Page 25 of The Vengeance You Crave
My skin burns as the other two guys in the room hear his comment and also turn to look at me.
"Uh…"
"Don't even try it," a familiar voice barks from the end of the room.
After a beat, Ella emerges haphazardly wrapped in a bedsheet and gives each of them a look they probably should be scared of.
"Damn, girl. You are looking—"
"Finish that sentence and lose a testicle." She pops a hip, putting a hand on her waist.
"Jeez, who pissed in your margarita?" one of them growls.
"Peyton," she says, a smile turning up the corners of her mouth when she looks over at me. "This is West, Brax, and Micah. They're something akin to our dorm pets."
I snort a laugh at the incredulous looks on two of their faces.
"Hey," I squeak, trying to keep my amusement locked down.
"She's off-limits to you pigs, so only engage the brains in your heads, please."
"Not sure these two have anything up there," the one who's been the least interested in my arrival deadpans.
"Fuck you, man."
"Jesus. Come on." Ella holds her arm out and gestures for me to follow her.
I hear the hysterical laughter before I get to her room, and when we walk through, I discover Letty sitting on the bed with tears rolling down her cheeks while another girl that I've yet to meet is rolling around on the floor wrapped in a bedsheet.
"What the hell happened?" Ella demands.
"I think your margarita is too strong," Letty says innocently.
"When isn't it?" the other asks, finally getting to her feet, leaving the bedsheet behind and confidently standing in just her white strapless bra and panties.
"Hey, I'm Violet," she says with a smile.
"Uh… hey. I'm Pe—"
"Peyton. I've heard all about you, Pink. I think you're going to fit right in with this bunch of reprobates."
"You're aware that includes you, right, Vi?" Ella asks with a laugh, filling an empty glass from the pitcher sitting on the side and offering it over to me.
"I'm driving," I say, not taking it.
"It's okay, it's virgin for you and Letty."
"Oh, well. Thank you."
"Come sit down. Ella promised us mad skills with this but all I've seen so far is a girl wrapped in a bedsheet." She glances over at Ella, who admittedly does look exactly as she described.
"Don't worry, I've got it. Right, Vi? You remember last year? I'm just finding my flow."
She flips open a pink box and pulls out a huge pair of scissors.
"I really hope she knows what she's doing with them."
"Me too," Letty whispers back. "But at least Vi is first."
