Scoring Wilder(71)

The second we rounded the corner toward Liam's movie room, I put my hands on Becca's shoulder and silently squealed up and down. She joined in and soon we looked like two crazy people jumping and spinning in a dark hallway.

"This is a dream, right? We're going to wake up tomorrow in the house and I'm going to be wearing my onesie," Becca whispered as we kept walking.

"No. This is definitely happening, my friend." I smiled so wide my cheeks hurt.

"Sorry we took so long changing. Penn was a little distracted. We may have rounded a few bases."

I threw her a shocked glance as we pushed through the door to the movie room. He'd pointed it out to me earlier, but of course we hadn't actually been inside. No detail was forgotten inside the room. There were giant plush recliners in the first two rows and then two rows of couches behind it. They were wide and overflowing with fluffy pillows. The screen was obscenely large and there was a fancy-looking projector mounted on the far back wall.

Beneath the projector there were shelves upon shelves of movies.

"Wait, how many bases did you guys skip?" I asked as soon as the door was closed.

Becca couldn't wipe the smile off her face. "Well, let's say he knows what I taste like."

I started cracking up. "BECCA!"

"What?! You did it to Liam... in his office no less!"

"I know, I know. I'm just... wow. Has a guy done that to you before?"

She bit her lip. "No, but now I'm wondering why the hell I waited so long."

We started cracking up again and I couldn't stop with the giddy squeals. Eventually we tried to look through Liam's movie collection, but it wasn't very successful.

"I'm not sure how long we have until they get here, but the second we get home tomorrow, I have about one million questions for you," Becca whispered. We could hear the boys laughing down the hall and it sounded like they were heading our way.

"I'll try and help, but seriously I'm not much more experienced than you are," I shrugged.

Becca nodded. "We'll break out 50 shades. It should give us some answers."

“Yeah, like how to get flogged while wearing a ball gag,” I joked.

“True. Maybe we should stick to Judy Blume’s books.”

I shoved her arm playfully just as the boys strolled in. Their arms were filled with drinks and snacks.

"Did you guys find something to watch?" Penn asked.

Becca and I glanced from each other, down to our empty hands, then back to the shelf. "Ummm..." Becca mumbled.

I reached forward and grabbed the first movie I touched: Wedding Crashers.

"Oops… haven't we all seen this one?" I asked, holding it up. Everyone nodded, but Liam grabbed it out of my hand and went to pop it into the spaceship-quality projector system.

"That's good, we'll probably end up talking through it anyway," he shrugged. He had a point. With four people that were all hyped up on sexual tension, we probably wouldn't be paying attention to the movie for very long.

All four of us could have fit comfortably on one couch, but Becca and Penn took the couch closest to the screen and Liam and I scooted onto the back one. The previews started to play as I adjusted on my seat and spread a blanket that felt like a cloud over my lap. Liam narrowed his eyes on me playfully and tugged the blanket onto him as well. It wasn't that big, probably because it was made of virgin baby sheep’s wool, so I had to scoot closer to him. Thank you, tiny blanket.

We had popcorn resting on our laps and candy spread out in front of us.

"Hey, do you guys have anything good up there?" I asked, leaning forward to see their stash. Becca tossed me back a handful of Swedish Fish and one of them hit me in the eye.

"Hey! I only caught like three of those," I complained, popping one into my mouth.

"I caught the other one," Liam proclaimed proudly. A little red fin was sticking out of his mouth and I reached over to bite it off. He nibbled on my lower lip, and for that brief second I forgot where we were. When Becca cleared her throat, I pulled back and found her leaning over the couch, holding out the bag of candy.

"Should Penn and Kinsley switch? You guys can't have sex while the movie is on," she joked. All at once Penn, Liam, and I shouted, “No!”

Becca laughed and shook her head before turning back around to cuddle next to Penn. When the movie started playing, we all made a good faith effort to actually watch it, but not even ten minutes in, Liam held out a bag of Peanut M&Ms in front of my face. I eyed him warily. Chances were if I reached for them, he'd gnaw my hand off.

"More than Peanut M&Ms," he whispered, and it took me a moment to realize what he meant. When it clicked, I bit down on my bottom lip to try and conceal the cheesy grin fighting to break free. I took the bag, leaned into the crook of his shoulder, and one at time, we ate the entire thing.

Don't judge, it was a small bag.




Sometime during the movie I must have fallen asleep because when I woke up the lights were off and I had to pee like a racehorse. I was lying horizontally on the couch with a pillow tucked under my head that hadn't been there before. Liam was tucked behind me with his arm wrapped around my waist. I could hardly breathe, let alone move, with his grip wrapped securely around me. I gently peeled his arm off and then shuffled in the dark until I found the door.