Farkle flew to the door when he heard the doorbell. Which, of course, took awhile, since his house was so big.

Today was the day. The Red Planet Diaries finale and, possibly more important, the first sleepover Farkle had ever hosted.

Sure, sleepovers were generally a girly thing, but that didn't change Farkle's excitement. He had spent most of his life without friends, and when he finally got some he was embarrassed to show them his huge house. But now that he had friends who accepted him, he felt like he could finally stand to have one. He had invited Zay, Charlie, Dave, Yogi, and, of course, Lucas.

On the other side of the door stood Lucas and Zay. The finale wasn't supposed to start for another hour but Farkle asked everyone to show up early so that they could talk and speculate about what might happen before it started.

"Hey guys!" Farkle greeted cheerfully.

"Hey Farkle, thanks for inviting us," Zay said.

"I brought s'mores!" Lucas announced, holding up a bag.

"Lucas, you said that at school," Zay pointed out.

"Come on in to my room," Farkle directed. "That's where we're watching the episode."

...

"I was thinking we could theorize before the episode, but I'd like for everyone to be involved, so until they get here do you guys want to play some games?" Farkle asked.

"Sounds good," Lucas agreed.

"Whatcha got?" Zay asked.

"Let me see," Farkle responded, pulling out his phone. "'Top Sleepover Games and Activities'. Watching TV, playing a board game, truth or dare..."

"Truth or dare! Let's do that!" Zay interrupted.

"Sure, I'm up for it," Lucas agreed.

"Sounds like a plan. Who wants to go first?"

"I will!" Zay replied. "Lucas. Truth or dare?"

"Dare," Lucas responded with a cocky grin.

"Ooh, okay..." Zay said, thinking for a second. "Do we want to do super awkward and embarrassing dares? Or just normal ones?"

"Uh... I vote normal ones," Farkle chimed in.

"Nah, let's do awkward and embarrassing!" Lucas argued. "That's much more fun."

"Well... okay," Farkle agreed. I'll just always pick truth, he thought.

"Great," Zay grinned. "Lucas, I dare you to wear nothing but your underwear until the episode ends."

"Whoa, that's a harsh start," Lucas gasped.

"You don't have to do it if you don't want to," Farkle offered.

"No way! A dare's a dare." Lucas stood up and unbuttoned his shirt before pulling it over his head, revealing his six pack. Farkle couldn't help but stare. He had had feelings for Lucas for awhile, though he always pushed them aside because he was obviously straight - he loved Riley, Maya, and Smackle. While Farkle stared and had a mental battle about his orientation, Lucas unzipped his jeans and slid them to the floor, too, leaving him in his boxers. "This is going to be really awkward when everyone else arrives," Lucas remarked.

"Well man, you're up," Zay said, chuckling.

"Farkle, truth or dare?"

"Truth," Farkle said quickly.

"Aw, alright," Lucas sighed, thinking for a second. "Have you ever been attracted to a guy?"

Farkle's face turned bright red. "Uhhhh..."

"Sounds like a yes to me," Zay snickered, causing Farkle to blush more and hide his face.

"Hey, don't worry, man. We won't judge," Lucas assured Farkle, putting a hand on his shoulder.

"We might pry though," Zay interjected. "Who was it?"

"Nope, it's my turn now," Farkle argued. There went his plan for using nothing but truth. Now the question is, which is worse? Awkward dares or embarrassing questions? He decided not to worry about it until it was his turn. "Zay, truth or dare?"

"Dare," Zay grinned cockily.

"I dare you to..." Farkle wondered how embarrassing he should go. Maybe if he made it easy, they would go easy on him. "Hug Charlie when he shows up."

"What? That's it?" Zay asked, disappointed.

"You can do better than that, Farkle," Lucas teased.

"Okay, fine. Hug Charlie... kiss him on the cheek, and call him honey-nugget. Without saying it was a dare."

"Oooh, good one," Lucas cheered, offering his hand for a high five, which Farkle took.

