Page 12 of Perilous

“He wants to take us home with him.”

I laugh. “Molly…”

“You’re leaving the country, Annika. You’re leaving everything behind. Why not have a story to tell?”

“We’ve been here five minutes and the first guy who wants a threesome… you’re ready to just leave with him?”

“You don’t like it here. It’s a win-win situation for all of us!”

“I am not having a threesome with you and some strange guy.”

“I’ve seen you naked before, Annika. You’ve seen me naked before.”

“Not likethat,” I say. “How does it even work? He’s got one cock. We each have our own… I can’t believe I’m talking about this.”

“So we get drunk and just go with whatever happens.”

“Molly, you’re going into territory I’m not okay with. There’s nothing wrong with it. I’m just not into it.”

“You know, in other countries, this is considered normal.”

“Name one country?”

“There’s a lot of them.”

Molly whips around and I quickly grab for her right wrist.

“What?” she snaps at me.

“Don’t get pissy with me.”

“Too late.”

“Molly!”

“Annika!”

“Stop it.”

“You stop it.”

“This is supposed to be my night.”

“Right,” Molly says. “Then we might as well go to a fucking bookstore and buy some stupid history book or a math book.”

“Fuck you,” I snap. “Maybe I’ll go take both the bartender and the other guy back to my place alone. They want me, right? Not you.”

Molly smiles. “You’d never do that. I’m sorry for getting bitchy. I’m going to miss you when you leave. I’m uneasy. I feel left behind and left out. I just thought we could get drunk and go nuts.”

“What you want to do has nothing to do withnuts,” I say with a grin. “You really want to touch me? Or go down on me?”

“Not really,” Molly says. “I did it once before. Wasn’t that much fun.”

“But you’ve never tasted mine…”

“Oh, so now you’re going to tease,” Molly says. “I’ll play that game. I’m going to tell the guy we’re going with him.”

Molly pulls away from me and hurries out of the bathroom. I sort of chase her but the music and lights start to drive me nuts again.

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