“Guys, let’s play spin the bottle.” Zach suggested as we all sat in a circle. After the awkward meal time we all sat in a circle and played kid games like duck-duck-goose, truth or dare, and hanky-panky. Emma, Jimmy, and I nodded, but Matt, Johnny and Brian all gave Zach a weird look.
“Dude. There are five guys and two girls.” Brian spat, crinkling his face. Matt smirked and raised an eyebrow.
“Don’t sit and act like you haven’t kissed any of us before.” Matt retorted, a smug look covering his face. Unfortunately, when everyone sat down in the circle, they all decided to be dicks and made me sit next to Matt. He didn’t seem very comfortable with it either, but neither of us wanted to be the one to complain.
“Fine, but if we’re going to play it, it has to be fun.” Brian replied. I smiled widely.
“Like if you refuse to kiss the person the bottle landed on you have to suffer a consequence?” I questioned, looking at him evilly. He smiled and nodded.
“How about if the girls say no they have to sit naked, and if the guys say no you have to sit naked and take a Viagra.” Brian offered. Everyone looked at him in shock.
“First thing, why the hell do the girls only have to be naked?” Johnny spat.
“And second, why the hell do you own Viagra?!” Emma finished, giving Brian a disgusted look. Brian laughed and looked at them.
“One, because we can’t cover ourselves and I doubt they’d be comfortable with sitting naked in front of five men,” Brian began, smirking at Emma and I. He wasn’t wrong. “And second, you have no idea how creepy these guys get when it comes to birthday and Christmas presents.”
“Oh right!” Zach and Jimmy laughed, high-fiving. So apparently they’re the ones that gave Brian the Viagra.
“So are you guys in?” Brian asked. I nodded and so did everyone else except for Matt. We all stared at him intently until he reluctantly agreed. Zach stood up and grabbed an empty wine bottle from Brian’s counter and sat back down.
“Since this is your house, you go first.” Zach stated, handing the bottle to Brian. Brian took it with a smug look and placed it on the floor.
“Oh. And so none of you guys pussy out and give each other those fake one-second kisses, the kiss has to be atleast five second longs.” Brian proposed before putting his hand on the top of the bottle and flicking it with his arm. He spun it roughly and we all watched with our breaths held as it slowed down. It landed pointing to Matt and we all roared into laughter.
“Come here, baby.” Brian purred as he crawled from beside me over to Matt. Matt gave him a repulsed look but Brian didn’t care. I took out my phone and got a picture just as Brian smashed his lips against Matt’s. We all whistled and made snide comments until Brian pulled away a few seconds later. He wiped his lips and crawled back to his spot, pride written on his face.
“Jesus, you are ruthless.” Matt mumbled, wiping down his lips with his shirt. I looked at the picture and nodded.
“That is actually really sexy.” I commented, turning my phone so everyone could see. Everyone laughed and agreed with me; well, all except Matt. Brian rolled the bottle to Matt and Matt spun it.
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“Zacky, it’s your turn.” Emma said, handing it to Zach. We had been playing for an hour, and I’ve only had to kiss Jimmy and Brian. Brian seemed more than happy to kiss me, and I wasn’t complaining either. The two times I got kissed, I’d always shoot a glance at Matt, who always looked pissed off. Matt got kissed by everyone except Emma and I. He looked especially pissed when he got Brian a second time, because Brian was slightly drunk and had no problem kissing Matt.
“Okay. Dear God let it not be Matt,” Zach muttered.
“That makes both of us,” Matt whispered quietly. I chuckled and he smiled a little, realizing that I had heard him. Zach spun the bottle and I watched in horror as it slowly stopped on me. My eyes almost popped out in horror as I looked up at Zach, who was mimicking my horror.
“No. No, no, no. Absolutely not.” I spat, shaking my head furiously. I did not want to kiss Zach, especially after what happened yesterday. And even more especially that we were in front of all of our friends, including Matt.
“No. I’m not doing it.” Zach refused, also shaking his head. Everyone raised their eyebrows at us suspiciously. We were the first to refuse to kiss each other the whole night and that probably seemed odd.
“Why not?” Johnny asked, eyeing us. I glared at him.
