Chapter 67

I looked around the fire and watched as my friends were looking up at the sky, arguing about whether certain patterns in the sky were constellations or not, while Cara was going on talking about her astrological sign. I really hadn’t known these people for long, but I was already closer to each of them than any of my family, except for Cara of course. I guess college could bring you close together and formed strong bonds. I just hope that Uno could let Kate stay away from this group forever, because why not? We’re perfectly happy without her, duh! “Let’s play a drinking game!” Jeno yelled excitedly, pulling me out of my thoughts. “Yes,” Cara agreed, nodding her head excitedly. I rolled my eyes as she almost fell over from her wild movements. The poor girl was already on the verge of being drunk. “Let’s play never have I ever!” “I’ve never played that before,” I said. I mean, obviously I’ve heard of it from my friends back in high school but never did I try doing it. Cara laughed. “You’re not that innocent to not know about this game.” I glared at her over the fire ready to attack her as everyone got silent until I felt Uno’s hand on my shoulder, stopping me from any action that I intended to do with Cara. “Don’t worry, it’s really easy.” Uno told me, coming to my rescue. “One person says something they’ve never done. Whoever has done that, drinks. That’s it.” “Yay, thank you. This could be interesting.” I muttered under my breath. It would be fun to find out what crazy things my friends have done in their past that I didn’t know about, especially Uno. “It is.” Uno whispered. “Let the games begin!” Liam said with a laugh. My face flushed as I sat staring pointedly down at the beer in my hand. I felt floaty, but luckily some of my inhibitions had decided to stick around even after my ability to think clearly had started to leave. The game had been going on for some time, and with four beers later, I was already drifting away, the alcohol making my brain fuzzy. “Ashley focus. It’s your turn.” Jeno snapped at me playfully, pulling at the sleeve of my black hoodie. I glanced down at him lying on his stomach in the sand next to me. I looked back up at the fire that was slowly, but steadily dying and quickly regretted it. The whole circle was staring at me, all of their flushed faces looking just a little bit blurry. Geez why am I such a lightweight? This wasn’t even remotely fair. “Uh, okay. Umm, never have I ever…” I paused, not wanting to expose myself that much. I’ve had the most to drink in the group, and they were laughing at me. “Never have I ever tried surfing.” Everyone broke out into a loud laughter as Uno gave me a playful glare. “Really, Ash?” I smirked at him and shrugged my shoulders. “Drink up, baby.” He tried to send me a more heated glare, but the smile he wore ruined it. He raised his can in the air in a toast before swallowing the bitter tasting drink. I saw everyone sipped on their beers, too. After Uno took his drink, he glanced around the circle before a sly little smile appeared on his lips. “Never have I ever worn a skirt.” I saw Sofia rolled her eyes and I laughed as I tilted my can and took a big gulp of beer. Cara who made a wild cheer before downing the rest of her can laughed aloud. I’ve actually lost count of how many cans she has finished. It shouldn’t even surprise me at how many things she has actually done. I knew she was a wild girl but man, she’s wilder and bitchier than me, I guess. I’ve learned a few shocking things about her that made my stomach turned. One being the fact that she had been in a threesome before. When that little secret came out, she was already drunk, so she had no problem sharing the details of her mé·nage à trois. I shuddered at the memory of her vivid story. There were just some things a person doesn’t need to hear. Anyway, the bottom line was Cara right now’s completely plastered and apparently wasn’t afraid to try exploring anything sexual. “Alright my turn!” Cara yelled after grabbing a new beer. “Never have I ever…” she paused and giggled. “Oh wait, no I’ve done that before. Ummm….” I couldn’t help but shake my head in amusement at her. She might be crazy, pretty out there, and possibly slightly slutty, no, she’s a real slut really. But this time, she never failed to make me laugh. Yes, I quite finding her funny now. Just don’t she dare touch my Uno or she’ll forget her name. “Okay, I got one.” She informed us as she waved her hands around. “Never have I ever been caught playing with myself.” And with that, I felt my cheeks burned hot. I turned to Uno and he was smirking at me, waiting for me to grab my beer. But does that consider as catching when he just heard me moan his name inside the bathroom? Nobody lifted for their drinks except Liam. He explained his story by admitting his mom once walked in on him, yikes! I was too ashamed to take my drink so I just let it pass but I heard Uno whispered into my ear. “It’s okay, baby. I’m glad that I’m the only person who knew about it.” and I blushed so hard secretly pinching his thigh. After the group finished teasing Liam, we relocated our eyes to Jeno. “Never have I ever…” Jeno started, grinning wickedly at me. “Hid my feelings from someone I love.” This time, I wasn’t just blushing, I was burning. There’s no way I would admit that I was hiding my feelings to anyone, but they wouldn’t know if it was for Uno, right? But when I looked up, Sofia and Jeno was staring at me, waiting for me to lift my can of beer. But then I saw Sofia and Liam took a sip of their foamy drink and then she winked at him, stirring up a bout of laughter among the circle. Jeno scoffed and glared at her. “I’m done with this game!” he said, his face has turned as white as ghost. Just as quickly as his face grew pale, he was on his feet and drunkenly stumbling away from our circle of friends. I saw Cara went to make a move towards him, but Sofia waved her off as she jumped to her feet to run after Jeno. Liam just stayed on his seat, his eyes gloomy and hurt while looking at their backs. He took his drink, too. Was he also hiding his feelings from Sofia? But I thought he’s--. Well, bisexual means you’re sexually attracted not exclusively to people of one particular gender. He might have been developed a feeling for Sofia. Oh shitty bitch, you’re dead. You made two of our friends fell in love with you.