A/N: So, this next chapter isn't the most original, I admit, but it was funny to write either way! Thank you for the reviews so far, and to my guest reviewer, I'm not really sure how they could get more food and drinks when they're stuck in an elevator, haha. Unless someone had something else in their bag that they forgot about earlier (or didn't want to share).

-CCM

Chapter 4

Within the hour, the dingy walls of the elevator had been decorated with colorful pictures of cute animals torn out of Cat's coloring book, stuck on the mirrored surface over their heads with clear tape from a roll that Cat herself had stored in her purse. Joining the flowered pink and purple unicorn was a striped orange cat with big blue eyes, a golden floppy eared puppy, a pale spotted bunny munching on a carrot, and a parrot in all shades of the rainbow.

Robbie had also finally woken up, and he and Cat shared the remains of the oat and raisin granola bar after Cat had gotten tired of coloring. Then André opened their lone bottle of Wahoo Punch and passed it around so that everyone could get a sip; he figured it would be best to save the water as long as possible. Their pile of food was dwindling quickly, and still there was no sign of rescue.

Plus, Cat was still complaining that she had to pee, but there was nothing anyone could really do about it, so she just continued to look very uncomfortable. Eventually, though, they would all have to use the bathroom, and… well, Tori didn't want to think about that until the time came.

"I'm bored…" Robbie finally sighed, after the group had sat around staring at each other and sipping on papaya Wahoo Punch for the past hour and a half.

André stopped nervously tapping his foot on the floor and looked over at his curly haired friend. "Well… I don't know. Maybe we could play a game?"

"Ooohhh, I love games!" Cat squealed, her interest immediately piqued. "What kind of game?"

"Well, Little Red... I'm not really sure. Anyone got any ideas?"

"Hmm…" Robbie wondered aloud. "Maybe we could play-"

"Let's play truth or dare," his puppet, Rex, interjected.

"Whaaat?" Tori exclaimed, whipping around to give the dummy a bewildered look, her eyebrows raised. "What would you want to play that for?"

"Yeah, what are we, middle schoolers?" Jade added as she picked at a fingernail with disinterest.

"Well, why not?" Rex asked, and Tori stared at him.

"For one thing, you're just a puppet…" she began, and Rex looked as offended as any puppet could possibly look.

"You don't know what I got!"

"And secondly," Tori added, ignoring his objections, "I just don't see the appeal of playing truth or dare in... this sort of situation."

André, however, shrugged. "I don't know… I mean, I don't see why not. It's not like we have anything better to do. Would you rather just sit around and stare at each other for a few more hours?"

Tori sighed. "Okay, fine, you got me. We'll all play."

"So… How should we do this?" Beck asked.

"Well, one of us can go first and pick a person to ask 'truth or dare', and then that person can pick another person to ask, and so on." André looked around for agreement. The others nodded their heads and murmured assent. "So… who wants to go first?"

"Oh, I will! Me, me!" Cat waved her hand in the air excitedly. "I'm going to ask… Jade!"

"Well?" Jade paused in her nail inspection to look up at her. "Get on with it, then."

"Oh, yeah…" she giggled airheadedly. "Truth or dare?"

"Eh…" Jade considered the question for a moment. "Truth."

"Hmm…" Cat began to blush slightly, and Tori wondered vaguely what she could possibly be thinking of asking Jade, of all people. "Have… Have you and Beck ever done… the "dirty?""

"The "dirty?"" Jade repeated, somewhat bemused, while the others stifled their smirks. "You mean, have we had sex before?"

Cat nodded innocently, though she was blushing furiously, and refused to meet Jade's eyes. Meanwhile, André stared at the couple in question, his expression lightly teasing.

"Well… have you?" he asked.

After a quick glance at Beck sitting behind her, his expression giving away nothing, Jade responded with a wry grin. "Of course."

"Really?" Robbie asked, a little too curiously. Jade glared at him.

"Well, duh. Why would I lie about that?"

"Yeah, come on," Rex joined in on goading Robbie, "Can't you just tell that Jade and Beck-"

"My turn," Jade purposely interrupted the puppet's question in a singsong voice. "And I choose… Cat."

"Um… can you choose the same person that just asked you? Is that even allowed?" Robbie questioned, but was immediately silenced by the glare that Jade gave him.

"I can do what I want. And I pick Cat. Truth or dare?"

"Um… truth… no, dare!" Cat stammered.

"Okay…" Jade's eyes glinted almost cruelly as she replied, without pause, "Kiss Robbie."

"What?" Cat blushed as deep red as her hair, and Robbie himself didn't look much better off at Jade's suggestion. "Huh?"

"You heard me. Kiss him."

At Jade's demand, Cat and Robbie glanced at each other awkwardly, unsure as to what they should do while everyone else watched them expectantly.

"Um…"

"Er…"

"We don't have all day," Jade laughed, as if she was actually enjoying tormenting the two in such a manner.

"Well, we might," Beck whispered to her.

"Whatever," Jade snapped back at him, "I could have asked her to do worse. Much worse, which is saying something, considering… you know, Robbie."

"Hey-" Robbie began to speak up indignantly in his own defense, but was suddenly interrupted as Cat pressed her lips to his in a kiss. And instead of pulling away, they got closer, Robbie running one hand through Cat's red velvety hair as the girl rested her own palm against his chest.

"Whoa, slow down there!" Rex cautioned, and Tori immediately wondered how the puppet could speak while Robbie was… busy, something that she could tell the others were wondering, too, judging from the confused expressions on their faces. But perhaps it was best to leave that matter alone.

