Chapter 13
Tobias
I never pick truth, because I know what everyone will ask me. They can though, like Marlene, dare me to tell them something.
"Lynn!" Christina says loudly.
"Dare me."
"Okay. Prove that you're into girls or not? I didn't expect her to say that. I don't think anyone did. It's not what I would call a fair dare, but if you're playing you're playing. Lynn just stares at her, and we're all quiet. After a while she stands up and storms out.
We all look at Christina. "What? C'mon, you know you all want to know."
"Yeah but there's no need to ambush her like that," Uriah says.
"Okay, fine. I'll apologize later." I can see she regrets her words a little. "Well, anyway. I started so someone else can ask. Who hasn't?"
Shauna raises her hand. "I haven't." She looks around. "Uriah, you're next."
"Dare!"
"You have to find a girl, and ask her out."
"Easy, every girl wants some of this," he says, gesturing his hand along his body. They walk out of the apartment and everyone else starts talking.
Tris takes my hand. "So you use that dare every year huh?"
"Every time it's someone new, yeah." I grin. "Could have been you."
"Oh yeah? Then why didn't you dare me then?"
I laugh a little. "Cause I would feel too sorry for you."
She lets go of my hand. "I could handle it."
"Oh you think so?"
"Yes. I'm tougher than I look, you know."
"I know." I lean in to kiss her but pause when Uriah and Shauna walk through the door.
"That didn't take very long," Marlene says when Uriah sits down next to her.
"Well it wasn't so hard."
Shauna rolls her eyes. "The first girl he went up to happen to be Alice Harper. She never says no to a guy, and never care if they're in a relationship. She just goes for it."
"So she's gonna go out with you?" Christina says laughing.
"No. I'm taken," he says and kisses Marlene on the cheek.
"Yes you are," she says and smiles at him.
"Okay, my turn to ask," Uriah says. He doesn't bother to look around, he asks me right away. "Four! Truth or dare?"
"Dare."
"I dare you to drink 20 shots. We all want to see you drunk."
"Fine," I say. 20 shots won't make me drunk so I'll play along.
I do the shots, and my head is buzzing a little but I ignore at.
"Okay, Zeke. Truth or dare?" I say.
"Dare. What else?" He smiles proudly.
"Alright. Let's spice things up. You have to steal peace serum from the lab, and drink 5 shots of it, here."
His smile immediately disappears. If you're dauntless, the peace serum is probably the worst one of them all. Every person in this room would take off all of their clothes to avoid doing it, but not Zeke. He never refuses a dare. That's why he's probably the best target. No one is saying anything. We're all just waiting for Zeke to accept or decline the dare. "Fine. I'll do it." He gets up and leaves the apartment. I know he will get back at me for this. He couldn't have gotten a worse dare. After about 15 minutes he's back, holding the serum in his hand.
"It was hard to get in there, but here it is. After this, we're done and I can go home."
I start to laugh. "Sure."
He pours the serum into five glasses and drinks them all quickly. At first he just frowns like he has a massive headache. Then he relaxes, and a smile spreads across his face. He gets up and starts hugging everyone.
"We should all appreciate life more, yah know," he says and sits down in Shauna's lap. She tries to push him away but he holds on tight. "You have a really pretty nose," he says and gives her an eskimo kiss. She pulls back and starts laughing. "This isn't normal."
Shauna is right. Zeke is the last person to be sweet. We all start laughing.
"I could listen to you guys laughing all day long," Zeke says and starts applauding. Then, he gets up and stumbles toward the door.
"Where you going?" I say.
"To find Shauna," he says while trying to find the doorknob.
Shauna laughs and gets up to help him. "C'mon. Let's get you home." Then they disappear around the corner.
"Guess we'll see them tomorrow," Will says and takes a sip of his drink.
"And us too," Tris says and stands. "Time to go." She looks down at me.
"Alright." I get up.
"Bye guys," she says and we leave.
She lies under me. "I'm scared," she says, looking into my eyes. I pull away a little. "What if we ruin it?"
"What are you talking about?"
"The feeling I get when you kiss me. The way my heart aches when I smell your skin. I don't want it to go away."
"It won't. I won't let it." I stroke her cheekbone with my thumb. "I will always love you, you know. Nothing will ever change that."
I lean in and kiss her softly. A kiss she will feel in her entire body. I want her to feel safe, that she's safe with me.
"I love you too," she whispers against my lips.
See ya'll soon. Be brave! -s