Page 18 of Everything Is Yours
“Everyone ready for the game?” Jack inquired.
“What game?” the girls chimed in.
“Age old one… Spin The Bottle,” Jack replied.
“Lame but bring it on,” Rick and Dave said in unison, then stared in surprise at each other.
“Although if we’re playing college games ‘Strip Poker’ is more my thing,” Rick said, nodding his head.
Jack grinned, “Yeah, Rick, but Mya’s your niece. You sure you want to wave that dick around in front of her?”
Rick looked sheepishly at Mya then turned back to look at Jack. “Spin The Bottle sounds perfect to me.”
“Alright. Truth, dare or forfeit. Do we have any suggestions for rules?”
“No rules. Everyone here is single for the purposes of drinking games,” Rick responded.
Knowing how Rick had a thing for Lily, and knowing how Lily and Jack’s relationship was close, Rick’s suggestion didn’t sit well with me. However, it was only a game, and Lily and I were happy. She’d say no to anything she felt uncomfortable about. And I thought,she’s an adult, and we were secure, right?
“That’s the girls’ call,” I stated, thinking that Lily or one of the other girls would object, but none of them did.
Glancing around the room there were too many obstacles for me with Lily. Rick, Jack, Cody, Lennon. They all had some kind of ‘thing’ for Lily. Rick was enamoured the moment he’d set eyes on her. She loved Rick, but I had figured out it was in a big brotherly way.
Cody—well, he’d been with Lily since her first performance with their band, always telling her what she needed to hear; instilling confidence in her in a way that only he seemed to be able to do. I knew that Lily thought the world of him and as for Lennon, they were also tight. He was her protector and organizer when they were on tour. Although Lennon was a reserved guy, he had Lily’s ear. So in my view I had my reservations about all of them around my girl.
And then there was Jack. Jack Cunningham was Lily’s ‘other half’ as they put it. They had been and would always be friends forever. That statement had been tested to the extreme, and they were still able to overcome issues that would have torn other friendships apart. The best I could take from this ‘game’ would be to test the waters with these guys and Lily once and for all.
“Okay, then I guess if the girls are cool with this, I have nothing to fear. Everyone is unattached for the duration of the game. No one is fucking Lily. I draw the line at that.” I stated flatly.
I really wanted to give a long list of ‘don’ts’ but I figured just going for that would be enough of a warning shot to all of them.
Lily’s mouth dropped at my blunt statement, “Like I’d allow that, Alfie.”
Lily glanced over at Jack and looked embarrassed. I wondered if she thought it was directed towards them, but it was a general warning to all of them.
Dave pushed forward and brought an empty bottle to the center of where we were sitting. He told everyone to sit clear of each other so we could be sure who the bottle was pointing at when it stopped.
Smiling at Emily, Dave’s eyes met hers and he winked reassuringly before he spun the bottle for the first time. It did one and a quarter turns and stopped facing Lennon. There was a brief silence while Lennon deliberated over his choice.
“Truth,” Lennon said, sounding confident.
As Dave had spun the bottle, he was the one to ask the question.
“Hmm…I’m not sure what to ask you, Len…let me think,” Dave said as he scratched his head then raised an eyebrow when he’d figured out what he wanted to know.
“Have you had sex with more than one person at a time?”
Lennon blushed slightly and nodded. “Yep. More than a few times,” he confessed looking a little uncomfortable at disclosing that in the presence of all of us.
Jack had to ask, “Male, Male, Female? Male, Female, Female? You can’t leave us all hanging, man.”
Lennon looked a little more uncomfortable. “Everything.”
Lily and Cody’s jaw dropped, and Rick chuckled.
“Rock star,” Rick stated pointing at Lennon.
Lennon avoided eye contact with everyone and crouched down to take the green wine bottle in his hand. He looked relieved his turn was over. He grinned and looked embarrassed when he met Lily’s gaze. Len spun the bottle again and the thought crossed my mind:It’s the quiet ones you have to look out for.This time the bottle stopped pointing at Emma, one of the few single people in the group.
