"Never have I ever had sex."

I feel I should clarify, it wasn't like I was unappealing to girls or anything. I had a long-term girlfriend at school for a few years, and we fooled around a bit (okay, a lot). We did pretty much everything short of actual penetration, but she just never felt ready. I almost felt the need to defend myself in front of my new flatmates, but I was the one who brought it up so I kept my mouth shut. I was comforted when Emily and Tim didn't drink either.

Allie was to my left, and went next. "Uh, never have I ever had sex with more than one person?"

"At the same time?" asked Laura with a grin.

"Oh, no, just, ever. But, uh, I guess two at the same time counts."

Laura and Jack drank.

"Never have I ever, um..." Tim scrolled through a list of questions he found on some website on his phone. "Oh! Masturbated outside my own home."

Jack drank. So did Emily and Laura. And me.

"Never have I ever," said Emily, "been seen naked by anyone outside my family."

Everyone except Tim drank.

"Never have I ever," said Jack, with purpose, looking around the circle at the three girls, "shaved my pubic region bare."

The three girls all grimaced, as if the question were a little too personal. But, after a long, awkward pause, eventually only Allie drank.

"Never have I ever..." said Laura, pausing either for effect or because she couldn't think of anything she hadn't done, "done anal... Oh, come on? None of you? Really?"

Resigning herself to her fate, she took her big forfeit drink.