"This isn't even my worst," Seth said. "I'm going easy on you because it's your first time."
"What's in here?" Liam coughed.
"Alcohol," Seth said.
"I mean, aside from that?" Liam made a face. "It's like… raw eggs. And pickle juice. And what's that crunchy bit?" He shuddered. "This is godawful."
"Good," Seth said. "That's your incentive to win." He turned to Julian. "Your turn."
"Pineapples," Julian said flatly.
My eyebrow almost twitched, but I suppressed the urge. Liam's face was blank, although there was a hint of confusion in his eyes. He didn't know what Julian was talking about.
Seth, Gael and Nathan, however, all made various sounds of laughter, from a quick exhale through the nose, to a snorted chuckle at the back of the throat.
"You've been saving this one, haven't you?" Nathan accused as they knocked back their shots. "You knew it would get us and you want to make us look weak in front of the new guy."
"How long are you going to keep calling me new guy?" Liam asked.
"Until I come up with a better nickname," Nathan drawled. He took his time glancing at each one of us.
"I was hitting on this one groupie out on the dance floor," he started to say. "She was totally into me, but she was also one of those fangirls, you know?"
I wondered where Nate was going with this, knowing it couldn't be good.
He continued. "As much as she wanted to jump my bones, she also wanted to know more about the band. When I mentioned the new guy she said,Oh yeah, from that old band Forever Night? Isn't he some kind of washed up loser now?"
Liam's eyebrows immediately drew down into a frown with a grunt. Nathan snickered. Liam groaned.
"No fair," he said. "You targeted me on purpose."
"You need thicker skin," Nathan said as he handed Liam another shot glass.
Liam grimaced, but didn't choke or sputter.
"It goes down smoother the second time," he croaked.
"I'll need to make the next round even worse," Seth said.
"Great," Gael said. "You had to go and challenge him."
Seth rubbed his hands together with wicked glee, contemplating what he would come up with next. I didn't like the evil glint in his eyes. Thank god we still had another handful of shots to go with the current batch.
"My turn," Seth said. "I was just thinking yesterday that we should rename the bandHairy Tits."
None of us reacted. His face fell.
"Aw, come on," he said. "Nothing? Not even a single twitch?"
"Sorry kid," Gael said. "You'll have to try better next time." Gael looked to Liam. "He's great at coming up with drinks, but he's absolute shit when it comes to playing the game."
"Hey!" Seth protested.
Gael grinned. "You reacted. Take a shot."
"You didn't announce it was your turn yet," Seth retorted.
"Fine," Gael shrugged. "Now it's my turn and I think Seth's going to die a virgin."
