Page 26 of Fragile Hearts

Daisy scoffs out a laugh as she says, “Oh yeah, we got allllll the details.”

Alana and Sage also laugh as Sloane slaps a hand over her face and mutters, “Oh my god.”

“See, she gives details,” Kai shouts, waving a hand in the girls’ direction.

Shaking my head, I turn to him and say, “Not happening, dude.”

We spend the rest of the afternoon hanging out on the back deck, eating and drinking and just chilling. It’s a beautiful day, and as the sun slowly starts to set, I realize that all of us are a little buzzed.

“Let’s play a drinking game!” Daisy shouts, throwing her arms up.

Miles groans beside me, and Kai snickers at his younger brother before he says, “I’m in. Truth or dare? Spin the bottle? Never have I ever?”

“Yes!” Daisy says.

“Yes, what?” Kai asks, laughing.

“Never have I ever,” she says, giggling a little.

“Oh jesus,” Miles mutters, and I can’t even begin to imagine what he’s thinking. He and Daze have so much history between them, both good and bad, that it’s probably not going to be good for them to be playing drinking games together. Fuck knows what’s going to get brought up.

On the other hand, it will give me a little more insight into Sloane, and with how buzzed everyone is, that can only be a good thing.

“I’m in,” I say, getting up to grab everyone another drink.

“Yes!” Daisy shouts.

I hand around fresh beers for everyone before sitting down. “I’ll start,” I say, grinning. I can feel the eyes of all my friends on me as I say, “Never have I ever had sex in the outdoor shower at The Pipe Dream.”

“Fuck me,” Nate mutters, immediately taking a sip. Beside him, Sage covers her face, laughing a little as she does the same.

None of us drink, but before we can move on, Alana and Flynn look at each other, huge grins on their faces before they both lift their beers to their mouths and also drink.

“What the fuck?” Nate shouts.

Flynn laughs, dropping his arm around Alana’s shoulders as he says, “What’s the big deal?”

“Oh my god, only that it’s my shower,” Nate says, but he’s grinning, partly because he’s drunk and partly because I suspect he doesn’t really care.

“Dude, we all use it,” Flynn now says, pulling Alana close as he presses a kiss to her temple. “We just like to double up to save water.”

“Fuck me,” Nate laughs, throwing a bottle top at Flynn.

“Nah, thanks, man, I’d rather fuck my girl if you don’t mind,” he says, ducking to avoid the cap as it flies toward him.

A loud groan sounds from everyone before Nate chuckles and says, “Who’s next?”

I turn to Sage, who sits beside me, and smile. “You’re up.”

Sage sits up a little straighter, a sly smile on her face that has me wondering what the hell she’s gonna ask. “Never have I ever...had sex on the Luna Mae.”

There’s a collective groan from Kai and Miles, while Nate bursts out laughing. Beside him, Alana and Flynn both grin at each other again before once more taking another drink. Miles, Kai, and Daisy all following suit.

“Oh my god, it was you two,” Sage shouts, pointing a finger at Alana and Flynn.

“Babe, what are you talking about?” Nate asks, confused.

I burst out laughing, remembering the day Tanner came into the shop and accused someone of using his boat for a dirty hook-up. We’d all assumed it was Nate and Sage, maybe Kai with one of his randoms or Miles and Daisy sneaking in a quickie even though they barely spoke to each other, but they’d all denied it. Thinking back on it now, I remember Alana being curiously quiet.

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