Chapter 9



We all went into the kitchen starving. Everyone made their own pancakes, and how much they wanted. I was last I came to the dining room table where they we all waiting for me, with three purple pancakes piled with M&M's and ketchup. I entered the room with a smile on my face. I looked around to see everyone have a real sick look on their face.

"What?" I asked about to take a bite of my pancakes.

"They're purple . . ." Vern said totally grossed out.

"Thank you Captain Obvious!"

"And they have ketchup all over them!" Patricia said.

"OK, I KNOW I left some syrup for you," Jo-Anne said.

"Leave my food alone! I'm not making fun of your food! Jo-Anne with her syrup! Michelle and her strawberry syrup! Gordie's is plain! Chris has whatever jelly we had left! Patricia has ice cream! Teddy has whipped cream AND syrup! And Vern has Pez! Damn cherry flavored Pez!" I was out of breath.

"Calm down Jessi" Michelle said putting her hands on my shoulders and lowering me down into me seat.

I sat back down; no one said anything until we were done. We did the dishes, Patricia scraped the remaining food on our plates in to the garbage, and handed it to Vern, who placed them into one side of the sink. I would wash them, and then to Chris and he would rinse them. Then he would give it to Jo-Anne and Teddy, who were drying them, and they would give them to Michelle and Gordie and they would put them away. When we were done we agreed to meet in the tree house a little after 10:00 to continue playing spin the bottle, and perhaps a game of truth or dare or I never. It was near 8:50 when everyone left to go change their clothes a wash up.

My parents came home, with a gift. I was surprised they even remembered that it was my birthday. Jeremy came home a little later and introduced his new girlfriend. I thought she was some sort of clone of Victoria; they were so much alike. I also found out that my older sister, Kathy, would be visiting for a while. I knew right then and there that I would be stuck watching the kids while the rest of them - my parents, Jeremy, Kathy, and her husband - would all go out somewhere. But I didn't mind, her kids were fun to be around. It was close to 10:00 so I began walking to the tree house, it was a quarter mile from my house. I was the last one there and everyone was already up waiting for me. I could hear Vern shout, "look! She's here!"

I went in, "ready?" I asked. "Anyone have a bottle?"

"Here" Gordie pulled out an empty coke bottle. "Who goes first?" he asked.

" I think we should start from where we ended." Jo-Anne said with a grin.

"Come on Chris, Teddy, pucker up!" Michelle said smiling.

"We'll finally get to witness those 'pure gay delights,'" I said with a grin.

"Count of three," Chris said.

"One," I began counting, "Two . . ." they got closer; "three!" they kissed for ten seconds. I was laughing so hard that I had tears coming out of my eyes.

"Ugh!" Chris said. "Teddy that was so disgusting! Did you have to give me tongue?!"

"What! I wasn't giving you tongue!" Teddy replied.

"Yeah you were! I could feel it!"

"I was not! But hey, you were the one getting all into it!" Teddy told him.

"Ladies, ladies, ladies!" I said; they would of kept going if I didn't say anything. "Chris, you spin." So he spun and it landed on Patricia, who was sitting right next to me. That was the only time in my life where I was truly jealous of someone. We continued playing, it was strange, and no one got to kiss who they truly wanted to. Except for Patricia and Vern who shared a kiss in the earlier game, and Teddy and Jo-Anne who kissed in my backfield. We killed a good two hours. Then we sat in the tree house trying to think of something else to do.

"We could play I Never," Michelle said.

"What's I Never?" Vern asked.

"Well," I said, "it's a drinking game-"

Chris cut me off, "I don't drink,"

"Then, we'll play the stripping version." I said. "Ok, this is how you play. A person will say something that they've never done and anyone who has with take off an article of clothing.

"Ok, I get it, I'll go first," Gordie said, "I never," he paused for a dramatic affect, "played this game." He smiled.

"Oh no Gordie, your secret's out now," I said sarcastically taking off my shoe, while the rest of the girls took off a shoe.

Chris went next, "I never had a sexual fantasy about one of my teachers," he grinned and looked around. I laughed and took off my other shoe.

"What! You did? Who?" Patricia asked surprised.

I smiled, " remember freshman year, we had the one guy substitute for P.E.?"

"Oh yeah," the girls all said at once taking off their other shoe. We played like this for a while, saying stupid things. Once everyone had taken something off, we started saying real embarrassing and person all things.

I was down to only my underwear and my pants when it was my turn. "Ok, I never admitted to masturbating." I looked around to see Teddy and Gordie take something off. Teddy was now only in his boxers. Chris had his pants on. Gordie was taking of his shirt. Patricia was the same as me. Jo-Anne still had her socks on. Vern had his shirt and pants on. And Michelle was just left in her pants; she sat with her knees against her chest so the guys wouldn't see anything.

"I never got so wasted at my cousins wedding and made out with the groom." Patricia said.

"hey that's me." Jo-Anne said.

"Yeah! Finally! Take it off!" Teddy said a little too excited. Jo-Anne laughed and took of one of her socks.

Gordie went next. "I never found Vern attractive" Patricia and I both took off our pants.

"Thanks Gordie, I don't think you're attractive either." He grinned. "You think I'm attractive?" Vern asked. Patricia winked at him and he blushed.

"I never spent the night alone with the opposite sex." Jo-Anne said. Chris and I looked at each other and he grinned while he took of his pants, which left him in his boxers. I took off my undershirt, which left me in my bra and panties. I thanked myself for wearing layers of clothing.

It was Michelle's turn now, "I never was so mad at someone that I wanted to kill them"

"Hey! How about I just show you the goods and leave my boxers on?" Teddy asked.

"Yeah, me too," Chris said.

"Uh-" I said nervously, "me too"

"Come on! The rules are rules!" Patricia said.

"But! Then that would leave us naked, and what if someone said something and we've done it, we gots nothing to take off!" I said.

"She's got a point," Gordie said. "Enough for today?" he asked and we agreed.

"Guess we put our clothes back on" Michelle said. I nodded and we started putting our clothes back on and decided that, that was enough for one day.

"See you Monday," I said walking away.