Page 27 of Rider Forbidden
Dom holds his hands up and stares at Jack but doesn't say anything. The atmosphere between them is so thick. I need to do something. “Anyway, nice to see you Dom.” I grab Jack’s hand and pull him away.
Once I get him away, I turn to him “What is that about?”
He shakes his head, giving Dom the evils over my shoulder. “I fucking hate him. He knows how to push every one of my buttons and he seems to have his eyes set on you.”
“So what if he has? It doesn't matter does it?”
He stares at me and sighs, running his fingers through his hair. “I guess not.”
I tug his t-shirt, “Come on, let's go back to the others.” I look around and Sophie and Rocco are kissing on the dance floor, she’s wrapped around him.
We get back to the table just in time for a large tray of shots to be delivered. One of the lads, Craig, decides it’s time for a game of ‘never have I ever’. It’s gonna be a sobering game for me as I have lived a very sheltered life. At least I’ll win. With these guys, I'm sure it'll be an eye-opener.
Craig stands first, holding a shot in his hand. “Never have I ever had sex with two women on the same night but not at the same time.” He says and knocks his shot back.
Jack knocks his back, no surprise there, the other two, Gary and Jock, don't drink theirs.
They laugh, Craig points at Gary, he stands up. He looks shy. I think if I wasn't there, he'd enjoy it a whole lot more. “Never have I ever gone down on a woman and been so drunk I had to run to the bathroom and throw up.”
We all roar in laughter, no one else takes a shot. Just him then.
Craig points at Jock, he stands up “Never have I ever had sex in a public place.” Everyone downs a shot that time, except me.
I notice Jack giving me a curious glance. “What? Not everyone has had sex in a public place.”
He shrugs and laughs. “My turn.” He stands. “Never have I ever had a threesome.” Of course he has. Denny knocks his back and Jock, only Gary and I were the odd ones out that time.
“Come on Robyn, you're gonna be sober at this rate.” Craig shouts “Your turn.”
Shit, what am I going to say? Why wasn't I thinking about this before it was my turn? Sod it, I might as well shock them. I stand up. “OK . . . never have I ever only had sex one time in my life and gotten pregnant.” I knock back my shot, scrunching my face up as it goes down. I look around at the guys and they're all staring at me.
Denny says, “You have got to be kidding me?”
I shake my head and laugh. “Pretty bad luck, huh?”
“Fuck.” Craig says “That’s the worst luck in the world. So you've only ever had sex once?”
I'm embarrassed now. All the others didn't get questions about theirs - why am I getting the Spanish Inquisition?
“Fraid so - then Elijah came along nine months later and that was that.”
Jack is staring at me, I can feel his gaze burning into me. Maybe that wasn't what he expected.
“I feel like that is some sort of sin against nature Robyn, looking like you do.” Denny says laughing.Thank you Denny, for lightning the atmosphere.
We stay for another hour or so then Jock and I decide to dance. I'm having the best time - the guys are so much fun. Sophie is nowhere to be seen, so she’s obviously somewhere getting herself some. As I walk on to the dancefloor in my drunken haze, I notice three girls watching me, they don't seem very friendly. I ignore them - sometimes girls can be that way. I dance with Jock and we have fun, purely platonic, being silly doing the ‘Macarena’. I lean into Jock who has some girl dancing close to him, showing an interest, “I'm going back to the guys for a drink.” He nods and gives me a wave.
I head off and the three same girls block my path.
“Excuse me.” I smile at them.
“Aw, polite aren't you? Stuck up bitch.” They're English.
“Can you let me past?” I try to manoeuvre around them.
“We've seen you with Jack all night, you know I’ve had him, right? He wanted to come back for more too - but I'm not always available, you know? Don't know what you think you're doing - he’s not your type anyway.”
“Jesus girls, get a life, get out of my way . . . now.”
