Chapter 27

“You guys are cheating,” Brenton slurs.

“How am I cheating? I don’t even know the rules. I’m pretty sure you guys just keep changing them so I have to drink,” Donnie says carefully. He’s clearly drunk, too, but he seems to handle it better than Brenton.

“Well, I give up. I’m going to bed.” Brenton staggers to his feet and out of the room.

“Seems not so fun to play cards with just the two of us. Want to watch a movie?” Jed suggests. He’s not ready to go to bed yet, and he really likes Donnie’s company, can never get enough of it.

“Yeah, a movie sounds good.” Donnie nods. They abandon the cards but take their drinks with them to the couch.

Jed finds a movie on one of the movie channels, some horror flick, and then gets comfortable. Donnie lies out on the other side, but he props his feet on Jed’s lap. Jed smiles. Donnie’s a touchy-feely guy if he’s comfortable with you, with his friends. Jed’s glad he can count himself one of them.