“We can hang out at my house. I downloaded the game that released last week.” Caden drives toward his house where we all parked earlier.
What I really want to do is play with Harper. I’m fairly certain the guys would agree with me.
“How long are we going to let this ‘grounding’ go on?” I ask.
“If it helps the girl adjust, I’m fine with it staying.” Caden shrugs as he pulls into his driveway.
“Yeah, I don’t see the harm,” Jack adds. “Though it would be fun to play with her in real life, I think we might push her too far too fast if we had full access.”
“Agreed. It sucks, but she seems to be getting more comfortable with us.” Luke steps out of the car.
“Of course you would say that. You got to sleep with her last night.” I can’t keep the bitterness from my voice. “You took one of her firsts.”
Luke laughs as we round the corner to the back of Caden’s house. Luke opens the door and we head into the rec room. “I’m sure that’s exactly the first you would have wanted.”
“It doesn’t matter if I wanted it. We agreed to take them all together. And that one we could have shared.” I grab a controller and sit on the couch.
Caden stops at the fridge in the corner and grabs us all beers. “Wait. How does that even work? We all sleep together in one room or one bed? Because I don’t want to wake up with someone cuddling me with raging morning wood.”
“I wouldn’t mind that.” Jack winks at Caden, who just snorts a laugh. “I’m guessing Eli means your bed, as the rest of us have normal-sized beds.”
“Exactly. No touching required, except Harper, of course.” I bring up the game and start setting up my player.
Luke takes a swig of his beer. He doesn’t seem very forthcoming about sleeping with Harper, but what can he say? It’s done. Over with.
“No more alone time with our girl until she’s no longer a virgin.” I take a swig of beer as Caden sets up his character. “And all her virginity is gone. I think that would keep things fair.”
“What about pickups and drop-offs?” Jack asks. He keeps flipping back and forth between choosing a male or female character. Mostly because of the chick’s boobs and the guy’s abs.
“It would be better if we stick with the current plan on rides,” Luke states. “It’s not like there’s enough time to do anything with her besides get her to school or home. Her mom’s schedule will change next week, so she might be home in the mornings.”
“What about on camera?” Caden asks. His eyes meet each of ours. “I think our girl appreciated having Luke there when we stripped her bare.”
“Give her a few more days, and then we’ll decide whether she gets to keep her grounding through next weekend or if we’re done waiting.” Luke hits start on the game. “We can stick to kissing and grab ass until then.”
Harper
My phone buzzes again. Mom glances over at me as she pauses the movieagain.
WAR (Caden):
Status update
“Why don’t you just go hang out with whoever is texting you?” Mom sets the popcorn bowl on the coffee table. “Not that I don’t love having movie night with you, but someone obviously wants your attention more.”
“It’s nothing important. No one wants me to meet them anywhere.” I lift my phone. Besides, with the way they’ve been at school, I’m thinking they’ll push those boundaries Luke talked about last night. I don’t know how comfortable I am with that.
Though I do like the kissing.
Me:
Same as previously
“What about that guy who dropped you off?” Mom sips her hot chocolate while eyeing me over the rim.
“You mean the one you bought me two boxes of condoms for?” I set my phone down and widen my eyes innocently. “You want me to hang out with him?”
More like with them, and they’d probably be more than happy if I said I could come out tonight. Though they’ve already said no condoms required. I cross my legs. Still not on board with that.