"Alright, I guess it's my turn again," Zay sighed, thinking over the event that was bound to happen soon. "Farkle, truth or dare?"

...

Twenty minutes later, the effects of their game were obvious. Lucas was still in his underwear and wearing bright red lipstick stolen from Jennifer, Farkle had his hair sticking straight up (groomed by Zay) and was wearing one of his old turtlenecks (which barely fit, leaving his stomach showing and his arms almost impossible to move), Zay was wearing his pants on his head, and Farkle and Zay had traded underwear.

"How do you wear these?" Farkle asked, adjusting the wedgie Zay's briefs had given him for the third time since the dare had been made. "They're so tiny."

"I kind of like wearing boxers," Zay remarked. "It makes me feel like I'm wearing pants on my legs, not my head."

"At least you guys have clothes on at all," Lucas chuckled. "Alright, Zay, your turn."

"Farkle, truth or dare?"

So far, picking dare had worked for him (and kept him out of having to say he was attracted to Lucas), so Farkle was feeling brave. "Dare."

"I dare you... to kiss Lucas on the lips for at least fifteen seconds." At this statement, both Lucas and Farkle stared at Zay. Farkle regretted not picking truth. "Payback for what I'm going to have to do to Charlie."

"Uh, you don't have to if you don't want to, Farkle," Lucas said nervously.

"A dare's a dare, right?" Farkle asked, trying to be confident. Lucas shrugged and stood up, walking to the center of the room, where Farkle met him. For a moment they just stared at each other before Farkle finally took initiative and leaned in, bringing their lips together.

At first, Farkle focused on counting to fifteen seconds so that he could pull away as soon as time was up. But it didn't take long for him to get a little... distracted. Lucas's lips were soft and seemed to fit against Farkle's perfectly. The peach fuzz above his lip tickled Farkle's face invitingly, and before Farkle knew it he was relaxed into the kiss, his hands on Lucas's muscular back. He finally snapped out of it when he realized that his tongue had just pushed against the lips and he realized that he likely just embarrassed himself in front of Lucas. He started to pull away when he realized that Lucas's hand was on the back of his head, pushing him deeper into the kiss, and he suddenly realized that Lucas's tongue wanted entry into his mouth, too. Taken aback by this revelation, Farkle didn't know what else to do but give it to him.

Lucas's tongue explored Farkle's mouth as he ran his hand through the nerdier boy's messy hair. Relaxing again, Farkle ran his hand along Lucas's back, admiring every individual muscle. However, their moment of passion was interrupted by the sound of the doorbell, snapping both boys back to reality and quickly apart, Farkle tripping over his bed as he stumbled backwards.

"I did not see that coming," Zay remarked.

"No one says anything!" Farkle shouted, jumping off the bed to his feet and taking off to the door to let the other guys in. On his way, he saw his reflection and realized that the lipstick Lucas was wearing had been smudged all over his face and desperately tried to get it off, to little avail. Rushed by the doorbell ringing again, he decided to leave it (with the excuse that it was "part of a dare", which clearly was not a lie, if anyone asked), and quickly opened the door to reveal Charlie, Dave, and Yogi had all arrived.

"Wow," Dave remarked upon seeing Farkle's hair and face.

"Yeah, uh, we played Truth or Dare while waiting for you guys," Farkle said, chuckling nervously. "Anyway, come on in. We can eat some junk food and speculate on what's going to happen in the episode."

...

"Hi, honey-nugget," Zay greeted Charlie awkwardly as the boys returned to the room, embracing him in a hug and kissing him on the cheek.

"Hey, hunkalicious," Charlie responded, grabbing Zay and kissing him on the lips.

Zay quickly pulled back and put his hand to his mouth. "I might need glasses, because I didn't see that coming either." Charlie laughed.

"Just messing with you. Farkle already told us you played truth or dare. So what else happened?"

"Nothing!" Farkle, Lucas, and Zay all shouted at the same time, leaving Charlie, Dave, and Yogi suspicious.

"This is going to be an interesting sleepover," Charlie mused to Dave and Yogi.