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Here are more story related points in my very long author's note:
SO.. In this chapter there will be a little complicated part where I will just explain at the end of this chapter for he sake of those who couldn't understand the mechanics, feel free to scroll down first to my note below before reading the dialogues because it might confuse you so, yeah. Just for any circumstance.
Here are a few semi-spoilers for you in this chapter:
This is just an introduction on what's about to happen in the party.
The next few chapters are faintly based on a riverdale series, which I didn't intend to but it was the most cliché a party could get.
There are a few HxF scenes here and by 'scenes' I mean where they meet less than halfway since Helia keeps ignoring Floraaaaaaaaaa
This Chapter contains mature themes and language
Enjoy… You'll meet new people here BTW
Enjoyyy
This is not a semi spoiler anymore but, eh..
This Chapter As the sun slept, the seniors were sure to pull an all nighter at this party everyone was going to. A party at Emily Waters' place, where the best quality gatherings happen.
"Remember, No drinking, No kissing, No Games." Brandon repeated for the millionth time as drove to the party with her sister beside him and Stella behind them.
Brandon dressed in casual clothing with a band shirt and jeans with a denim jacket. His sister on the other hand looked all glammed up for the party with the influence of his girlfriend. The girls wore dresses, both different in style, length and color.
Stella stunned in an orange spaghetti strap dress designed with ruffles and sequins at the top. She had a feminine bomber jacket on that helped Solaria stay warm. The blonde had her hair in a high ponytail with a hair tie designed with a star.
Flora sat in the car with a long-sleeved olive green dress with small triangle cut outs at the waist. She matched it with small wedges and a top knot.
The brunette female sat there just listening to their conversation, not responding, trying not to mess up Brandon's good mood or else, he could have sent Flora back home.
"No Games? Why would you even let her go if you never wanted her play Emily's games anyway? Those are the best part." Stella convinced.
"The Dare or Dares are always the most intriguing." She added.
"Promise me you'll watch over her." He said.
"You'll be at the party too right? Why don't you do it?" Stella asked her boyfriend who dressed casually for the party.
"I'll be gone by 9. I have a project to finish." Brandon reasoned.
"So you'll get drunk within an hour and then do projects?" Stella said with a tone.
"Just watch over her." Brandon said.
"Okay, okay. Fine I'll watch her." Stella gave up, secretly tapping on Flora's arm at the other side of the seat.
They arrived seeing all their friends there. Everyone was already pumped up for the party, possibly because of the big and spontaneous greetings of the host.
"Stella! Brandon!" Emily greeted wearing a black dress that shimmered in the different colored lights they had.
"Hey! This is my sist-" Brandon introduced but got cut off.
"Ohh Shut up. Everyone knows her. Flora! Here grab a cup." Waters' words showed how many cups she's had.
They were given cups to choose beverages from. Given chances to explore the house and get the food they wanted. Everyone at the party was at the living room having a dance party as the night was still very young.
Even Flora, who personally thought she wouldn't have the guts to dance around with some dangerous people and drinks. As minutes progressed, the more She started to groove and saw more familiar faces who danced in the center of the dance floor.
She saw Helia drinking from a red plastic cup while talking to a guy who looked like a member from the team. As She promised herself, she would ask him why he was avoiding her for the past week. The space between them got smaller as she walked to him. Not until then, when her phone vibrated through her purse slowing down her momentum. It was Julius.
"Hey." She spoke into the phone before entering the kitchen which decreased the volume.
The volume was still low, the beat drop and shouts from the living rooms reached the kitchen forcing Flora to put their conversation on loudspeaker.
"Hey. I just want to know if you're free tomo- Wait. Are you at the party?" He asked curiously into his phone.
"Yeah. Don't worry my brother is here." She replied, knowing his concerning attitude much alike to Nabu and his brother towards her.
"I'm Sorry. I'm bothering you. Let's talk tomorrow morning... if you're awake by then. Text me." He said before ending the call.
