Page 29 of Agony

“Ladies first,” one of the guys said. I eyed him for a moment. His body had a similar build to Arsen’s so it was obvious whathedid for a living. I didn’t know his name, but his long blonde hair and crystal blue eyes reminded me of someone.

“Give it here, Tarzan,” I said dryly.

He laughed good-naturedly and tossed the ping pong ball toward me. I caught it with ease and looked at Adesynne.

“How do you want to do this? Quick and painless or slow and make them suffer?” I asked loudly.

“How about you just toss the ball and try not to get hurt,” Tarzan asked with a grin.

I raised an eyebrow at him, sized up the cups, and let the ball fly through the air.

Plop!

It landed in the middle cup in the last row. Everyone was quiet for a moment; everyone except for Addie who was giggling wickedly.

“Drink up, Blondie,” I said casually.

I put my hands on his hips as he fished out the ball and drank. He tossed the cup aside and blew me a kiss. Then he let the ball fly and did the same thing that I had just done.

Oh shit. This might not have been a good idea after all.

I looked at Addie who was staring at the cup with the same expression I was.

“This made be harder than I thought,” she mumbled, reaching for the cup.

“Um, excuse me! I believe that cup belongs to her,” he said to Addie.

“There’s no designation here,” Addie called back.

“Well, if she can’t handle it, then maybe she shouldn’t play,” he replied simply.

I shot him a dirty look and snatched the cup from Addie. The smell of the beer alone was making my stomach turn. I fished out the ball and stared at the red cup’s contents.

Arsen suddenly snatched the cup out of my hand and drank down the beer.

“Hey, man! What gives?” Tarzan yelled to him.

“I was thirsty,” he replied with a shrug. He gave me a secret smirk and walked back to the spot that he had been watching the game from.

Tarzan rolled his eyes. Addie grabbed the ball and let it fly. She sunk it easily and Tarzan’s partner, with the short black hair and big brown eyes laughed as he fished out the ball and drank.

“I have a feeling I’m going to be seriously drunk at the end of this,” she grumbled as Brown Eyes sunk his shot.

Three hours and more than enough games of Beer Pong later, mostly everyone was starting to leave. Tarzan and Brown Eyes were passed out under the table and I couldn’t find Adesynne anywhere. I became frantic until Jess assured me that she had safely passed out in the living room alone.

“I guess I should grab her and get going,” I said to Arsen after I helped him clean up.

“Nah. Let her sleep. We can go upstairs and hang out on the balcony,” he said with a smile.

“Are you sure? I mean, what about them?” I asked, pointing to my adversaries.

“They’ll be okay. Trust me. It’s not the first time they’ve ‘slept’ there,” he replied, laughing.

I nodded, “Okay, then let’s go.”

After we checked on Addie, we walked up the stairs and back into Arsen’s bedroom. He led the way to the balcony doors and sat down in one of the folding chairs that were there.

“Did you have a good time, Neve?” he asked, glancing at me.

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