Page 231 of The Long Way Home


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“Oh.” I nod and grimace at once. “Which was?”

“Um—” Henry blows some air out of his mouth as he thinks. He looks over at Georgia. “We stole a gondola the other day. On the canals.”

Taura’s eyes darken. “That sounds fun.” Taura nods, mouth tight.

“It was,” Henry tells her, staring her down.

“Christian?” I nod at him just to keep it moving.

“Julian’s bed,” he says without missing a beat.

Magnolia pulls a face. “Ew! When?”

“Ohh—” He shakes his head, winding her up. “You don’t want to know.”

Magnolia dry heaves dramatically.

“Alright, calm down.” Christian rolls his eyes. “What about you, then?”

Her face pulls and she looks up at me.

I don’t know whether it’s for permission or she wants me to answer for her or what.

I shrug at her. “We used to do it in the little cupboard under the stairs at Varley.”

Her cheeks go pink.

“Which stairs?” Jonah blinks.

“The main stairs up to Hunnisett.” Parks’s dormitory house.

“We did do it behind a statue in Carver Hall too,” she reminds me.

Carver Hall, my dorm. Bit risky, intimacy on the school grounds, but I’ve got to say: high risk, high reward.

I shake my head at her, fighting off a smile. “We didn’t do that, we did some... other shit.”

The room erupts into immature sounds and Parks’s cheeks are on fire but she looks happy.

“I’m confused about your relationship,” Georgia says, looking between us.

“We all are.” Taura nods solemnly.

“Parks has to go again.” Christian nods at her. “That doesn’t count.”

“Cockpit.” Henry nods at her. “You and Tom.”

Magnolia goes a bit still next to me and I can’t help but glance at her.

“You had sex in a cockpit?”

She stares up at me, blinking.

Her face is weird, sort of uncomfortable but also a bit pleased.

“You and Rush did it in the coat room of that bar,” Taura reminds her.

“You did it on a fucking stair climber!” Christian rolls his eyes.

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