She looked back at the corner where she last saw Helia and saw him with Nicole Woods and Vanessa Whales. She thought maybe right now would not be the best time to talk to him about the problem. She turned back and saw her friends owning the dance floor as the lights got intensified as the music got louder.
"Caramel." She looked back to see Nex Jones, another one of Nicholas' friends. who was Brandon's parter as the team's other wide receiver.
"Yeah, Hades?" She mocked remembering the one time he teased her during Physics.
"Nic's looking for you. He's in the kitchen." He said before turning away.
"Why would I follow you?" She spoke slightly overcoming the music booming through the speakers. Making the male with spiky blue hair turn around.
"Because you know that Nic's been boiling something for you and it's either you face it now or never." He convinced, trying to sound dark with his words.
"Don't follow him Flo." Layla whispered to her friend.
"Layla." He called the girl who stood in a mint green romper.
"Shut up and let the girl be Nex." She said before dragging Flora through the dance floor to avoid any more kind of threats.
"You're always so cold with him." Flora told Layla who started picking up he beat.
"You know why..." She said jumping up and down with the crowd.
The night punched in 2 more hours and the party was still going. It was just 10 for the most part. It was time for Emily Waters' famous games. It was where toxic and top seniors took participation in. For the past years, Emily has always played the same game... Dare or Dare with twists and turns added every year.
"So this is it?" Flora asked taking the last step up to the home's second living room at the second floor.
It was a nice simple set up, it was quiet and spacious. It had warm lighting which complemented the home's wood accented interior. In the center of the room was a table with 2 silver buckets and a green empty champagne bottle in the middle of the coffee table. By the side was a mini bar complete with all the drinks found in the kitchen just a staircase away. The table was surrounded with 2 couches and some stools that didn't bother matching the coffee table nor the couches.
It look almost like this was the event of the year, the most interesting part.
"So let's start." Emily Waters dazzled in a black sequin tube dress.
They all sat there, the school's leading gangs. The Good and The Bad.
One side of the couch being occupied by the good girls and the other with the mean ones. The boys took stools and walls as support while participating in the game.
Besides the legendary gang, Nicholas, Troy Mason, Anthony Perkins, Nex Jones, Jason Conner or the Breakers as they called themselves, then their female counter part consisting of the triplets, Nicole and Vanessa Whales were there.
Emily Waters had her girls their too, who almost all shared a relationship with at least... at least One of the Breakers.
"Okay assholes... As seniors we all develop and progress. This game does too. This first session were going to play is a lot different than previous ones." Emily stated, walking around the room, circling the table with a wine glass in hand.
"One, the dares will be chosen through picking a piece of paper in this bucket. Let me note that the dares in this bucket will be intense."
"How Intense?" Jason Conner, her boyfriend who also played outside linebacker joked knowing what she meant by Intense.
"So intense. infact, the second bucket is for a consequence to be done if chosen not to do whatever will be picked from bucket number one." Everyone stayed silent gulping more alcohol, hearing about the new game mechanics.
"Most of our dares will be done by pair... the original individual to perform the dare will be partnered up with someone from my choice. I will accept only one same gendered volunteer, but that person must not be anyhow related romantically to that person." She explained very lightly trying to make it sound far from difficult.
"May I remind all of you that this game is intense. Not your regular game of dare or dare. Once the bottle spins, no one is allowed to back out." She added a lot more doubt and hesitation to everyone's trust on this game that they were about o play.
"Is this us? No ones backing out?" Nicole look directly to her right, looking at the seventeen year old who wore an olive green dress.
Everyone looked at where Queen B's eyes landed. On the girl who sat in between Layla and Riven. The girl who had a red plastic cup in her hand, halfway drinking a carbonated drink and nothing more.
"She's staying Nicole." Layla put a comforting hand over Flora's lap as She stayed quiet, aware of what Nicole wanted her to feel.
"She was just asking." Nicholas defends her sister.
"Let's spin." Emily eyed Riven who was closest to the bottle.
The magenta haired male spun the bottle, landing it on none other than Queen Bee.
