(Never) Again by Paolo Theresa

Author:Paolo, Theresa [Paolo, Theresa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2013-10-14T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

By the time Purge finished their first set Joe was on his fifth keg stand. Not that I was counting or anything. Okay, maybe I was, but I had a good reason. Joe wasn’t exactly known for his self-control. When it came to drinking, he didn’t know when to stop.

While I kept an eye on Joe, I couldn’t help noticing Scott and Ruthie in the corner. Then again it was kind of hard to miss them, considering they were practically stripping each other’s clothes off in my living room. The saying “get a room” couldn’t possibly have been any more relevant. I didn’t want to look. I’m sure nobody wanted to look, but it was like when you’re watching the monkeys at the zoo picking bugs off each other. It’s disgusting and you don’t want to look, but you can’t seem to turn away.

“Do you think he’s trying to lick her insides dry?” Zach said, his breath hot against my ear. I couldn’t stop the giggle that slipped out.

“I was debating if he was trying to crawl inside her mouth, or if he’s getting sucked in against his will.” I raised my eyes to his and caught the amusement tugging at his lips. He still had his sense of humor. Thank God for that. It was one of his best qualities.

“I bet he’d go willingly if he could bring his microphone with him.”

We shared in a moment of laughter before I asked, “So where’s Tanya?”

“Oh. Uh, bathroom. What exactly do you girls do in there anyway?”

I folded my arms across my chest. “Wouldn’t you like to know?”

“Yes, I would, hence the question.”

“If I told you I would have to kill you.” I said, trying not to laugh.

His eyebrow arched up, his scar rising with it. “Really? You couldn’t come up with something better than that?”

“Too cliché?”

“You think? You’re going stale on me.” He nudged me with his elbow. I tried to come up with something witty and sarcastic in response, but I was out of practice. Sarcasm went over Joe’s head, so I pretty much stayed away from it. Zach was right. I was stale. I couldn’t let him know that though, so I searched my brain for something relatively clever.

“What’d I miss?” Tanya bounced in between me and Zach and wrapped her arm securely around his waist, as if to tell me he was taken for the night. I didn’t need her to remind me. A quick glance to my left helped remind her that I too was taken. Her head turned back to Zach as she swayed in his arms. Obviously she had been hitting the vino, my vino, a little too hard.

“Nothing. Lizzi . . . uh, Liz was just helping me pass the time until you got back,” he said, tucking her curls behind her ear.

My heart all out stopped. That was . . . he only . . . that was our thing.

“Well I’m back,” she said cheerily.

“Really? I didn’t notice,” I mumbled.

Tanya took her head off Zach’s chest.

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