“Because it’s Zach. I mean, I love him and shit, but it’s Zach.” I complained, crinkling my face. My gaze flickered to Matt, and I felt slightly relieved to see that he looked a little pleased that I didn’t want to kiss Zach.
“Is your repulsion of Zach really worth sitting naked?” Emma questioned, raising an eyebrow. I groaned at the remembrance of the consequences I’d have to go through if I refused. If I had a gun, I would most likely shoot myself right now. I will not sit in front of five guys naked. But if I kiss Zach it could piss Matt off even more and make things worse. I sighed loudly in defeat and threw a sullen look at Zach.
“Get the fuck over here, Zach.” I mumbled. He returned the same depressed look as he crawled over in front of me and sat criss-cross. I flinched slightly at how similar this was to yesterday, especially since I had done a good job and forgetting it happened. Until now. Before I kissed him I looked at Emma and huffed. “I don’t find Zach repulsing, but I feel like he’s my brother. Do you know how awkward it is to kiss your brother?”
“Oh, I know. Now quit distracting yourself.” Emma snapped, rolling her eyes. I sighed and looked back at Zach. He sent me an apologetic look before cautiously leaning in a pressing his lips gently to mine. I cringed back a little at the touch of his lips, but touched them back quickly so Brian wouldn’t yell at me for pulling out of the game. I felt stares burning holes in me as I counted five seconds in my head. When the five seconds ended I pulled away, and so did Zach. We looked at Brian in consent of our kiss, because he always had to be the judge. He rubbed his chin for a second and narrowed his eyes.
“I don’t know if that should count since your lips were barely touching.” Brian threatened. I sighed in exasperation and Zach groaned.
“Dude. Don’t be a dick.” Zach snapped. Brian rolled his eyes. I felt slightly stupid for making such a big deal about kissing Zach, but it was just because it was right in front of Matt. I loved Zach and if things were different, I probably would give him a chance. But he’s my brother, and I want Matt. So kissing my brother in front of my love interest did not exactly float my boat.
“Fine. It counts. Fucking babies.” Brian muttered. My face was flushed red and I felt everyone staring at me as Zach rolled the bottle to me. I looked at them and sent everyone a glare.
“Why are you guys staring at me?” I questioned defensively. Emma smirked.
“Because you are as red as a fucking tomato, Kid.” She answered. I sighed and grumbled to myself as I spun the bottle. To my luck, it landed right on Matt. Shit shit shit shit shit shit.
“Wow, you are just getting lucky tonight, aren’t you Kid?” Jimmy snickered. I quietly let out a breath and glanced at Matt. He looked shocked and slightly pissed off. I sat back down and awkwardly and turned my head towards Matt. I smiled uncomfortably and he returned it. It was quiet until Zach let out a loud groan.
“Oh my God are you guys serious?” He snapped, glaring at both of us. Our heads turned towards him in shock and confusion covered my face. “You both obviously like each other, quit pretending that you guys hate even the thought of one another’s name! Do you know how fucking frustrating it is to watch you guys act all cute together one day and then hate each other the next? Just fucking kiss him already!”
I pursed my lips. Zach was right. Matt and my relationship was like a never-ending rollercoaster; happy and loving one day, sad and hateful the next. I wanted it to stop, I wanted it to be one or the other. I turned towards Matt and studied his face. He seemed to be thinking the same thing and looked at me intently. I scooted next to him and brought my lips to his ears.
“Do you want to drop out?” I questioned, looking at him. He stared at me for the longest time before smiling a little and shaking his head. I smiled back. “Good.” After I said that, I lunged myself at him. My lips crashed to his as I pushed him to the floor. He pushed my lips more onto his, and I loved it. The kiss was completely intoxicating and my heart was beating as though I had just run a mile without stopping. I was so entranced with the kiss that I didn’t even notice what everyone else was saying, and so was Matt. I wanted to continue, but I knew that everyone would be irritated that we would be sucking each other’s face during a game of spin the bottle, so I pulled away and smiled at him. He smiled back widely and sat up, keeping me in his lap. Everyone began clapping and I looked at all of them.
“Thank God!” Brian yelled, clapping the loudest out of all of them.
“Finally.” Zach agreed, smiling at me.