Robbie and Cat finally pulled away, each bright pink in the face and refusing to meet the other's eyes.

"Anyway…" Robbie stammered, still blushing crimson after his close encounter with Cat, "I, uh, think I'll go next… yes…" He quickly coughed to clear his throat.

"How about…" Robbie's eyes darted around the confined space, and landed on Tori. "Tori?"

"Okay…" Tori responded, looking at her curly-haired friend expectantly.

"So… truth or dare?"

"Truth."

"Um…" Robbie looked around the room hopelessly, his mind still too distracted by Cat to think up a good question for Tori, so his puppet Rex took over for him.

"You kissed Beck, didn't you, Tori? On your first day at Hollywood Arts?"

"Um… Yes…?" Tori answered nervously, as Jade stared daggers at her. Beside Jade, Beck showed no emotion but for a raised eyebrow.

"Well… Did you like it?" The puppet seemed to sneer at her as he continued his question. "Was it… enjoyable?"

"Oh! Well… er..." Tori closed one eye and focused the other on Jade, looking as apologetic as she could manage, but mostly scared.

"Watch it, Vega," Jade mouthed at her dangerously.

"Um… Yes… I guess?" the brunette squeaked, her cheeks flushing pink. Jade glared at her while the others laughed.

"Er, I pick André," Tori said quickly, eager to quickly change the subject. "Truth or dare?"

André pondered for a moment. "Dare, I guess."

Tori thought for a long time. What could she possibly dare her best friend to do? She always sucked at deciding on dares… Her eyes wandered around the cramped elevator as everyone else stared at her expectantly.

"Come on, Vega," Jade taunted, "What are you waiting for? Dare him already."

"Um… I dare André to, uh…" She looked around the room frantically, and her eyes landed on the railing connected to the elevator wall." Lick the railing!"

"Lick the railing…?" André repeated slowly, bemused. "Gross, but, okay…" He turned around and quickly pressed his tongue to the railing behind him, then wiped it on his sleeve with a disgusted look on his face.

"Ew," Cat giggled lightly as she watched him, while Jade sighed and glared at Tori. "Really? That's the best you could come up with?"

"All right then," André began, before the brunette could respond, "it's my turn. I choose… Beck. Truth or dare?"

"Truth," Beck replied, almost lazily.

André thought for a while. "So… what are you most afraid of?"

Beck sighed and immediately responded, as if he had already considered this question before, "Losing the one person I care most about."

"Cliché," Rex hissed, but he was silenced by a scathing look from Robbie.

"Anyway, my turn. I pick Jade." Jade's eyes widened in surprise as Beck turned to his girlfriend. She smirked at him as he asked, "Truth or dare?"

"Dare me."

"Kiss me."

Jade almost laughed out loud. "That's it? You want me to kiss you?"

Beck gave her a look.

"Okay, okay..." The couple quickly kissed, and when they finally pulled away, Jade continued, a smile on her face.

"My turn again. I choose Tori," Jade said without a moment's hesitation, her blue-green eyes glittering coldly, and Tori felt a sense of panic rise in her chest. After admitting that she enjoyed kissing Beck, what would Jade do to get back at her? Tori didn't want to find out.

"Truth or dare?"

"Truth," Tori answered. After all, Jade couldn't ask her anything too embarrassing, right?

Jade smiled at her in a sickeningly sweet way that let Tori know for sure that something bad was coming to her. "Is it true… that you're wearing a pair of pink Care Bear panties right now?"

"Hey!" Tori shouted angrily, before she could stop to think. "You said you wouldn't tell anyone!"

"I didn't," Jade smirked, as the others quickly turned away to hide their giggles. "You did… Just now."

Tori's eyes widened, and she fought the urge to bang her head against the wall. How could she have been so gullible? Because Jade was right - it was all Tori's fault, and Jade had tricked her into doing it to herself. "Arrgh! That was a low move, even for you!"

"You're wearing Care Bear underwear right now?" Robbie asked her, one hand pressed over his mouth in a failing attempt to hide his laughter. Irritated with the whole situation, Tori smacked him across the face, knocking his glasses off in the process.

"My glasses!" He hurriedly grabbed them from the ground and pressed them back onto his face. "…Geez, Tori, I would have expected that hit from Jade, maybe…"

"As you can see, Robbie is a real hit with the ladies," Rex interjected sarcastically.

"Ugh, whatever," Tori groaned, "just, it's my turn now… and I pick-"

"Hey," Rex interrupted. "I'm playing too, you know."

"Fine, then I pick Rex." She glared at the puppet, trying to look as angry as she could to hide her embarrassment. "Truth or dare?"

The dummy seemed to smirk at her. "Dare."

"I dare you… to shut up for the next three hours. Starting now!" Tori smiled at the puppet, knowing that she had won this round. "So… Who wants lollipops?"

"Oh! Oh! Me! Me!" Cat waved her hand in the air excitedly as Tori gathered up the candy, and the brunette tossed her a cherry red one before selecting a purple lollipop for herself and passing the remaining sweets around the elevator.

"Hopefully this doesn't get Cat on a sugar rush," Jade muttered, her arms crossed her her chest. "I don't think I could handle being in a confined space with her acting any more hyper than she already is on a regular basis."

A/N: Thanks for reading so far! Yeah, I know the whole truth or dare thing is rather cliche, but what else are they going to do when they're all stuck in a confined space together? Anyway, more serious stuff should be coming up next, so please leave a review if you have anything to comment on!

-CCM