The game of Never Have I Ever had started off innocently enough, as games like this usually do. But soon, the 'never have I ever's began to get more personal and a little naughtier, as games like this also usually do.

"Never have I ever kissed someone!" Biggie buried his face in his hands, full of embarrassment.

Poppy had tried to drink her shot quickly and stealthily but it was to no avail. Her, Chenille, and Suki had all taken a shot and each of them had been noticed by the entire group. There was a loud roar of disbelief and jeering by Satin, Biggie and Guy.

"Wait wait wait! Poppy, who have you kissed?! When?! Who?!" Biggie leaned in. A blush had crept onto Poppy's cheeks as she fidgeted with her shot glass. She was already a few drinks deep and she bashful averted her eyes.

"No one really."

"Oh come off it! You've gotta tell us!" Biggie pushed.

"Don't, don't laugh at anything okay? It was Branch" Poppy mumble his name under her breath.

"We cant hear you Poppy, Say it louder!" Suki slurred eagerly.

"It was BRANCH! Okay?!" Poppy stood and went to refill her punch as an excuse to get away from the eyes on her.

"What! When was this?" Guy was as surprised as everybody else in the room, all of which had anticipated that when she finally had her first kiss she would have told them immediately.

Poppy sighed. She knew that she would have to explain, and she did so begrudgingly.

Poppy had covered her eyes in embarrassment during her whole recollection, so she had no idea what her friends thought of her ordeal. They had all listened quietly until the very end.

Poppy felt a soft hand on her shoulder and peeked through her fingers. It was Satin.

"Poppy, you know, none of that was your fault right?"

"Well then why do I feel this way?! Why has he stopped talking to me. It's been weeks and he's avoided me the entire time! Why, if not for the fact that he must be disgusted with me!"

"Poppy.."

"I mean, I seduced him like that, and now he must think I'm some kind of a trollop* or something"

"Poppy I don't think.."

"NO! that has to be it why else would-"

"It's because he's embarrassed! Chenille sharply broke through poppy's worried ramblings. The room was silent for a moment.

"What do you-"

"HE'S EMBARRASED" Chenille repeated every syllable clearly and distinctly. Satin opened her mouth to scold her sister for being so blunt and rude but Chenille kept going.

"Poppy, come on, you're a smart person. Branch is obviously not very experienced in that department and then here you are, serving yourself up to him on a silver platter. There's no way that he wan't nervous. And then that whole.. expressing himself early… well, that's an embarrassing thing!"

"It is?"

"Of course it is! Especially when you're with the person that you like."

"But, but but there's no way that branch-"

"Poppy, if you say what I think you're about to say, then you're denser than cream cheese frosting"

The rest of the slumber party continued with Poppy talking it out with her friends. Trying to figure out her feelings and making sense of what branch's were. The conclusion came at the end of the night just as everyone drifted off to sleep. Poppy decided that no matter what, she had to ask Branch directly what he thought of her. Tomorrow she would ask him. If her said that he liked her more than a friend, then she would cross that bridge when she came to it. And if he said that she was just a friend then she would just have to find a way to dampen these peculiar thoughts and feeling inside of her.

The next day came and Poppy went home to shower, change and mentally prepare herself for what she was about to do. Poppy ran into smidge (who had been returning from a weekend bootcamp preparing for an upcoming weight competition) on her way home. Poppy quickly filled in smidge on her plans for that day and smidge gleefully offered her services. Smidge would help poppy keep tabs on Branch so that Poppy would be able to sneak up on him in order to carry out the rest of her plan.

The pair of walkie-talkies that connected smudge and Poppy were absolutely critical and Poppy was glad that she had remembered where in her attic they were boxed up.

Poppy was taking deep breaths in from of the mirror while adjusting her hair and dress when the fuzzy static from the talkie alerted her. She retrieved it from the depths of her hair and whispers into it "Poppy here, over"

A bit more static followed before Smidges low voice came through.

"Poppy, he's on the move. Looks like he's headed back to his place from town hall.

"Copy, I'm on my way. I'll intersect him at Glenn and Moss St." Poppy said breathlessly as dashed out. She knew that her planned intercept point was a 7 minute walk from her place and that would give her a minute or two to spare before Branch would get there.

A thin glistening of sweat coated her forehead as she slowed from a sprint to the cross streets. Now all there was to do was wait. Poppy paced a bit as she tried to wipe her face clean with one hand while fanning herself with the other.

"Poppy" Poppy gave a start. The voice didn't come from the direction she had anticipated Branch to come from. She turned quickly with surprise as well as sweat on her face. Creek was approaching her from behind.

"Creek! Wow what a surprise" A smile much too over the top and toothy was suddenly plastered on her face. Creek was going to ruin the whole thing!

"What are you doing back in town! I thought you weren't going to be back for a few more days"

Creek had reached up and pulled out a beautiful and full bouquet of flowers from his hair.

"I came back to see you're lovely face! I'm only sorry thought I missed your birthday by a day"

Branch suddenly reached out and grasped one of poppy's hands and pulled her towards him so that her body smushed against his and there was barely an inch separated their faces.

"Creek! What are you-"

"Poppy, there's something I must tell you!" Poppy leaned back instinctively. He was much much too close! "Poppy, I've had my gaze upon your shining beauty for far too long. It's time I tell you that you, my dear, are the most lovely, most elegant, most alluring creature in my whole, whole life."

Poppy attempted to look away as she tried to create space between them by pushed against his chest. "Creek I-"

"But of course I've felt our chemistry too," Creek squeezed her tighter against him, "Please, Poppy dear, accept these flowers"

Poppy, was extremely uncomfortable with this situation, both emotionally as well as physically. She figured that he would let go if she accepted the flowers "Well, thanks Creek, that means a lot"

And before the last word had barely escaped her lips, Creek had planted his firmly upon her. Poppy was stunned. She couldn't move! Creek was kissing her? Creek was kissing her! She started to squirm away. Creek must have confused that with passion, she thought, because he wasn't letting go and she could feel his wet tongue push it's way into her mouth. This surprised Poppy enough as it was, but out of the corner of her eye she spotted something dark at the end of the street. It was Branch. The sight of him pulled her out of her stunned state and gave her a big enough adrenalin rush that she gave a great shove against Creek who stumbled backwards.

"Branch!" her chest heaved with breathlessness after Creeks intensely long kiss.

Branch stood there with his mouth slightly agape. His eyes giving away all the shock and hurt that he felt in his chest.

"Branch it's not-" Poppy started as she stumbled towards him. But Branch turned and sprinted. In Poppy's breathless state there was no way she could catch up and she slowed her chase at the end of the street. She stood for a moment in disbelief before burying her head in her hands slowly. This was bad.

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Thanks for waiting! Hope you enjoyed this chapter. So much drama ahhh!

So I get a question in a comment asking if the trolls have genitalia. In my mind, no they do not, Their hair serves as their sole body part for mating. So no penises and no vaginas. Troll hair in this story is a troll's erogenous zone that they use for things such as sexual activity and mating. BUT, their hair is also like a third arm where they can use it for day to day tasks, storing objects, picking things up, defending themselves, etc. In this weird little troll world that I've made-up trolls don't usually touch each others hair unless they are very close, platonically as well as romantically. So for example, Branch and Poppy get sexually excited when they touch each other's hair because they are attracted to one another in a sexual and romantic way. Chenille and Satin are often seen with their hair connected, not because they are lovers, but because they are extremely close as sibling. It would be rude and invasive to touch a trolls hair without their permission. Hope that answers any questions!