Page 85 of Finding Delaware

Huckslee’s gaze meets mine before sliding away as we raise our cups to take a drink. Salem doesn’t drink, and we all stare at Logan momentarily, waiting. He looks around at us, confused before the realization hits, and he lifts his cup with a scowl.

“Screw you, Taylor,” he mutters, sipping, and a snicker leaves my throat.

“Aw, was I your first?”

From the corner of my eye, Huck’s jaw tightens.

Logan takes the next card, frowning down at it. “Never have I ever had sex in a car? What kind of game is this? I don’t even remember ever seeing this here.”

He raises the box to check the back of it as the rest of us drink, a giggle shaking Salem’s shoulders.

“Who stayed here last?”

“My parents,” he grumbles, and she snorts.

“Your parents are freaks, babe.” Reaching over, she grabs the next card from the box. “Never have I ever done oral. Hmm.”

“Like, giving or receiving?” Huck asks absently, and I try to shrug nonchalantly.

“Both?”

Again, Huck, Salem, and I all drink because it doesn’t specify, but what gets my attention is Logan sitting there with his lips pressed together. Huck notices, too, because he does a double take, and I see Salem gazing at him with narrowed eyes.

“Wait,” I choke out, shaking my head. “What? You’ve never given or received oral?”

His cheeks turn red, but Salem aggressively shoves the box toward Huck. “I’m establishing a no-elaborating rule. Next question.”

Huckslee picks up the next card, his eyes widening to the size of saucers as he reads it. His lips sort of part, like he can’t believe what he’s reading.

“N-never have I ever done anal,” he stammers, not taking his attention off the card, and Salem laughs.

“Okay, but same as the oral question. Given or received? I feel like that’s more of an important distinction here.”

“Fine, we’ll do one at a time.” Huck sets the card down. “Never have I ever, uh...given anal?”

Huck, Salem, and I all drink, and the way Logan gapes at Salem has me cracking up.

Huck asks the next question. “Never have I ever received anal.”

Raising my hot chocolate to my lips, it takes me a minute to notice I’m the only one drinking. Salem’s smirking, of course, but Huck looks at me perplexed.

“Oh, come on,” I gaze back at him in disbelief. “Never?”

I already know anal isn’t Salem’s thing, but Huckslee? He’s never really...?

His lips curl into a sneer. “What, because I’m gay means I automatically like dick in my ass?”

Logan coughs as I drop my gaze, mumbling unintelligible words into my cup as he pushes the box back to me.

With heated cheeks, I read off the next question. “Never have I ever touched a member of the same gender on the genitals.”

Salem snorts, and I stare at Huck over my cup as we drink, remembering a deep pool and steamy shower. He meets my gaze, eyes darkening.

Logan turns to me in surprise. “That’s unexpected. Taylor, are you...?”

My attention snaps over to him, and I freeze, realizing what he’s asking. Huckslee does, too, because he’s suddenly searching my face intently, waiting for an answer. My pulse quickens.

“We said no elaborating.” Salem gestures at him to take the next card, glancing at me sideways, and if Huck wasn’t still staring a hole in my head, I’d mouth her a thank you.

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