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The Wakeup Call

Chapter 7

"This is a bad idea," muttered Grey as he poked the fire with a stick.

"I do wish you'd stop grumbling," said Balthier, handing him a bottle of Madhu, "Here, this will brighten your mood."

Grey glanced warily at the bottle for a moment before taking a large gulp, "Jesus!" he coughed, "This shit's stronger than I imagined!"

Balthier chuckled, but said nothing.

Grey handed the bottle to Nicky, who also hesitated before taking a drink, "Is it safe to camp here?" she asked as she forced the burning liquor down her throat.

"It's as safe a place as any," answered Vaan, taking a sip from the bottle casually as Nicky passed it to him.

The blonde passed the bottle to Luci, who attempted to wave it off, but the thief would have none of that.

"What happens here Grey?" she asked, finally giving in and taking a sip.

"Please stop doing that," grumbled Balthier, "You don't know the future."

Grey gave Luci a troubled look, but let the conversation lapse into silence.

"So," said Balthier, "You three seem to know an awful lot about us, yet we know nothing about you. Let's remedy that shall we?"

Grey, Luci, and Nicky looked at each other uneasily.

"What do you want to know?" asked Luci, "I don't think there's really much to tell."

Balthier shrugged, "Let's play a little drinking game."

"Uh oh," muttered Luci, "This can't go well."

Balthier went on to explain the rules, which didn't make very much sense at all, and it seemed to Grey that the whole point of the game was just to make people tell uncomfortable facts about themselves while getting hopelessly wasted. But whether the game made sense or not Grey found himself more than a little tipsy, facing the question (which had been asked by a giggling Ashe, who was more than a little drunk) of the name of the first girl he'd ever kissed.

"Well?" giggled Ashe, "Come on you have to answer! It's one of the rules."

Grey sighed, "This game has a lot of rules that doesn't make any sense."

Ashe looked at him blankly.

"Fine," he muttered, "Michael. My first kiss's name was Michael."

Ashe's giggles were joined by Penelo's, who could barely sit up by herself at this point.

"The question," interrupted Balthier, "Was first girl you ever kissed. Not first kiss period."

Grey laughed as he took another swig of Madhu, "I've never kissed a girl."

He passed the bottle to Nicky, who was swaying slightly to music the rest of them couldn't hear, "Are you serious?" she asked, trying not to giggle.

Grey himself was unable to not giggle, "I'm serious. Why is that so hard to believe? I mean, have you ever kissed a girl?"

"No."

"See, I'm not the only one," laughed Grey.

"Oh that's so not fair," said Luci, a smile on her face.

"Sad is more what it is," laughed Balthier.

Grey shrugged, "Sad or not it's your turn to answer a question."

"Fran."

"Huh?" asked Basch, who had begun to doze off at some point, "I missed the question."

Balthier cleared his throat, "Fran was the first girl I ever kissed."

Basch nodded as if this were no real surprise to him and closed his eyes again.

Balthier handed the bottle to Luci, "I do believe it's your turn."

Luci took a swig of the Madhu and shook her head, "Nope. Not answering this one."

"Oh come on," pressed Balthier, "It's not like we'll know the person…unless…oh I see…well well well…here we have a young lady whose never been kissed," he turned and looked pointedly at Grey, "and a boy whose never kissed a girl."

Grey and Luci shared an uneasy glance.

"I'm afraid you two are just going to have to kiss," announced the pirate with a grin.

Nicky burst out in a fit of laughter, "I second that motion!"

"You guys are so immature," said Grey.

"Just kiss her," muttered a sleepy Basch, "He won't let up until you do."

Grey sighed and turned towards Luci, "This is insane."

"True," she giggled.

He sighed and leaned in, capturing her lips with his own as a few of the more drunk members of their party whistled and giggled.

He pulled away after a few seconds, "You taste like strawberries."

Luci's cheeks stained a bright red, she was about to say something when an ear shattering screech echoed throughout the camp.

"It's here!" yelled Grey, "I fucking told you we shouldn't come here!"

They all stumbled to their feet drunkenly, grabbing wildly for their weapons.

"What's here?" asked Ashe, her voice full of panic.

"We can't win this," said Grey, "Run!"

The others stared at him dumbly, "I said run Goddamnit!"

As a huge shadow fell over them, the others finally began to run.

To Be Continued…

Sorry this one was so short. I do hope you enjoyed, and don't take offense to my kissing you Luci lol I hope it made you laugh. Please stay tuned guys and review!