As we started flipping over cards I realized Josh was now playing to avoid dares. We hadn't clarified any rules about that, and considering we were already playing strip poker I was more than a little concerned the girls would leverage us into doing something I was not interested in.

Josh didn't lose though, his pair of nines keeping him from his first dare of the night. Instead, Beth swore as she turned over a blank hand, Malena grumbling beside me as she did the same.

"Looks like it's time to take those pants off Beth," Alanna teased with a grin.

"Ummm," Beth blushed, "No, not quite yet." She reached...