“Fine, I’d probably take the hornet’s nest.”
He looks at me like he’s disappointed and shakes his head.
“What! I’m allowed to make my own choice,” I laugh in outrage.
“Well, yeah, but I thought you were going to choose right.”
My eyes bug out of my head. “You want me to fight a bear? A fucking bear?”
He shrugs, his eyes running over me slowly. “You could take him.”
I laugh at his ridiculousness as he begins to chuckle before lining up for his shot. He misses pathetically so and I can’t help but tease him a bit.
“God, is it painful to be losing bythismuch?”
“I’m slow playing it,” he shrugs as I grab my darts and throw mine.
I get a sixteen, an eighteen and a one. Still doing better than he is.
“You’re no playing it, Alec,” I laugh.
He smiles, pushing his golden blond hair out of his face as he nods.
“Alright, I’ll make you a deal. Sudden death. First person to make a bullseye wins.”
I tilt my head to the side and smirk.
“Oh yeah? And what do I get when I win?”
“Whatever you want,” he says with a shrug.
I think on this for a moment. I mean, this is a high pressure moment. I can’t waste this opportunity.
“Your leather jacket,” I smirk.
He looks down at it in faux outrage.
“Don’t you have enough of my jackets? I’m fairly certain you have enough from high school to make an entire exhibit.”
“I don’t have one since you got…taller,” I say as I look him up and down.
He has gotten taller, and wider, more muscley. His jaw line is sharper, his eyes more observant. Alec was cute in high school, now, he’s fucking hot.
Alec closes the distance between us, taking his time as he lets his words draw out like he has all the time in the world.
“Yeah? Taller? Is that what I’ve gotten, Cass?”
I swallow and nod once, causing him to grin as he comes toe to toe with me. Slipping his hand into my hair, he begins gentlyplaying with it in a way that has my eyes fluttering closed for just a moment.
“Deal, if you win you get my jacket, but if I win…” he pauses, forcing my eyes to open and meet his gaze.
I look to him expectantly and he smiles down at me with a look that is equal parts sweet and spice.
“Then I get to take you home and show you how much I’ve missed you.”
My breath stalls in my chest. I don’t know why it does. It’s not like Alec and I haven’t slept together a million times. He took my virginity for fucks sake. He’s only gotten hotter and I’d be a liar if I haven’t been a little curious if he still has that…touch about him. Maybe even some new moves from the years. Honestly, there is only one thing holding me back and it’s a pair of deep brown eyes flashing into my head. I haven’t been with anyone since him. If I sleep with Alec, it almost feels like I’m erasing the memory completely. Like it never happened, which actually is a good thing, right? Right.
“Okay, deal,” I breathe out with a nod.
