So I was going to wait until tomorrow to post this chapter, but since this next part is my personal favorite and since you all posted such amazing comments for the last one, I couldn't resist getting this one out quickly. Reading this chapter makes me giddy, so I'm hoping you'll all feel the same! Thanks again for your amazing feedback and I hope to not disappoint! Let me know what you think and as always...enjoy :)

"You heard me. Kiss Jude, that's your dare," Sadie instructed. Tommy was speechless, he couldn't even object. She continued, seeing his stunned expression. "Or else, you can always pick truth, but somehow, I think you'd prefer the dare," she said looking intensely at him.

Jude looked around the circle in panic. This was not happening. Not in front of all these people. Drew—she glanced at him and met his eyes. He was clearly shocked by the dazed look on his face. She then looked towards Kat and Jamie for support. Jamie looked angry and Kat just shrugged and gave Jude a hopeful glance.

Jamie questioned forcefully, "Why did Jude get roped in to Tommy's dare? Kwest had to do his dare on his own. Why doesn't Tommy?"

"Because you have to do whatever the dare is, it doesn't matter if it's alone or involving someone else. It's not a big deal, it's just a kiss. So go ahead, it has to be 10 seconds. We'll count," she said, nudging Ryan to start looking at his watch.

"Sadie, I really don't think…" Tommy started, feeling his anxiety increase as he realized she was serious.

"It doesn't matter what you think Tommy, this is the dare," Sadie said shortly. "You and Jude are friends, right? So this shouldn't be uncomfortable—it's not as if you like her or anything, so there aren't any real feelings involved," she added with a faint smile. "It's just a quick kiss."

Jude looked angrily at Sadie relishing in her own underhanded idea and wished at this moment, more than any other, that she could knock her teeth out. She hated her more than she did when she made a scene falling into the pool at Darius' party. More than when she walked in on her kissing Tommy at their ranch. Even more than when she found out she was dating Tommy. Jude knew this was all a ploy to humiliate her so Sadie could get more of the attention. She desperately didn't want Sadie to succeed--she knew if she could just kiss him without emotion, Sadie's plan would never work. But how could she kiss him and not care?

Tommy looked uncomfortably at Jude, who was glaring at Sadie. He couldn't understand what Sadie was trying to accomplish by setting this up. Was she trying to get back at him? Was she angry about the scene she witnessed in the basement earlier? Whatever it was, he couldn't keep fighting her decision—that's exactly what she wanted him to do—and he wouldn't let her win.

Jude took a few deep breaths. She closed her eyes and told herself that it was just like kissing her Uncle Roger, or Cousin Paul, or even Jamie.

Not a big deal, not a big deal.

"Fine," she said softly.

Tommy was unnerved too as he ran his fingers through his hair trying to calm down.

Not a big deal, not a big deal.

He slowly approached Jude in the middle of the circle. All eyes were focused on the two of them as she sat up on her knees.

"Okay, let's just get this over with, Quincy," she said, trying to move things along and break the tension.

He looked into her eyes and saw her fear but knew they were in too deep to back out. He slowly started coming towards her as everyone continued to watch silently. She could hear her heart beating a mile a minute, threatening to jump out of her body. As he got closer, she closed her eyes reminding herself that it wasn't a big deal. But the instant she felt his lips touch hers, her panic vanished and the butterflies in her stomach took over.

He tried to maintain control over the situation, bringing his lips lightly to hers at first, but as their lips locked for a second, he suddenly felt a rush of emotion and energy sweep over him, causing him to feel like he just wanted to be closer to her. He started to intensify the kiss, making it deeper and pressing his lips against hers, completely forgetting their surroundings. His hands, which had been at his sides, worked their way up to the sides of her face, feeling how soft and cool her skin was. She moved her hands to grip the sides of his sweatshirt to keep her balance. She allowed herself to lose all sense of reality and control as she felt the softness of his lips along with the roughness of his unshaven chin against her face. She inhaled the smell of hot chocolate on his breath, finding it intoxicating and addicting. They both let themselves completely go, falling deeper into what seemed to be more like a dream than a game.

The rest of the group sat there in awe, completely astonished at the sight before them. It was like a train wreck—they all knew they shouldn't have been there, they shouldn't have been watching them, but they couldn't take their eyes off the scene that unfolded. Jamie looked like he was going to be sick at any moment; Drew's eyes grew wider as he couldn't stop watching Jude, while Kwest had a huge grin on his face, finally seeing his friends together. After at least a minute had passed, Sadie nudged Ryan again who was in a trance watching them. He looked at her and then looked back at them, shouting, "Ten! Ten!"

Off in another world, Jude heard the word "ten" yelling in her ear and suddenly felt herself falling back into reality, recognizing the word's significance. She quickly pulled away, let go of him, and fell back on the ground behind her, taking a deep breath to refill her lungs. She slowly opened her eyes, staring at Tommy who was staring back at her. Both of their lips were slightly puffy and they looked disheveled but she couldn't take her eyes off of him. What had just happened?

He slowly backed up into his spot outside the circle, as everyone sat gaping at them in silence. He took a deep breath to calm down and quietly said, "Game over," as he rose and walked straight into the bathroom and slammed the door.