Chapter 112

The battle was tough. It’s not like I was any better at the game, but this time I had the distinct advantage of going back and playing Superman again. I had already gotten down a few of his combos, so I was able to figure out a couple more.

I had just broken Aquaman’s health to half, with the cutscene running, when the sliding door to the porch opened and Sherry stepped inside before seeing us and stopping. “Oh.”

“Hey,” Leia said, only half paying attention since she was waiting for the cutscene to finish.

“What are you two doing?” Sherry asked, her brow furrowed as she looked at me sitting in just my briefs.

“Just playing a video game,” I said.

“Why are you half-naked, though?”

“Because I’ve kicked his ass over and over,” Leia chuckled.

“Well ... you know he’s hooking up with people, right?” Sherry asked. “He’s probably just trying to lure you into making a bad decision.”

“Whoa,” Leia said, pressing pause and frowning as she turned to Sherry. “What the fuck does that mean?”

I was sort of pissed at Sherry by that point, but the look on the girl’s face said she wasn’t necessarily sure what she was doing. She’d wanted to say something to cut at me, but hadn’t been expecting Leia to drill down, so I decided to just let her dig her own hole.

“Um, I mean he’s ... not a good guy,” Sherry said, hesitating heavily. “He’s ... oh, never mind.”
“No, no. What do you mean he’s ‘luring me into making a bad decision?’ Because either that means you think I’m not smart enough to see if that was happening and that I’m bad at this game, or that you really mean something else.”

Sherry had a look like she was cornered on her face, even though she was standing in an open doorway. “I just- He-”

“Robbie, are you trying to take advantage of me?” Leia asked, turning to me.

“No,” I said. “And I don’t think I could even if I wanted to like this.”

Leia turned back to Sherry. “So what is it, then? You think he’s a bad guy because...?”

“Never mind!” Sherry said, trying to walk past us and deeper into the houseboat, but Leia didn’t let up.

“You don’t get to just say shit and run away, Sherry,” she said. “Just spit it out. Why don’t you like Robbie all of a sudden?”

“Because he fucked my sister!” Sherry hissed, turning around pissed.

Leia rocked back a little on her butt, raising an eyebrow as she looked at me. “You did?”

“Cattie spent the night with Cassidy and I,” I said. “And that’s all the detail I’m giving about that, other than the fact that Heather was the one who pushed her into it. Which, by the way,” I turned to Sherry, “I would think would be a big part of the conversation you would have had with your sister if you talked to her about this.”

“Whatever,” Sherry practically spit out, rushing away and heading to her room before slamming the door.

“Jesus Christ,” Leia sighed. Then she looked at me again. “Look, Robbie...”

“Leia, I’m not expecting anything here from you,” I said. “The thing with Cattie is different. You and I weren’t doing anything wrong, we were just having some flirty fun that I promise you Cassidy would be totally fine with if she was here with us or not. And you’re kicking my ass pretty consistently, but I’m still having fun.”

Leia looked at me with a considering glance. “I’m just a little ... shook, I guess,” Leia said. “Not about you two and Cattie, but, uh, what I felt when Sherry said you’d hooked up with Cattie. Robbie, you and Cassidy ... you gave me an orgasm.” She’d lowered her voice to almost a whisper. “I was trying to play it cool, but I’ve been freaking out about that a bit since it happened. I can’t figure out if it was you, or her words, or just me being way too pent up. And part of me has wanted to ask you two to do it again to see if it was a one-time thing, and another part wants to try and forget it happened since it has to be a fluke.” She was blushing at this point and licked her lower lip before looking away nervously. “And one little part of me wanted to break my rule and just ask if you two wanted to fuck.”