I’m an addict who needs his fix.
Chapter Seventeen
Liv
“Alright, last game of the night,” Thea announces, setting a bottle of tequila and a stack of cards on the coffee table that’s already covered in obscenely shaped confetti.
“If I take any more shots, I might puke,” Callie, Thea’s sister-in-law, giggles.
“Me too,” Jo adds. She and Callie only met this evening, but have become fast friends.
“Natalie and I have been drinking more than all of you,” I say, hiccuping as I adjust my BRIDE crown. “Thea should be the most drunk since this is her house.”
“I’m still building my tolerance back up,” she giggles. She hardly drank for six years, but she isn’t holding back for my bachelorette celebration.
“What’s the game?” Natalie asks, divvying out the shot glasses. She’s fun to hang out with. She’s a lot looser than Jackson is, but even though they’re such opposites, they seem to work.
“Truth or drink,” Thea shuffles the cards as Callie and Jo moan simultaneously.
“I’m going to need a week to recover,” Callie feigns distress with her pink feathered boa, and we all laugh.
“That’s why I saved this game for last! Everyone has to spill their guts,” Thea threatens humorously. “Okay, the bride-to-be goes first!”
“Where is the most dangerous place you’ve had sex?” I set the card down, starting the discard pile. “Umm, probably the roof of our dorm building. The door to the stairs locked, and we were stranded for hours until someone could sneak up there and set us free.”
“I remember that! They put a chain on the door after that,” Thea cackles with laughter, and I mirror it, losing my breath because I’m laughing so hard.
“My turn,” Callie says. “Does your most recent partner/significant other arouse you without touching you?”
She ponders her response as she discards. “Sorry, Thea, but hell yeah!” She raises her margarita, and we all clink glasses even though we’re beyond wasted already.
Elliot doesn’t even arouse me when he does touch me.I down my drink.
“Ugh, gross. That’s my brother.” Thea shivers in disgust and picks up the next card.
“When’s the last time you had sex? The person who has been without the longest has to drink.”She thinks for a second. “Jesse and I did it in the shower yesterday morning before Kate woke up.”
“I gave Jackson a bj in his cruiser last night, does that count?” Natalie admits, tossing her pink boa around her neck proudly.
“Ew, I did not want to know that,” Jo says as she giggles because Jackson is her half-brother. “Lochlan and I have been taking a few days off. I was pretty sore after we got homefrom our weekend trip.” Her cheeks flame, and we all end up doubled over in laughter.
“Nathan fucked me twice before I came over earlier,” Callie adds, and we all lose it further until tears are streaming down our faces in laughter, and Thea has to run to the bathroom before she pees herself.
“Well, I lose. Long-distance relationship,” I shrug, pouring myself a shot of tequila. The smell hits me, and my entire body cringes. The shot burns all the way down my throat into my belly.
Thea locks eyes with me as she sits back in her seat, and I ignore the sympathy. She knows that it’s more than the distance between Elliot and me.
I didn’t even want a bachelorette party, but she insisted that we stick with some normalcy as the wedding approaches. Everything is so hectic in my life, as my best friend and maid of honor, she’s doing her best not to see me spiral.
“My turn,” Jo says. “Anal?” She throws the card like it’s on fire, and the hyena laughter ensues again.
“Stop, I’m going to pee again,” Thea wheezes.
“The trick is really good lube.” Natalie winks at Jo, and her eyes go wide, pinging to mine.
“Don’t look at me. I’ve never done it. Willing,” I amend, “but have never tried.”
“Oh my God!” Jo covers her face with her hands until our giggling fit subsides.
