Page 13 of Spin The Bottle
Brad grins at Gabi. “I’ll play with you if you want.”
What a sap. I roll my eyes. “Get out of here, Brad.”
He laughs at me, running a hand through his styled brown hair. “Don’t come running back to me when you want to get some.” He winks my way and finally walks away. Not without causing damage, though, because now the secret’s out.
My lips thin, feeling their eyes fall on me. I can already feel it. The questions, the judging, the disgust.
“You slept with him?” Madi asks.
I blow out a breath, closing my eyes. “It was dumb, I know.”
“He’s an asshole,” Madi replies.
I nod. “I’m well aware.”
“He made fun of you,” Gabi says, her mouth turned in a frown.
That one’s like a punch to my stomach. “Yep. Know that too. Thanks for bringing it up.”
Call it a lapse in judgment, if you will. It was dumb; I know that. I regret it every day. But that’s what happens, isn’t it? Guys like Brad call you names to your face and beg to sleep with you in private.
I love the girls, I really do. But none of them know what it’s like being a bigger girl. I don’t have the same experiences they do, and that includes putting up with comments about the way I look and completely ignoring how they made me feel when they come back around and flirt with me.
I don’t want to get into it with them. I know it should probably be one of the worst mistakes of my life, but ultimately, he was half decent, and it made me feel good about myself, even if it was just for a brief moment.
“Come on,” I urge Gabi to stand, wrapping my arm around hers to keep her steady on her feet.
“So, we’re playing?” she asks, grinning at me like an idiot.
I laugh. “Yeah, sure, why not?”
We make our way over to the living room. Madi follows us behind, walking over to where all the noise is. A crowd surrounds the circle of people on the ground, two of them meeting in the middle for a kiss.
I spot Grayson sitting on the couch with Rosie propped on his lap. I snicker, making my way over to them. “Having fun?”
He sighs. “We were already here when they came in.”
Rosie turns to face me. “Grayson doesn’t want to play.”
“Hell no,” he says, clutching onto Rosie. “I don’t want to kiss anyone but you.”
“You wanna join?” I ask Rosie, wanting to see what Grayson will do.
She eyes him for a second, mischief sparkles in her eyes, no doubt wanting the same reaction I do.
He narrows his eyes at her. “Don’t even think about it, angel.”
“But I’ve never played Spin the Bottle before,” she replies, her lips painted with a smirk.
Grayson leans in, planting a soft kiss on her lips. “I know you’re just fucking with me,” he says. “But I still don’t like it.” She smiles up at him, his eyes on her, completely consumed by each other. “We’ll play together sometime,” he tells her.
Gabi plops herself on the ground, joining the group. She turns to face me, and I roll my eyes, giving in and joining her. I sit on the ground with her and a bunch of people I don’t want to kiss.
My head lifts when the door opens again, spotting the one person I was hoping I wouldn’t run into tonight.
Aiden Pierce steps into the room, looking around the group.
“Oh shit,” his teammate, Ethan, says, looking around the room. “What’s going on in here?” Where Aiden goes, everyone follows, which means not only his teammates but a bunch of other people have joined in.
