your turn, babe.”
He came back with chips and salsa. And despite our earlier lunch, I was starved. Archie also brought out water.
“Never have I ever taken a class I didn’t want to in order to be with someone else.”
“And just like that, you go from being the sweetest girl in the room…” Coop mused, then winked as all four of them tossed back their drinks.
“Though I’m a little hurt. You could have taken a basic engineering course just to hang out with me.”
“And me,” Jake piped in.
I laughed. “Seriously, guys, you always asked me what I was taking when it came time to pick classes. You had me pick first. How was I supposed to match my schedule to yours?”
“And this is why you are the smartest girl in the room,” Coop said, slurring a little. Not that I could really talk. My tongue had joined my lips in numb land, and my fingers and toes were tingling. I had also started in on the water.
It was Ian’s turn again, and he stretched his legs out before dragging both of my feet into his lap. Oh, he was massaging my right foot, and just like that, I wanted to purr. “Never have I ever…” He mused for a long time.
“Getting lost over there?” Archie asked with a grin.
“Just trying to decide what I haven’t done,” Ian answered with a shrug. “Fine… Never have I ever had sex somewhere public.”
Dammit.
Jake and I both reached for our glasses.
“Wait…” Archie leaned forward, looking from me to Jake and then back. “When?”
“Thanksgiving,” Jake said, grinning at me as we saluted, and I giggled at the sudden stares from the other three as I knocked back my shot.
“Though technically…”
“It counts,” Jake told me.
“Fair enough.”
“Technically?” Coop asked, and I pushed his face away from me, even as he grinned. He rescued my shot glass as I settled back on the sofa. Ian was doing wonderful things with my foot. And a yawn stole through me.
“And on that note,” Jake murmured. “Switch it up.”
“On it.” Coop stood, then braced himself a moment like he had to keep from swaying, and vanished toward the kitchen.
“Eat,” Archie ordered, nudging the basket of chips toward me.
“I will,” I told him. “You know I can eat, but I’m floaty as hell right now, and this is kind of nice. It’s not even embarrassing to think about the fact that I’ve had sex with every single one of you. Sometimes, with two of you at the same time”
And it wasn’t.
“It’s actually kind of nice,” I continued as Coop wandered back in with fresh glasses and another huge bottle of water. He half nudged me up, and then I was in his lap while my feet were still in Ian’s, and Coop offered me some of the water.
“It’s more than nice,” Coop told me. “I doubt you’ll hear any complaints.”
“Ha,” I said, and then took a long drink. Oh, that was cold and good, too. The chip was really salty. “Aren’t we still playing?”