Letting My Brother's Best Friend Take My V-Card

ATTEMPT 1: FAILED LUKE

Sweat dripped down my back as I gripped the base of the raft with Josh, muscles straining with each step. The damn thing was heavier than it looked, and Josh's mood wasn't helping.

Every other minute, he'd mutter some snippy comment, griping about the bamboo ties or the heat or Sarah's plan. If I weren't so focused on keeping my grip steady, I'd have told him to shut the hell up by now.

But one look at Sarah's exhausted face-eyes half-lidded with dark circles-and I bit back my own irritation. As far as a female, trapped on an island with two assholes go- she really has been holding her own, and the only person here with mood swings was Josh. We finally reached the water's edge, and Josh dropped his end of the raft with a grunt. "You think this piece of crap is actually gonna get us anywhere?" he muttered, casting a doubtful look at the slapped-together frame.

I didn't answer, just heaved the thing forward until the calm waves licked at the bamboo. "We'll find out

won't we?"

Sarah folded her arms, eyeing the raft as if sheer willpower could keep it from breaking apart. She sighed, rubbing her temples, but said nothing. She'd put everything into this idea- convinced that if we could just reach that island on the horizon, maybe, just maybe, we'd have a chance at getting rescued.

ATTEMPT FAILED

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I shoved the raft farther into the water and glanced over at Josh. "On three," I said, catching his eye. He rolled his eyes but nodded. "One...two....three."

until it floated on its own, bobbing lightly in the

For now...

tense eyes, arms

we'd actually built something that might carry us off this damn place. So, we did what any sane person would do we got on to see if it would float. stepped onto the raft, feeling the bamboo creak beneath me.

and winked - "Titanic my ass." Josh

myself, glancing back to

at me.

But a small wave

the pressure snapped one of the ties loose. I felt it give beneath me, and then suddenly, everything was unraveling, pieces of bamboo

water. I hit the cold ocean

pieces, fingers slipping against the wet wood. Josh grabbed another, glaring at me as if this disa When we turned back toward the shore, Sarah stood there, hands on her head, looking more defeated than I'd ever seen. She looked from me to

face was twisted in irritation. The second his feet hit the sand, Sarah's eyes went

looked at her, eyebrows

seeing what Sarah had noticed. "Man,

in the long, jagged scrape running down his calf, blood trickling out and mixing with

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