Aggie laughs and puts up her hands as if she's surrendering. "Really," she says. "I offered to let him kiss my pet snake, Morgana, instead but I guess he thought I was less terrifying." So far, her first and only kisses had been on that night and she thinks she can take it or leave it. The game had mostly affirmed what she already knew about herself; love might be nice, but it would take a lot to convince her into anything physical.

"It's a party game. Everyone sits in a circle and there's a bottle. When it's your turn, you spin it and kiss whoever it's pointing at when it stops." And Jamie doesn't seem mad, so she figures there's no reason not to be honest. "Eddie spun the bottle and it landed on me."