Part 8
With dinner over and the kitchen clean, the friends started to gather in the living room again. While Torie went to get the games out, Kevin got in some wood for the fireplace. Howie and AJ were both settled talking to Shannon and Lynne getting to know them better which left Fiona and Nick sitting in awkward silence.
Nick fumbled with his shirt and looked up to see Kevin headed back out to get another armful of wood. "I’m gonna go give Kevin a hand."
Quickly, Nick rushed out onto the porch with Kevin. "God, it’s cold out here," shivered Nick.
Kevin laughed, "That’s what you get for coming out here without a coat on. What’s wrong, Nicky?"
Nick haad his hands shoved in his pockets and he kicked at a pile of snow on the porch. Looking at his feet, he said, "Everyone’s paired up with someone…AJ and Lynne, Howie and Shannon and you’ve got Torie. That leaves me….and Fiona."
Kevin was reminded of himself when he had finally decided to ask Torie out as he watched Nick. He felt sorry for the teenager who didn’t have much chance to socialize. Now Nick was coming to him for advice. Gently, Kevin said, "I thought you liked her. You’ve been dancing with her most of the afternoon."
"I do like her, Kevin, but she’s…she’s…."
Smiling, Kevin said, "She’s older than you?"
Nick breathed a sigh of relief. "Yeah."
"Relax, Nick. Nothing HAS to happen but hey, she’s a beautiful woman and you’ve been with women before."
"NOT like THAT and besides, they’ve all been my age. Isn’t there a law against this or something?"
Kevin laughed, "Only if you complain and if you complain, you’re dumber than I thought. Just relax, Nick. Everything will be fine."
"That’s easy for you to say. Torie’s a sure thing for you and not
inexperienced."
"Nick, listen to me. Everyone has to start somewhere."
"Where’d you start?"
"With Torie."
Nick’s eyes were big with surprise. "You’re kidding? Weren’t you a senior when you two started dating?"
"Yeah, I was but that doesn’t mean anything. I’d fooled around with girls, got to third base but Torie was my first."
"Does she know about the others?"
"Yeah…she also knows that she’s the only one I love. Now that we’re married, there won’t be any others. Let’s go back inside. It’s cold out here."
Nick held the door for Kevin and the two went back inside where everyone was waiting. Torie smiled seeing Kevin and moved to help him with the load of wood while Nick took a seat with Fiona.
"What were you and Nick talking about?" asked Torie quietly.
Kevin looked over his shoulder at Nick and Fiona. "Nick’s nervous."
Sarah smiled, "He’s a …."
Kevin nodded ‘yes’.
"Does he have any protection and does he know how to use it?"
"I doubt it."
"Do you have one to give him?"
"Yeah, in my wallet."
"Where’s your wallet?"
"In the bedroom."
"I’ll take Nick and give it to him."
Kevin laughed, "I’ll take care of it, ‘Munchkin’. I think it might embarrass him if you do it."
"You think?"
Putting the last piece of wood in the box, Kevin took Torie in his arms. "Yeah, I do. Reckon I can give Nick all I’ve got. We don’t need them any more, do we?"
"Nope," smiled Torie. "Not that we really used them much anyway. It was YOU and all those girls in Germany."
Kevin grinned. "I had to have some relief, dreaming about you and hearing your sexy voice on the phone but there was NO substitute for my girl. I have you now and I definitely don’t need anyone else."
AJ said, "I think what we need is a good game of ‘Spin the Bottle’
to get this night going."
Kevin laughed, "AJ, let’s save it for later. We don’t have to get into the making out right away."
Pulling Lynne closer, AJ said, "Why not? We’ve all got sexy women…it’s YOUR wedding night. I think it’s an excellent time to start the make out session."
"Relax, AJ," said Torie. "We’re gonna be here a while so there will be time for all that."
"Let’s play some of the games Torie got out," said Howie.
Reluctantly, AJ gave in and the group settled in to play ‘Monopoly’ first. There was a round of Trivial Pursuit too but the guys got frustrated with it and it was quickly put away. Finally, well into the evening, the bottle was pulled out for ‘Spin the Bottle’.
Kevin said, "Okay….Rules…NO frenching my wife. That’s MY job. Second, if the bottle lands on the same sex, the person spinning gets to pick who the other person is gonna kiss!"
"Cool!" agreed the others.
"Who’s going first?" asked Lynne.
"Torie should," said Howie.
Torie took the bottle that Howie handed her and set it on the floor. She looked at Kevin and gave the bottle a good spin. Unfortunately, her first spin landed on AJ and everyone laughed when Kevin groaned. AJ leaned across the circle and gave Torie a sweet kiss and then took the bottle. Spinning it, the bottle landed on Kevin.
"Hmmm….wonder who I could have Kevin kiss?" said AJ thoughtfully as he rubbed his chin.
"I know who you’d BETTER say," growled Kevin.
With a gleam in his eye, AJ said, "LYNNE."
Kevin gave AJ a scowl as Torie laughed, "Go on, Kevin….kiss her."
Kevin leaned across the circle to give Lynne a kiss then took the bottle. Giving it a hard spin, Kevin silently prayed that it would land on Torie but he wasn’t so lucky. The bottle stopped spinning and it was pointing to Nick. This was his chance to give Nick a boost so he said, "Okay, Nick….you’ve gotta kiss…..Fiona."
Nick blushed but he leaned over to Fiona. Their lips touched and parted as Nick’s tongue dipped in to taste her and his hand moved to her neck to pull her closer. The kiss lasted several minutes before Nick pulled away.
"Okay, my turn," grinned Nick. Spinning the bottle, it landed on Kevin and knowing that he owed Kevin, Nick said, "Okay, Kevin….you get to kiss Torie."
"It’s about time," snarked Kevin as he pulled Torie close to him.
The game continued into the night with each couple getting their fair share of chances to make out.
Kevin ended the game when Torie spun the bottle and it landed on Howie. "That’s enough. I say it’s time to tell ghost stories."
"Sounds good," said AJ as he kissed Lynne’s neck. "Another chance to hold this woman close."
"Kevin, you need to fix the fire first," said Torie. "And I’ll go fix some snacks."
Fiona offered, "I’ll help you, Torie."
"Okay, we meet back here in 10 minutes to tell ghost stories. I already have one in mind," grinned Kevin.
Torie groaned, "NOT that one!"
"Which one?" asked Lynne.
"It’s called ‘Don’t Run With Scissors’," said Kevin. "You’ll LOVE it."
"Yeah, uh huh….to DEATH," said Torie sarcastically.
"Just ignore her. She’s heard it before," laughed Kevin as he kissed Torie on the top of the head. "Go get some snacks, woman."