Jackson shows Dove how to use the axe and lets her do a practice throw. It lands short of the dartboard by about two feet. She gets a little closer on her next throw and lifts her shoulder likeOh well.
“You want to go next, Juju?” he asks.
“No, it’s okay. You go,” I say.
“All right.” He throws the axe, which hits the board…but not in any of the circles.
He curses under his breath and motions for me to go.
I look at Camden. “I’ve never held an axe before.”
“Want me to show you the way I do it?”
I nod, and he grabs an axe and asks me to hold it.
“Does that feel okay?”
I nod.
He moves behind me and puts his arms around mine. I stick my rear end out just because it’s so tempting when he’s flush against me, and he groans in my ear.
“No tempting the teacher, Miss Fair,” he says.
“Yes, sir, Mr. Whitman.” I turn and bat my eyes up at him.
He sighs a long-suffering sigh, but I feel him get hard, and I grin.
He shakes his head. “You’re evil,” he sings.
“You’ve always known the real me,” I sing back.
“What are you guys doing over there?” Jackson asks. “Is there some kind of kinky shit going on over there?”
“What?” I say in mock outrage. “Not at all.”
“Evil,” Camden says.
I giggle.
“Okay, watch,” Camden says. “Hold it like this, and don’t move any closer. You’re the perfect distance away. Just throw it like this,” he says, demonstrating the movement, “and you’ll be golden.”
“’K. Got it,” I say, doubting that I, in any way, have it.
He steps back, and I take a deep breath and then do exactly what he said, and the axe lands right in the center of the bull’s-eye.
“You’ve done this before,” Jackson yells.
“Never!” I laugh happily. Camden holds up his hand and I grab it, clutching it in some kind of victory shake.
I’ve never been a sporty girl, so I don’t know what’s usually done here.
Camden goes next, and he nails it. I do a little victory dance, feeling myself now, and Jackson’s eyebrows scrunch together.
“What do you guys do on your dates, play darts all night?” he asks.
“This is fun!” I say.
It continues like that, with Camden and me absolutely killing it, and Jackson getting more and more aggravated.
