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“Uh, hello?” Hugh gaped at him before gesturing between us. “Full-blood relatives in the room.”
“Ah come on, lad,” Gerard begged. “Take one for the team.”
“Hard pass,” Hugh deadpanned. “Move along, perv.”
“Ooh, ooh, I’ve got it.” Quickly standing, Katie made a beeline for the kitchen, returning a few moments later with a bottle of Dad’s Jameson and four shot glasses. “Let’s play Never have I ever.”
“Ooh, this could be dangerous.” Rubbing his hands together with glee, Gerard reached for the bottle. “Let’s do it.”
23
Below the Belt
GIBSIE
What started as a good-natured game of Never have I ever had morphed into something that resembled a warped episode of Jerry Springer. Maybe it was the whiskey flowing in his veins, or maybe it was payback for bringing up the whole Lizzie fiasco, but Hugh was on fire with his questions.
“Never have I ever fingered Bernadette Brady against the wall at the Boiler Room disco in second year.”
Harsh.
“Anyone?” Hugh continued to goad; eyes narrowed on me as he held up his full shot glass. “Anyone at all?”
Bastard.
Drunk or not, I was acutely aware of the girl sitting beside me. This was a dangerous fucking game, and his question was below the belt. Regrettably, I raised my glass to my lips and tossed it back.
When Claire stiffened beside me and croaked out the word, “Ew,” I was filled with self-loathing.
“Okay, guys,” Katie slurred, three sheets to the wind right along with the rest of us. “Maybe we should call it a night?”
Yeah, fuck that. “My turn.” Snatching up the almost empty bottle of whiskey, I clumsily refilled my glass and raised it up. “Never have I ever gotten caught kissing my girlfriend in the tree house by my mam?”
When Hugh raised his glass to his lips, Katie shook her head in confusion. “Sinead never caught us in the tree house, Hugh.”
Take that, fucker.
With a guilt-ridden expression on his face, Hugh tossed the shot of whiskey back his throat, causing his girlfriend to whisper the word, “Oh.”
“My turn.” Furious, Hugh used the last drop from the bottle to refill his glass, clearly seething. “Never have I ever fucked an older woman.”
I glared back at him, equally seething.
“Drink up, Gibs,” he bit out.
“No can do, lad.”
“This is a truth game.”
“I know,” I deadpanned.
“Then take the fucking shot.”
My jaw clenched. “No.”
“Guys, I think we need to stop,” Katie tried again, placing her hand on her boyfriend’s shoulder. “It’s getting way too deep between you guys.”
“How about I rephrase the question to never have I ever stuck my dick in a member of the school administration,” Hugh pushed, ignoring his girlfriend’s plea. “Bottoms up, lad.”
