“‘Never have I ever’ is always a good one,” Addison says, and it feels like I’m sixteen again, playing this with some friends and having to lie through my teeth about everything Ihaven’tdone that I definitely had done with Wild at the time. She holds up her hand just as we all follow suit. I briefly meet Wild’s eyes, and I can see the amusement in them with a hint of “Are your friends for real?”
“It’s messy and always one to get someone in trouble, but fuck it, I’m in,” Dex says.
“Okay, neverrrrr,” she says, exaggerating the end of the word, “had a threesome.”
Bryce’s head shoots up immediately and looks around the table like he’s waiting to learn something about his friends that he didn’t know before, lowering his head back to his phone, while still keeping his hand up.
I know that he hasn’t, but it doesn’t stop me from glancing over at Wild’s hand, and when I meet his eyes, he’s giving me a look of derision. “Oh yeah, definitely,” he murmurs sarcastically but too low for anyone else to hear.
When no one puts a finger down, Addison rolls her eyes. “You guys are boring.”
“Coming from the person who said they hadn’t done it in the first place,” Jase says before waving her off. “Fine, never have I ever hooked up with one of our professors.”
Dex snorts. “We had coffee and went over my term paper. I’d hardly call thathooking up.”
Bryce looks up again and looks at Dex. “You made out with him, and then you mysteriously didn’t have to take the final.”
“Jealous?” Dex says before taking a shot.
“That you didn’t have to take the final? Yes? That shit was so hard,” Addie chimes in.
“Who did you make out with?” I ask, kind of surprised this has never come up before.
“Professor Thompson,” Dex responds.
My mouth drops open in shock. “Our microeconomics teacher? He’s like fifty.”And not in a hot, older man way.
“Forty-seven, actually, and so? I have a three point nine GPA, thank you very much, and I’d like to keep it that way.” There’s a round of chuckles from the table before he continues, “But fine, if we’re calling that hooking up,” he says with an eye roll and puts a finger down. “You got me.”
We go through a few more before it makes it to Wild, who looks at me before panning his eyes around the circle. I’m not sure what he’s going to say, but I don’t think he’s planning to out us now. “Never have I ever slept with more than one person.”
“At a time? Isn’t that the same as the threesome one?” Jase interjects.
“No. I mean ever. I’ve only slept with one person,ever,” Wild emphasizes.
Tingles shoot through me, and I try not to react to his emphasis on “ever.” It wasn’t the first time he’s used this one. Of course, in high school, it was a little more common, but it still elicited a bit of shock, especially among the guys on his football team. But amid people in their early twenties, it is a bit more… baffling based on how the three of them are staring at him as if they’re in the presence of some mythical creature.
“Did I miss something? Are you marr—is he married?” Addie asks me.
“Not yet,” Wild answers before I can respond, which does nothing but cue more butterflies.
“High school girlfriend?” Addie presses.
“You could say that.” He shrugs without giving any more information.
“So are you guys still together?”
“It’s been complicated, but yes. I always hoped I’d find my way back to her, and it looks like it’s headed in that direction.”God, I want to get this man naked, like now.
“Oh,” Addie responds plainly. “I… wow…” She looks down at her drink before looking up at him. “That’s really great, and you just don’t see or hear that often. You’re older than us, too, right?”
“By a year.” He nods.
“Well, good for you. Good forher,” Addison says before a pout forms on her face. My thumbnail makes its way into my mouth, a new habit brought on because I can’t twirl my hair around my finger as easily anymore with the shorter length.
“Your turn,” Wild says, and when I look up, I notice them all looking at me. I didn’t hate this game, but coming up with more than one of these could be a pain.Not that I had done a whole lot in the first place.
“Okay.” I pick up my drink, letting it hover underneath my lips before I start. “Never have I ever…” I twist my mouth, trying to come up with one when Jase speaks up from across the table.
