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He’s handsouys--some athletes--who are chiseled and perfect and pretty The ones we see in ht noses and arresting eyes, landscaped--or arner attention

Sterling is none of these things

He has scars and flaith freckles across the bridge of his nose that contradict how big andTall and boxy and--

"Scarlett?"

"H me any favors

"Never have I ever called so sack of shit"

I grab a pilloallop him with it "Would you stop that!"

His s questions you already know the answer to Are you trying to getI a to get me drunk"

"Pfft, like you’d hate that"

"No, I wouldn’t hate it"

There is no doubt about it: we are trying to get each other drunk

Naughty, naughty

I can’t even look at his face when I ask, "What et you drunk?"

"To take advantage of me?" He sounds hopeful

"In your dreams, pal" I’m a pretty little liar

"Accurate" The neutral expression on his face gives nothing away "Every daot h it away to keep thedrunk…that didn’t evenyou questions I already know the answer to if you agree to do the sareed"

"Good, because I want to get to know you better" I bite down on"Never have I ever…hmmm, let’s see Never have I ever cheated?"

Rowdy tilts his head "Didn’t you already ask ht--you cheated on your road test by flirting with the guy at the DMV"

We regard each other from across the couch and he raises a brow

"How about rephrasing the question?" he asks slowly

I let out a breath "Never have I ever cheated on a significant other"

There, I said it, the question I’ve been curious about but too da, piece of shit, jock stereotype?

"Oh, well that one is easy" He grins "No"

"Are you being honest?"

His brows furrow "Why would I lie?"

"I just--you’re surrounded by girls, I just thought maybe--"

He cuts me off "If you had asked if I’ve cheated at baseball or in class, then yes, I would have had to take a drink"

"Is that a fact?"

"Yup I used to cheat all the time when I was a kid, especially in middle school--I sucked at " My face gets hot "At s I can see you, uh, sucking atwith you?

He clears his throat, glancing away, inspecting his fingernails with a smile "Never have I ever sexted"

My head rears back at that one, surprised he’s dropping a sext bomb "What do you suppose the answer to that is?" I’d really like to knohat he thinks of et no street cred around here" I laugh, chugging

I swear, I’ve never seen anyone’s eyes get so wide as his are right now

"For real?"