Tenn paled. He eyed her like a bomb about to detonate. “Babe?”

Libby glanced back and forth between her on the couch and Tenn beside her.

When Tegan didn’t respond, Tenn’s eyes widened “BABE.”

She closed her eyes and shook her head. Her eyebrows were both raised. “I’m not jealous,” she said in a higher pitched voice than usual.

Tenn’s face fell. “That face and tone of voice are not reassuring.”

Tegan threw her arms up and huffed. “It’s just not fair.”

Tenn flinched. “That she’s alive? Baby⁠—”

“That I can’t retaliate!” she shouted back in a rush.

Tim hung his head and chuckled. “Trouble, for fucks’ sake⁠—”

“Wait ‘til Bettina wakes up,” Tegan grumbled and crossed her arms over her chest. Her legs were crisscrossed under her. “She’ll tell me I should’ve listened to her in high school.”

“I am terrified to ask,” Tenn said under his breath.

Tegan shook her head, her eyebrows still raised. “She said I should’ve been more of a slut. Well, she said we should’ve been more slutty⁠—”

“Oi, what?” The alarmed expression on Jackson’s face was actually comical but I had to hide my chuckle.

“It’s just not fair. I can’t make you jealous.” She groaned. “I can’t pull an ex-boyfriend or ex-hookup out of the shadows and parade him around to make you jealous. It’s not fair.”

Libby cackled and slid down onto the couch next to Royce. “This is fun.”

Tenn’s jaw dropped. “Babe⁠—”

“And to make it worse, I went and told you the truth. If I had just kept my mouth shut.” Tegan exhaled dramatically. Her legs were bouncing on the couch. “You never asked me who I hooked up with. You didn’t care then, but I bet you’d care a little bit now. Just a little maybe? For like a second?”

Tenn’s brow was pinched in the middle. He stared at her like he’d never met her. “Babe?”

Cooper shook his head and pinched the bridge of his nose. “What is happening right now?”

Tegan threw her arm out toward her twin. “At least Emersyn got to make Deacon sweat for like an hour or two with Christian.”

Em chuckled, her hands held out into the fire. “That was satisfying as fuck.”

Tegan threw both hands up again. “SEE?”

Cooper scowled. “Not helping, Emersyn.”

Em shrugged one shoulder. “Disagree, Brother.”

Thiago nodded and leaned forward, resting his elbows on his knees. “So you’re saying if you hadn’t told him the truth, you’d get some guy to pretend to have been your ex?”

Tegan pointed to him with a wild sparkle in her eyes. “YEAH. Someone hot and gorgeous⁠—”

“What is happening right now?” Tenn whispered.

Tegan crossed her arms again. “I should’ve kept my mouth shut. But no, all proud of my virginity and shit.”