Page 12 of Let Leaves Lay Where They Fall

“Jamie hooked up in the Sanctuary yesterday!” She blurts.

“Molly!” Jamie’s face, a wash of red and pink hues.

“What!?” Her face drops as the indiscretion dawns on her, remembering Jamie could be a bit of a prude. “Sorry. Oh, who cares! Now, dish!”

Eli, Petra and Sebastian, all frozen and waiting for the dish too.

A falling pan crashes somewhere in the kitchen and muffled voices from Gregory and Hugo start at each other. They’re definitely rocking each other's world tonight!

“Dave.” Jamie surrenders. “His name is Dave.”

Everyone but Jamie grabs a seat at tables or the bar and readies themselves for story time.

“And he blocked Jamie after telling him what an amazing cock sucker he is!” Molly announces to the group on Jamie’s behalf.

They all gasp audibly.

“Did you smell?” Petra chimes in.

Jamie pinches the bridge of his nose.

“I asked the same thing.” Molly leads them in a roar of laughter.

“Do I ever smell!?” Jamie protests.

“O honey! You always smell delicious!” Petra smooths the jest.

“I have no idea what I did.” Jamie shrugs. “I just went for a hike. Next thing I knew I was on my knees. I’ve NEVER done anything like that before.” Trying to salvage his reputation. “He kissed me, said it was amazing and walked off.”

“Blocked you before you even got home!” Molly finishes for him.

“That!” He throws his hands up with a shrug of the shoulders.

“Dave is trash.” Colin adds, chewing the side of a finger.

“Men are fucking weird. I’ll fuck em, but I stick to dating women.” Sebastian throws his two bisexual cents in.

Colin beams a side eyed grin in his direction.

“Drinks?” Petra offers.

A collective “Yes!” From the group.

Sebastian takes to pouring everyone’s usual and pops himself open a bottled beer. Petra passes the drinks around.

Jamie takes a seat in the middle of everyone, at the bar. Normally he hates being the center of attention, but he’s also relieved to have unloaded the secret. The whole group knowing his indiscretions isn’t ideal, but at least they seem to be as bothered as he is. Validation.

“I’m going to try and find him.” Maybe 3 sips of a rum and diet cola was already speaking for him?

“Why?” Colin chuffs.

“I guess I want to know why?” Jamie isn’t sure himself.

“I think you should!” Molly adds fuel to the flame. “He fucked up and you should let him know it!”

“Right?” Jamie agrees.

Sebastian half-heartedly nods while Colin silently sips his cosmopolitan.

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