In order to win, he had to, right?
Why does she have to come again?” Molly asks the small group as she takes a drag of her cigarette.
“Because she is Steph’s roommate, and Steph likes her for some heretofore unexplained reason, so she’s bringing the kid along,” Nate explains.
“She’s a total bitch, though. Super fucking obnoxious.” I groan, rubbing my head. She irritates me even when she’s not around. Molly must like my reaction, because she leans into me. I move away before she touches me, pretending that I didn’t realize her intention.
I spent the afternoon fucking her, burying my cock inside of her and thinking of someone else. I could feel the soft curves of her hip, the full breasts. I could hear her voice saying my name. I wrapped my hands in pink hair I imagined blond and came hard into the condom. Molly was so proud of herself for finally getting me off without her mouth.
If only she knew.
“She’s hot, though,” Nate adds.
Has everyone noticed how hot Tessa is by now?
“Hot? No, she’s not,” I lie through my teeth.
A tan hand swipes over neatly gelled hair. “She’s definitely hot, dude,” Zed says with surprising certainty. “I would fuck her in a heartbeat.”
“You wish. She’s a total prude, obviously. I mean, who’s a virgin in college?” Molly mocks Tessa.
Nate laughs. “Right—when did you become friends with her and she told you that?”
Molly scowls at him. “Me? I wouldn’t talk to her, but Steph has to, and she overheard something about it when ‘Princess’ was talking to her boyfriend, it seems.”
“Maybe that’s why she’s such a bitch, because she hasn’t been fucked properly,” I say, and move a few inches away from Molly, hoping she won’t follow.
“I may need to do that, then,” Zed says, trying to make everyone laugh. He fails.
“Yeah, right. You couldn’t even if you tried,” I taunt him.
“And you could? I would have a better chance than you!” he counters.
He can’t be serious. Does he not remember his precious Samantha?
“What did I miss?” Jace sits down on the concrete and pulls a joint from his pocket.
“Steph has a total snob for a roommate, and Zed and Hardin here are arguing over who could fuck her first,” Molly informs him with a growl.
Does Zed actually think she would fuck him? I look around the group, annoyed that everyone is thinking about her that way. If her body is as pure as they say, I can just imagine what the smallest touch would do to her. I would have her twitching beneath me, begging me for more. Zed could never make her come the way I could.
But would she let him try? If the playing field were completely equal, would Tessa choose him over me?
“You know . . . we could make this much more interesting. You up for it?” I turn to Zed.
Zed smiles. “Depends.”
“Hmm . . . Okay, so let’s see who can hook up with her first.”
What’s the point of this? I ask myself the moment I say the words.
And another part of me replies, It could be fun. At least it will give me something to do and a reason to annoy her further.
“I don’t know . . .” Zed’s voice is full of doubt. I figured he would be all for beating me at something, given our past and the unspoken grudge he holds against me.
“Come on, don’t be a pussy. It won’t be that hard. We’ll get Steph to make sure she comes to the next party, get her to be friendly with us,” I explain to them. “She’s young and naive—it’ll be simple.”
I’ve done this sort of thing before—different stakes and different prey, but a game all the same.
“This is stupid. Who gives a shit who can take some random girl’s virginity?” Molly huffs, whining like usual.
.ylloM ot tnioj eht sessap dna sgnul sih ni ekoms eht no sekohc ecaJ ”.keew a uoy evig ll’I ,ti od nac uoy decnivnoc os er’uoy fI“
.yhsup gnikcuf dna edur s’ehS .si kcihc siht nrobbuts woh wonk t’nod yehT ”.taht naht regnol deen ll’I kniht I .gnola teg t’nod ydaerla ew dna yhctib repus s’ehs ,eduD ?keew A“
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.seye tohsdoolb htiw sksa ecaJ ”?ti od nac uoy kniht uoY .derdnuh thgiE .eerht dda ll’I dnA“
.sgep wef a nwod em ekat ot enoemos rof stiaw puorg eht sa dnim ym ni gnittolp ,deZ ta gnikrims ,ma I ereH .enoemos ro ,gnihtemos niw ot gniog m’I wonk I nehw teg I kool eht s’tI ”.laes eht“ dellac syawla ,daetspmaH morf dneirf dlo ym ,kraM taht eno eht ,kcab emoc ot krims erutangis ym rof si ti ysae woh yb desserpmi m’I .ti tsniaga ediced I .tsap eht ni siht ekil semag now ev’I semit eht tuoba garb ot ton ro rehtehw gnidiced ,yas I ”,ygnilc dna ohcysp lla teg t’nseod ehs epoh tsuj I .ti od nac I esruoc fo ,haeY“
.etteragic rehtona gnithgil ,shgual etaN ”.ti tbuoD“
.em ta seralg deZ ”.diputs taht mees t’nseod ehS .uoy rof og ot gniog t’nsi ehS“
”.ti tih uoy nehw foorp deen ew os ,haeY“ .em ta yltcerid gnikool ,shgual ecaJ
.evitaerc eb nac I .drah oot eb t’ndluohs tahT ?foorP
.em gnieye llits ,kcab snael ecaJ ”.lairetam wen emos esu dluoc I ?oediv a tuoba tahW“
”.nuf eb dluohs sihT .nigriv a dekcuf reven ev’I“ .niaga krims taht tuo llup dna deZ ta yltcerid kool I ”.taht lla tuohtiw foorp ruoy teg ll’uoy ,em tsurT“ .no won morf ti fo raelc gnikcuf reets ot tnaw dna erofeb daor taht nwod neeb ev’I .eugra I ”,yksir oot s’tahT .on ,oN“
.ti edih ot gniyrt m’I ekil gnir pil ym ot sregnif ym gnirb dna elims ekaf a elims I
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”?emag a tuoba woH“ .syas ecaJ ”,tniop dooG“