"Hey Em, wanna play truth or dare?"

"You can't really play that with 2 people, can you?"

"Well is there a rule book? Because if there is, I'd like to see it"

"Fine. We'll play"

"Truth or Dare"

"Truth...I guess"

"Ok. If you had to be one celebrity on earth then who would you be and why"

"Wow. A bit of an open ended question don't you think?"

"Whatevs. So who would you be"

"I don't know"
"You don't know or you don't want to tell me"
"I don't know"

"You don't know or you don't know if you don't want to tell me"

"I don't know"
"You don't know or you..."

"Shut up Ali your confusing me"

"Ok. So come on who would you be"

"I think I'd like to be...Beyonce"

"Beyonce? Why?"

"Because she's so talented and everyone loves her"

"Are you sure that's the only reason?"

"Yeah..what else"

"Well Beyonce is my favourite pop star"

"Yeah I know"

"So is that why you chose her?"

"What? No"

"Are you sure?"

"Well I don't know"

"Stop saying that"
"Saying what"

"Saying 'I don't know"

"Why?"

"Because when you say it you start believing it"

"Meaning what"

"If you keep telling yourself that your unsure about something then eventually you will become unsure about it"

"And is that a bad thing?"

"Well in some ways"

"What do I have to be so unsure about?"

"Yourself"

Emily gulped. "Okay it's your turn now Ali. Truth or Dare"

"Nope it's not my turn yet"
"Why not?"

"Because you didn't answer the last question"

"I so did! I said Beyonce remember?"

"Well yeah but I also asked you why you would chose Beyonce"

"And I told you that too"

"But you didn't tell me the truth. Or most of it anyway"

"Fine Ali. My turn again"

"Truth or Dare"

"Truth"

"Okay. If you could change anything about yourself, then what would it be"

Emily stared at Alison for a while.

"Be more specific" she said "Do you mean something about my body or generally something about me"

"Either"

"Uhm...I don't really know"

"Come on. You must want to change SOMETHING. Like, if there is a stupid habit you have or you know...something you really like but wish you didn't?"

"Well if I like something then I'm not going to wish that I didn't like it"

"Why not"
"Because if I chose to like something, I'm not going to then wish I didn't like it"

"Okay then. Something else about yourself"

"Well what would you say"
"About what"

"What would you change about yourself?"

"Hmm..I don't know."

"Exactly"

"Exactly what?"

"You can't just decide something like that on the spot"
"Well...maybe I like something that I wish I didn't"
"Really? What is it?"

"Not what. Who"

"Who?
"Yeah. Who. Do you need me to tweet it to you?"

"Shut up Ali. So tell me, who is this mystery boy"

"I'm not telling"

"Why not? I'm your friend. And why don't you wish you liked him"
"Just certain reasons"
"Like what? Does he have a girlfriend? Or is it a teacher...?"

"Ew, Em, gross. As if I would crush on a teacher"

"So what is it about this boy that makes him so forbidden"

"What makes the boy forbidden is that he isn't a boy at all."

Emily gulped again and pretended that she didn't hear what Alison said.

"Okay this time it really is your turn Ali. Truth or dare"

"Dare"

"Okay. Your dare is to text your 'forbidden' crush and tell them you like them"

"Okay"

Alison smiled gently and pulled her mobile phone out of her bag. Emily watched as Alison tapped her keyboard on her phone. Finally, she put her phone back in her bag.

"So?" asked Emily "Did you tell him?"

"Yeah. I did"
Emily heard a buzzing coming from her bag. She opened it and pulled out her phone. Displayed on the screen were two words.

It's You