“And Zofi's a Lot more into you than she lets on. I can't quite figure that girl out just yet. I know it seems like she'd rather take a back seat, mess around with the other girls, and let the more aggressive bitches crawl all over you, but you don't notice how often she sort of stares at you Longingly when she thinks nobody's watching her.”

“And you DO notice?”

“Nobody pays attention to the quiet one. I see a Lot when they don't think anybody's watching. It's classic misdirection. Sam does it a ton.

She'Ll tell Neevie to go give you a titty fuck, and then while everyone is watching the two of you, her mask falls away and her true face comes out."

I glanced down at Mari. "You are dangerous.”

Mari giggled. "I'll take that as a compliment.”

“Okay, now you've got me curious. What else do I need to know that I don't already know?"

“Alice wants you to take her virginity, too."

“WHAT ?"

“We've talked about it, and not even leaving the BTC is gonna change her mind. She'll spend some time away from us, but after a few weeks she's gonna really miss her friends, miss you being her best friend, and realize that banging you is something she's always wanted for herself. Once she realizes she's ready for sex, she'll come back and happily join ‘Matty's Harem', as she puts it. It was always going to be you; she's known that since eighth grade. She told Belle, too, but swore us both to secrecy.”

“An oath you're clearly breaking right now.”

Mari shrugged.

“You got my cherry. I now serve a higher master... or something." She emphasized the last part by rubbing my penis.

I frowned. "I don't want you to get into any trouble."

She shook her head distractedly, staring a thousand yards away. "Belle dreams about marrying you all the time. She's planned a hundred different weddings and come up with dozens of boy names that start with

M and girl names that start with B."

“Maybe you should stop before you say anything she won't forgive you for."

"She said you offered to Leave the BTC for her. Scared the shit out of her, actually, because of how tempted she was to take you up on it."

“Mari...”

“She said she wants to tell her dad she's in love with you, move into your house so she can spend all night with you, fall asleep with your cum in her pussy, and wake you up in the morning with a blowjob."

“Mari.”

“But she's terrified of destroying her relationships with all of us, including me, which is why she told me. The whole group has spent years swearing by The Rule to prevent any one of us from stealing you away from the others. You think Neevie's trying to hold herself back so she won't break up the BTC? She's got nothing on Belle's Level of guilt, which is why Belle's always hanging back when the whole group plays around together, why she wanted to give Neevie that one-on-one time, and why she prepped you for taking me out tonight. She's trying to prove to herself that she's not a selfish bitch and still cares about her friends."

“MARI."

I squeezed her just as hard as I'd barked her name, and only then did she seem to snap out of her trance. She blinked rapidly and stared up at me in surprise.

“Your turn," I said seriously. "You already exposed your friends despite the whole ‘chicks before dicks' thing. What do I need to know about YOU that I don't already know?"