"Nicole. Pick a dare." Emily instructed while the room saw still very quiet with the new mechanics.
Nicole, together with her white excessively off the shoulder top and a skirt that barely existed stood up and picked a piece of folder white paper.
"Have a partner to shove all chocolate doughnuts on the silver plate by the bar." She read out loud before directing all eyes to the bar, looking at the platter with little munchkins, a whole lot of them.
"What? All of that? NO FUCKING WAY." The younger Woods sibling cursed.
"If you pick from the second bucket, you can't go back." Her brother reminded, looking forward to how interesting this game could get for his sister.
"Hell Yeah I would. There is no way I'll be having chocolate crumbs on this top." The girl with dirty blonde hair stated as the quickly picked another piece of paper read, "Have your partner lick a potato chip and eat it."
"I guess I have to stick with this." Nicole said loudly, sounding disappointed.
"Your partner..." Emily turned back to her friends. "Helia." The words echoed through the room, some directing it to Flora and some directing it to the corner where Timmy is. Helia was nowhere to be found.
"He isn't here." Stella said, breaking the still awkward silence.
"YOU FUCKERS! Where is he?" The dirty blonde shouted across the room.
"Next option: Troy Mason." Emily announced, earning a shout from Caitlin her friend and Troy's girlfriend.
They did as stated. The room got less intense after 4 more dares done. Nothing really important to remember about those past batches of dares.
Then came the interesting part. The dare that would lead to the truth, a reason. A reason only he knew but everyone saw.
"Layla. It's on you." Jason Conner's words startled Flora, thinking that the bottle landed on her.
She picked a dare, stating that a partner has to be chosen for the other half of 7 minutes in heaven.
A classic, cliche dare everyone would make a fuss about. Though this dare would make more that just a fuss.
"You get Nex to be the other half." Emily smiled at Nex who looked like he had everything planned.
"I volunteer." Nabu said very quickly.
"Sorry Andros." Stormy smiled mischievously.
"Remember the rules no one who has a romantic relationship with the individual is not allowed to volunteer." Icy Griffin spoke in her blue crystal dress.
Flora looked to Layla, with the terror in her eyes. With her hand gripping Nabu's tighter.
"So... get in." Emily walked to a closet door by the side. When the two individuals were just about to stand up and walk to their hell, probably just for Layla.
"I volunteer." Lynphea blurted out with Layla looking at her harshly.
"Flora. Why did you do that? Take it back." She whispered madly, disregarding the people who could hear.
"I can't let you go in the closet, alone with your maniac admirer." She reasoned.
"I can't let you go into a dark closet with him."
She stood up, ignoring what her best friend just said with Nex following after her.
As they were about to go in the small, dark closet for 7 minutes. Nicole gave a small nudge and whisper to her brother "It's your time manwhore." which made him spill the words. "If someone does before you it's bye bye time with tree hugger." Nicole whispered, trying to knock some sense into her brother.
"I volunteer." Nicholas straightens his back, remembering the reported plans Helia wanted to fulfil from information by Troy Mason for eavesdropping on Nabu and Helia's conversation earlier in the locker room.
His words weren't made out so much, as another voice spoke the same exact words from the other side of the room.
Same words from 2 directions. Volunteering to take Nex's place.
Heads turned to find the mystery voice that chorused with Nicholas'.
"It looks like we have a draw, The King and the Prince fighting for the... tree hugger." Vanessa Whales updated the current situation.
So here's a better explanation on the Dare of Dares. It's a traditional game their batch's famous people do every party or gathering at Emily Waters'. This version was revised for the new senior year.
So a champagne bottle points in the area and picks a piece of paper to receive a dare (which contains mostly of pair/couple dares) then Emily gets to pick their partner for the dare.
Then here's a complicated part, people can volunteer for ½ of the part of the chosen activity. Only one person of the same gender is allowed to volunteer for a place/part of the dare. Meaning only one boy and one girl can volunteer for the original pair's dare. But… Their volunteering is forbidden if they are romantically related.
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