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"Come on, I was under the influence That’s not fair"

"But it is true"

"Maybe" I still wished I could reraphic novels Stuff like Hellblazer, Preacher"

I took another enius question Only all the blatantly obvious ones appeared insideIt was probably just as well that we’d skipped that part

"Wait," he said "What’s yours?"

"Jane Eyre How about your favorite movie?"

"Evil Dead 2 Yours?"

"Walk the Line"

"The one about the ether and rubbed the you did that you’ve never confessed to another living soul"

"Ooh, good one" Scary, but good Why couldn’t I have thought of a question like that?

He grinned around the top of his bottle of beer, well pleased with himself

"Let me think …"

"There’s a time limit"

I screwed up my face at him "There is not a time limit"

"There is," he said "Because you can’t try and think up soivethat comes into your head that you don’t want anyone else ever knowing about This is about honesty"

"Fine," I sniffed "I kissed a girl named Amanda Harper when I was fifteen"

His chin rose "You did?"

"Yes"

He sidled closer, eyes curious "Did you like it?"

"No Not really Iforward "She was the school lesbian and I wanted to see if I was one too"

"There was just the one lesbian at your school?"

"Oh, I suspected quite a few people, but only she was open about it She gave herself the title"

"Good for her" His hands settled onroom for him "Why did you think you were a lesbian?"

"To be accurate, I was hoping I was bi," I said "More options Because, honestly, the guys at school were …"

"They hat?" He grippedme closer No way did I resist

"They didn’t really interestyour lesbian friend Amanda didn’t do it for you either?" he asked

"No"

He clicked his tongue "Da, by the way"

"What? How?"

"You wereterrible" His sirl isn’t even reue"

"Was there?"

"A little The briefest of touches, ot weirded out and stopped it"

He took another swig of beer "Your ear tips are doing the pink thing again"

"I bet they are" I laughed and ducked my head "I didn’t cheat I never told anyone about that kiss I was going to take it to rave You should feel honored byI’ You wereterrible The rules were clear Go again and give e turn-on, huh?"