Group Outing by Katie May

Author:Katie May [May, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Expresso Publishing, LLC
Published: 2020-07-27T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

As you might have guessed, I never went paintballing before.

I’m restless with nervous anticipation as we load into the numerous cars and pull away from the mansion.

Jamie, the unfriendly ghost, sits in the passenger seat, twisted slightly in his seat so he can face me in the back. I’m snuggled between Atlantis the merman and Stephan the unicorn, their thighs pressing against my own.

The driver—a crew member who identified himself as Benji—merges the car easily into traffic.

“First time?” Jamie asks, lips twitching as he eyes my trembling form. Like with all ghosts, he has a translucent tint to his body, allowing me to see the dashboard directly behind him. His golden blond hair is brushed away from his artfully handsome face.

“Are you asking if I’m a virgin, Jamie?” I quip immediately. Because, dammit, stupid humor is my go to defense mechanism when I’m anxious. “Where’s Criss?” I add, desperate to redirect the conversation from my jittery, bouncing legs.

Jamie’s frown deepens—a feat I didn’t know was possible. “We decided to spend some time apart.”

“Did you break up?!” I ask, horrified, and his lips twitch with the beginnings of a smile. Before it can fully form, he compresses them into a grim line.

“We decided we wanted to focus on you and only you.” His eyes flicker to the two men on either side of me, unease crawling across his face, before he continues on. “We really want to stress that we’re searching for a girl who can complete us. Love us. We want her to be the center of our universe.”

“What…? Why?” Is my mouth hanging open? “Why do you want…? Huh?”

When Atlantis touches the bottom of my jaw, physically shutting my mouth, I realize I’ve been gaping at Jamie like an imbecile.

Score one for Ridley.

Instead of answering, he merely winks, swiveling in his seat to face the front once more.

I swear a surge of butterflies escapes in my chest, and not even poison is capable of containing them. Not that I’ll poison a bunch of innocent butterflies, of course. Well, except for the ones in my stomach. But they aren’t real butterflies, so I’m not committing bugicide or anything.

And…

I’m internally rambling while staring into space.

Score two.

Or is it point two?

I shake my head rapidly, clearing my muddled thoughts, before turning expectantly towards Stephan on the right of me and then Atlantis on the left. I know Kyler put them in the car with me on purpose. Unlike a lot of the other contestants, I haven’t gotten a chance to know these men well. Sure, I know their names and their supernatural species, but that’s it.

I want to know them. Their likes and dislikes. Their pasts and future dreams. It sounds like a complete and utter cliché, but what’s the point in dating when you don’t bother to penetrate…?

I’m just going to stop that thought right there.

“We have...about a half hour?” I glance towards Benji for confirmation, and he nods his head once. “Okay, a half hour. We’re going to play a game to pass the time.

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