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“I’m not sure I want to know.” She leaned close, talking in a hushed voice. “I just humor him.”
Jay came back around and handed me a cup. I eyed the contents suspiciously, and he laughed. “Don’t ask me what it’s called. I don’t give them names. Just drink up.”
I sniffed the fizzing liquid, catching a hint of lemon and something toxic. He watched me eagerly. They all were. I felt their eyes on me. Waiting.
“If you stare at it much longer, I’ll drink it,” Scarlett said flatly. What was with her tonight? “Jesus, give it here.”
My hand tightened around the cup. Did I want to do this? It wasn’t as if anyone was forcing me, but this was what they did. Got high. Drank alcohol on a school night.
Shaking my head clear of everything, I brought the drink to my lips and tipped it up. The fire burned down my throat, and my eyes watered, causing the guys to whoop. Lilly nudged me and said, “Jeez, Becca, you didn’t need to drink it all in one gulp.”
My face flushed to match the heat in my stomach. “Water?” I croaked, and Jay went to the counter and got me a bottle of water.
“Here. Not a huge fan of vodka?”
Gulping down a mouthful of water, I shook my head.
“Get the girl a beer,” Vin said. I hadn’t noticed him before, but he was over by a door, which I figured adjoined the house.
“You want a beer, Becca?”
Did I?
“Sure,” I said. At least if I had a beer, they wouldn’t try to inflict any more of Jay’s special drinks on me.
“I’ll get it.” Lilly rose from her seat beside me and headed toward the counter. “I need a refill anyway, and I don’t trust Jay.”
“Ouch, babe. As if I’d try to get you drunk on a school night.”
She glanced over her shoulder and quirked her eyebrow. “Wouldn’t be the first time.”
“Yeah, but that was different. We were high and horny, and well, I really, really wanted to take shots off your nake—”
“Seriously, Jay, don’t you have any shame?” Vin said through a deep rumble of laughter. His eyes landed on me, and something flashed in his eyes that felt a lot like lust. I ducked my head in an attempt to deflect his attention.
“How about we liven things up? Give Becca the chance to get to know us all a little better?” Jay suggested.
Nervous energy tingled through me. I didn’t like the sound of this, but Lilly shrieked in excitement and grabbed some extra cups. “You’re going down, baby.” She stuck her tongue out at Jay and he rolled his eyes.
“Last time you said that I had to carry you home.”
“Payback is a bitch,” she shot back.
“Okay, okay, everyone in?” Scarlett stepped up to the circle we’d kind of formed: Lilly and me on one couch, Jay and Vin opposite. She grabbed a beanbag and dropped it down between the two couches. “Malachi, you joining us?”
He shrugged. I’d almost forgotten he was here because he was that quiet. “Yeah. I’ve got no secrets, so it’ll be fun watching you guys lose.”
Secrets?
Dread pooled in my stomach.
“You’ve played ‘never have I ever’ right?” Lilly asked.
And the dread flooded into panic.
CHAPTER8
“Never haveI ever been caught jerking off. Drink up, suckers.” Lilly blew a kiss to Jay as he growled, taking a long pull on his beer.
