“And, maybe,” Alex adds, her face breaking into a wicked grin, “the time Michael and I had sex in the back of his truck on the way up to the cabin a few months ago.”
I can’t help but laugh. There’s the Alex I know.
Cat stirs her drink. “For me it was probably when I stole my mom’s car. I was seventeen and didn’t even have my license. I wanted to visit a guy I liked upstate. Then she called the cops when she found it was missing, and I got pulled over and arrested. It was pretty bad.”
“I think I know mine,” Geoff pipes up. “I slashed my ex’s tires when I found out he slept with someone else.”
“Geoffrey Howard,” Alex says with exaggerated shock. “You didn’t.”
“I did. But he deserved it, obviously.”
I sip my whiskey as I listen to their stories. I want to share my own story, now that I have a good one, but I don’t know if I can. I’ve only just met Geoff and Cat. What will they think of me?
Geoff turns to me with a grin. “And what about you, Harriet?”
Before I can answer, Alex flaps a hand, chuckling. “Harriet doesn’t really do crazy things.”
There it is again: that ripple of irritation I felt when Steph dismissed me too. I know Alex is trying to save me the embarrassment of having to admit that to her friends, but this time, she’s wrong.
“Actually, I have done something outrageous.”
Her eyebrows shoot up. “Really? What?”
“Okay. Don’t judge me, but…” I push my glasses up my nose and stare at the table. I can’t look at anyone while I confess this. “I kind of, um, had sex with someone I met on the plane.”
“What?!” Alex nearly drops her drink. “Where? How?”
My face burns as I focus on my whiskey. “Erm, in the airplane bathroom.”
“You hadsexon theplane?!” Alex exclaims and a guy at the next table glances over.
“Shh!” I hiss, raising my hands to my flaming cheeks.
“Sorry.” She leans closer. “But… are you serious?”
With a deep breath, I finally look up. “Yes.”
“Oh my God!” Geoff’s face splits into a grin. “I’msojealous. I’ve always wanted to do that.”
“I think congratulations are in order.” Cat clinks her glass against mine. “That’s a bucket list item, right there.”
I drain my whiskey with a chuckle. At least this seems to have impressed rather than appalled them.
“I can’t believe it.” Alex shakes her head. “How did it happen?”
I shrug. “It just kind of happened. We talked for a few hours, and then we were at the back of the plane alone, and the next thing I knew we were kissing, then we were in the bathroom…” I trail off, biting my lip as the images come flooding back to me.
“Well, was it any good?” Geoff asks.
I bite my lip harder, heat swirling through me at the memories, and nod.
“Really?” Cat leans forward, intrigued. “It’s such a tiny space.”
“I know, but it worked. It was actually…” I look around at the three of them, wide-eyed as they hang on my every word, and feel an unusual swell of satisfaction. “It was the best sex I’ve ever had.”
“Holy shit.” Alex’s jaw is on the floor. “You reallyaretrying new things.”
“You know,” Geoff says, his green eyes twinkling behind his glasses, “you’re going to fit in quite well with us here.”
