Trey was by far the worst of the two of them so of
course it was his idea to play spin the bottle…
I couldn’t believe my eyes when the bottle spun
and pointed towards Luca. I was totally sitting to his left. My insides started
to squirm. There was no way he’d really go along with this, surely?
But he did. Trey and Toby knew him better than I
did and totally knew he had the most competitive spirit known to mankind.
I glanced towards Trey who was grinning like an
idiot at Luca, “Well, well, well,” he chortled, “Looks like you’re sucking face
with the new boy.”
Shit. He was totally giving everything away. I
looked at Luca who was eyeing me apprehensively. “You’re not gonna freak out on
me or anything, are you?” he asked nervously.
It was a reasonable enough question. Things did
sometimes make me freak out – raw fish for instance – I couldn’t go near the
stuff without barfing. I was a bit of a liability in the kitchen around the
seafood if I’m honest – I was a bit of a liability full stop. I couldn’t empty
bins, couldn’t wash egg off pans and sometimes even just the thought of
something icky had me retching. Luca though, bless him, just found me amusing
for my little quirks – just another reason for me to love him… So the very idea
of kissing Luca freaking me out was laughable. Not a problem my friend…
I smiled at his concerned face and shook my head.
He was so damned beautiful… “Not my first time kissing a dude,” I said. Maybe I
shouldn’t have said that…
His eyes widened with surprise, “Uh, right.” He
said, going a little pink, “Well, it is
mine.”
Of course it was. He was straight. I was actually
more surprised that he was considering it at all. I could see Toby and Trey
gleefully watching the whole scenario unfolding and I put on a show of looking
as if this sort of thing was totally cool with me, “Well, anytime you wanna get
started.”
Luca nodded, he looked to Toby for guidance on the
rules of etiquette, “Just a peck or what?” he asked, “What are the rules here?”
Tom started to laugh, breaking the tension and
making Luca laugh too, “I have to win,” he said, “– you know that.”
We all knew that. I grinned across at Toby and
Trey.
Toby grinned back at me and Luca, “If you manage
to last a minute – tongues and all – you can have Saturday night off. I promise
to cover for you.”
My insides about turned to mush. Tongues and
all? Oh. My. God...Sam Fletcher... Distracted... Coming soon
#happyheatherafters
