"Why don't we play a nice lil' friendly game o' 'Never Have I Ever'?"
Beth immediately laughed, "Yes! Man, I am so going to destroy you Manning. I know everything about you".
Helena turned to the athlete next to her with a questioning look. "Never Have I Ever? I don't know this…"
Beth took another swig of her drink and nodded before starting. "Aight, the name of the game is 'Never have I Ever'. Basically, it's a slumber party game all about breaking friendships and revealing which of us is the biggest whore… Whore that we love of course. Everyone holds up ten fingers", she shows this by holding up both hands herself. "When it's your turn, you say something you've never done. Something like bad or private, and if someone else playing has done it they put a finger down", Beth puts on of her own fingers down to demonstrate, "And basically all the last person with fingers still up wins is bragging rights for the rest of the night".
Everyone then got into a circle as instructed by Sarah. Helena nudged the person sitting next to her, Cosima and asks, "What kind of questions are good for this game?", unsurely.
Cosima lit up, always happy at the chance to explain things. She raised her hands and began talking excitedly with them, "Alright, so basically you wanna like, ask stuff that could possibly be embarrassing. Like sexual or illegal", seeing Helena's surprised look, Cosima corrected herself. "Not illegal like being a serial killer, more like what we're doing now. Underage drinking, petty assault… Wasted youth things", she says the last part under her breathe as she puts her arm around her girlfriend and steals a side glance to Sarah.
"Oi!" Sarah laughed and threw a pillow at the dreadlocked girl, "Vic the Dick totally deserved that ash tray. You forgetting I know where ya live Cos?". Cosima reaches across Helena to jokingly push Sarah, totally unfazed by her threat.
"Alright, I think we all understand the rules perfectly now", Rachel says with an air of superiority, "Let's begin".
"Aight, Okay, but first we gotta make an oath to not lie in this game. We're all friends, and those of us who ain't", Sarah says while slyly motioning to Rachel, "know that I can kick some ass if any secrets happen to get out. In fact, I have before...", she reminds Rachel of the incident they had Freshman year. Rachel very briefly looks scared.
"Oh shit! Oh yeah!", Cosima claps her hands and doubles over laughing along with most of the other girls, before pointing at Rachel, "She gave you a pretty wicked bruise then… Man, gotta love concealer".
"Can we please stop acting like idiots and just start the game", Rachel whisper-shouted, trying to move on from the embarrassing moment.
Everyone nodded and got comfortable in their seat. Going clockwise from Sarah, was Rachel, Beth, Alison, Delphine, Cosima, and Helena. Cosima and Delphine simultaneously held up ten fingers, the two lovers somehow always in sync. The rest of the group followed action.
Beth nudges Delphine with her foot, "You start Frenchie. You've barely said anything all night".
"And we'll just go around the circle from there", Sarah adds, agreeing.
Delphine blushes slightly once realizing how distracted she's been by her girlfriend, "D'accord, Okay". The french girl takes a couple seconds to think it over and says, "Never have I ever dranken Vodka". To this sarah tsks and silently says "damn it" while putting down a finger. She is the only one.
Cosima smiles at her girlfriend, then to her currently losing friend. "Hmm… Never have I ever…" Cosima wiggles her ten fingers and smugly looks at Sarah, "Never have I ever dated a hispanic dude who turned out to be a drug dealer!"
Sarah laughs and puts down another finger. "Yo, you guys like, teaming up against me now? What's up with tha'?" she jokes at the science duo.
Helena, who is currently leaning on her twin sister's shoulder, says, "Do not worry sis, I've got you covered. Never have I ever kissed another girl". Cosima and Delphine laugh a put down a finger, but they're not the only one. Beth puts one down as well, but it's not a very big surprise since the group was well aware of her sexuality. The big shocker, was when Alison looked away embarrassed before putting down a finger herself.
Everyone gasped and started to laugh. Cosima shushed them and shouted out, "Oh my god Ali. You have never mentioned this fun little fact to me" she settles into a flirtatious tone and leans towards Alison, "So who was she?"
The chuckles coming from the French girl beside her bothered Alison, so she huffed and smacked Delphine on the shoulder. The foreign girl, however, doesn't even show any signs of noticing over her laughter and just entangles herself into her girlfriend. "It's none of your business! Now everyone stop it!" Alison straightens up in her seat and looks at Beth angrily, who was stifling a laugh next to her.
"Holy shite, this shit is grand. Alrigh' my turn, my turn. Never have I ever", Sarah looks over to Cosima and smirks, "smoked something illegal".
Cosima and Delphine glanced at each other and smiled before they both put down a finger. Sarah, Delphine, and Cosima were now tied for last with eight fingers up each.
It was Rachel's turn now, and she says without any hesitation, "Never have I ever had a pregnancy scare". To this, Sarah groans loudly, falls backwards onto her back, and puts down another finger.
"Damn though, I was totally planning on using that one!" Beth curses as Sarah sits back up, "Never Have I ever had sex in a car". Sarah, Delphine, Rachel, and Cosima put a finger down. "Ha! Wow Rach, Never thought you had it in you".
"Do not call me that, Elizabeth", Rachel scorns at the nickname given to her, while Beth makes a mental note of how to annoy her in the future.
Then, Beth realizes that Delphine has also admitted to this act, and laughs. "Yo Delphine! Don't let our little Cos corrupt you now".
Delphine smiles softly and looks lovingly at Cosima, "Non, she won't". Then she shakes her head like she suddenly remembered where she was, "Um… Alison?"
"Right, yes. Um… never have I ever stolen something", Alison smiles and turns to Beth. Beth bumps her in the arm but puts down a finger. Cosima puts a finger down as well, and Sarah is left with one hand.
"Dammit, Alison! I'm losing so bad!" Sarah looked over to her twin, "And you!" She say using her free hand to playfully hit her, "Are too innocent!" Helena laughs and slaps her back.
"No seestra, you are just too punk!" Helena puts air quotes around the word 'punk' and keeps laughing. Once her sister and her are done, they turn to Delphine expectantly.
"Never have I ever fallen in love", Delphine looks at Cosima and they both put a finger down.
"You're not supposed to say stuff you've done dipshit", Beth says while putting a finger down as well, which catches Alison's attention.
"And… Just who have you fallen in love with?!", Alison asks with a slightly jealous tone.
Cosima notices the panicked look Beth gets and and exclaims, "No time!". Cosima holds up her one remaining hand and announces, "Never have I ever drank more than half a six-pack in under an hour", smirking at Helena and nudging her arm.
"I'm on summer vacation", Helena explains while smiling and reducing her ten fingers to nine.
Now her, Alison, and Rachel are tied for first place, all with nine fingers. In second place is Beth with seven fingers still up. Next, Delphine is left with six, while in last place is Cosima and Sarah with only one hand still up and five fingers each.
Helena takes a moment to think before she says, "Never have I ever snuck out at night". Sarah, Cosima, Beth, and Rachel all put down a finger.
"Cosima I am so determined to make you lose before I do right now", Sarah threatens as she notices both Cosima and she have four, a dangerously low amount, of fingers left. "Never have I ever kissed someone in this room", she says with a sneaky smile.
Cosima and Delphine laugh and instantly put a finger down. All laughter fades into a shocked silence, however, once Beth and Alison nervously glance at one another and each put a finger down themselves.