Uncomfortable, Undone University Series, Book 1

Chapter 10

Jace

When I come downstairs to the living room, drawn there by the noise from below, my friends have all of the furniture pushed away from the center of the room and are spreading out what looks like an air mattress with colorful splotches. Nope, not an air mattress, I realize as Scott connects the foot pump and steps on the pedal to expand it. Inflatable Twister.

Along the far wall, the coffee table is topped with a bottle of tequila and a line of shot glasses. Camden sits on the floor next to the table, with Jules in his lap. She picks up the bottle and begins expertly filling the line of shot glasses. Apparently, we're playing drunk inflatable Twister.

"Hey, man, you're just in time." RJ claps me on the back as he comes into the room from the kitchen, red plastic cup in hand.

"I see that," I say cautiously, not sure this game is right for me. The last thing I need is to be in a position where I might have to make physical contact with Krystal. I'm already strung tight, even after having taken matters into my own hand in the shower this morning. Just being near her has my dick straining to get out of my pants and into hers.

As Scott finishes inflating the game, Abby parks herself on the displaced couch with the spinner. "Okay, guys and gals, listen close. Here are the rules!" Her voice is a little too loud, her eyes a little too glassy, belying the fact that she, like RJ, has already started drinking. "We're going to split into teams and we'll play two on two.

"Shirts versus skins?" Miranda asks and gestures suggestively toward Jameson's bare chest, and he winks at her.

Abby continues as if Miranda didn't speak. "We're doing best three out of five so everyone gets two turns to play. Winning player at the end of each round wins the round for their team. And everyone else has to take a shot. And the losing team has to take two shots.

As Abby finishes relaying the rules, Andy comes in with a baseball cap filled with small, folded papers. "Everyone draw from the hat to find out which team you'll be on."

"Where're Brian and Maggie?" I ask, realizing we're short a few members of our gang.

"Napping," Andy says simply.

He makes his way around the room, letting each of us draw from the hat. He gets to me last, and I pull out a paper, open it. Team 2.

"Alright." Abby claps her hands. "Team 1, you're over here by the fireplace with me." She holds up her paper, showing off the number one in bold black script. "Team 2, you're by the breakfast bar."

I make my way to the breakfast bar and take a seat on one of the stools next to RJ. "Okay teams, decide who your first two players are going to be, and remember, each player has to go exactly two times. No cheating and putting your better players in more!"

I survey our team. Me, Camden, RJ, Andy, and Jules. "The other team got all the girls," RJ says in a defeated voice.

"What am I?" Jules asks, feigning offense.

"Taken." RJ's response is matter of fact.

Camden puts his arm around Jules. "Damn straight."

Jules's cheeks turn pink. "So, who wants to go first?"

"I'll go," I say. Better to get my turns out of the way before I've had to take a bunch of shots of tequila.

Jameson and Krystal both step away from the Team 1 group piled on and around the couch and approach the inflated Twister platform.

"Looks like they have a guy and a girl playing," Andy announces. "Maybe we should to the same. You know... keep it fair."

Camden nods in agreement. "That means you're up, babe."