Page 92 of Don't Bang a Bandmate

Finally, it stops.

On Knox.

We all burst out laughing as the two of them deflate in disappointment. Still, Knox sits forward, making a show of wiping off his lips and puckering up as he moves toward Christian while the rest of us shout words of encouragement at them.

Just when it seems like they’ll pull away at the last second, Christian and Knox kiss each other on the lips. More of a peck, really. But it counts.

We give them a respectful round of applause. Knox waves it off and gives the bottle a spin, wanting to move on from it as soon as possible.

Round and round, the bottle goes.

“Come on, come on,” Knox says, his eyes moving with it.

When it stops onhis sister,he groans.

And we laugh even harder as Katrina recoils.

“I’m just gonna re-spin it,” Knox decides, his hand already on the bottle.

“Yeah, mulligan!” Christian says.

We all nod in agreement, our bellies full of laughter.

Knox glares at the bottle the entire time, willing it not to make the same mistake twice.

It obeys, landing straight on Harmony beside him.

“There it is!” He smiles, triumphantly taking the pop star in his arms and smothering her with kisses.

We clap. Another round of this silly game in the bag.

“All right,” Christian says. “Harmony, you’re up.”

Harmony wipes her mouth and spins the bottle. She doesn’t spin it nearly as hard as the others did, but it performs a few solid revolutions before stopping again.

On Katrina.

“Okay, hold on,” Knox says.

But Harmony grins. “Rules are rules, babe,” she says as she crosses the circle.

Katrina leans forward and the two girls meet in the middle with a sweet kiss of friendship on the corner of their mouths.

Still, Knox pouts. “That was weird. I don’t like this game anymore. Monopoly, anyone?”

Harmony slaps his arm as she sits back down. “Don’t be such a killjoy. Spin it, Kat!”

Katrina does so with a smile while her brother grimaces, but Harmony soothes him quickly and he’s over it by the time the bottle stops once again.

On Jonah.

“Ooo-la-la,”Addison coos.

“We don’t have to,” Katrina says to Jonah. “You’re getting married soon.”

“Oh, shit!” Christian says, his eyes widening. “That’s right! Congrats, my dude.”

Jonah smiles as he silently pushes off the floor and tilts toward Katrina. Only needing to reach over Bronson to do it, heleaves a soft kiss on Katrina’s cheek before sitting back down in his spot.

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