Blood Money (1) | The Inheritance Games

XIX. the archer

"Cause they see right through me, they see right through me, they see right through, can you see right through me?"

"Sex, self image and pleasure." Quinn says when we're all sitting down, catching us off guard.

"Sex, I know most of you have had it by now, or are thinking about it. Self image, a serious issue in today's society. Pleasure, something I bet you guys aren't getting a lot of." She expands.

"Hate to break it to you, but we're getting plenty of pleasure." I pipe up, taking a sip of my hot coffee.

"But are you getting maximum pleasure? You're too young to really know what standards are for sex. You're bodies are still developing... I bet one day you'll all get a shock when you're bodies are finished growing and you suddenly feel more pleasure than you ever had." Quinn tells us.

"Let's start out with sex." She decides, walking around the circle of chairs facing in on her, looking at every single one of us.

"Why do we have sex?" She asks us.

"Cause it feels good." Maja answers. "Yes it does." Quinn laughs.

"Because you like someone." Avery suggests, "Good." She nods.

"To have babies." Tristan chips in. "Yeah." Quinn agrees.

"Because it builds intimacy with your partner." Noah says, "It most certainly does." Quinn agrees.

"For money." I smirk, a couple chuckles spread around the room.

"Interesting take on it. Have you ever been paid for sexual acts Spencer?" Quinn looks at me with curiosity.

I look down to my takeaway coffee cup, suddenly wishing I never made that joke.

"I mean I guess. Once or twice." I shrug. Heads turn to me with pity.

"You wanna tell us more?" Quinn offers calmly.

"I was drunk one night when I was like 15 and some old guy told me if I sucked him off he'd give me a hundred bucks. Then another time at a party when I was 16 I got dared to hookup with some guy from another school for 20 bucks." I explain, my friends look to me with sad eyes.

"I'm sorry that happened to you." Quinn frowns.

"It's fine. I didn't have to say yes, but I did." I reply without a care for it.

"But you were presumably drunk on both occasions?" She asks, I nod. "So it isn't your fault." She assures me.

"It's not like I'm a victim or anything. I woke up feeling great both times." I mock.

"Okay." Quinn nods, noticing I don't want to talk about this and leaving it.

I look up and meet Noah's eyes already on me, wonder and curiosity flooding those gorgeous green eyes. Not a word had been shared between us about last night. He went into Xander's room at night and when I woke up this morning he was acting as if nothing happened. I didn't mention it because I could tell the reason he was dodging the subject was because he was vulnerable.

"So sex is good for lots of stuff. It can do a lot for us and our relationships." She continues where she left off.

"Sex can mean different things to other people. What do you guys consider to be sex?" Quinn asks us.

"When the penis goes up the ass, vagina goes in vagina, penis in vagina." Maja answers calmly.

"Really? Only intercourse?" Quinn repeats with a nod of approval.