Sure enough, throughout the rest of the night chaos pursued. It was like somehow the game knew exactly what would ruin everyone's relationship.
Dick's POV
This was really bad, I can't believe I was playing this stupid game. Of course, the person that I get paired up with isn't Barbara. I got paired with a girl named Zatanna, I'm not gonna lie I had no idea about anything about her. With my luck though, she was one of those girls who doesn't even realise they're beautiful but everyone around them does. I knew this was going to piss Barbara off so much, so I just decided that I would just talk to her or something. We walked into the closet together and things went south almost immediately.
Once we both sat down in the closet I started up the conversation. "So, how long have you been going here?"
"This is my first year, and you?" She replied.
"Long time, have we met?"
"No, but I've seen you in the hallways before."
I looked down at my phone and sighed. It had only been two minutes out of the seven. It felt like I had been in here for so long, it was the most awkward thing that I had ever done.
Then, out of the blue she leaned forward and kissed me. I started to pull away, but she grabbed my face and pulled me closer, I couldn't help but kiss her back. I didn't know how long we were kissing, it seemed like mere moments, but someone opened the door while we were kissing. I didn't realize at first that the door was open, but when I saw who opened the door I jumped back. It had to be Barbara, once she knew that I saw her crying she ran. Once I recovered I ran after her, but she was already gone. I knew that this time I had really screwed up.
Wally's POV
I couldn't believe what he just saw, there was no way Dick would kiss a girl that wasn't Barbara. I watched in disbelief as she ran away and he chased after her. Something told him that this was just the beginning. Throughout the rest of the night more and more things like this happened. When I thought we were in the clear though, Artemis said that there was going to be one last round. Except, she got to spin it this time. I wasn't really paying attention to the game though, because I was talking to Linda about what we were going to do after. Then, people started chanting my name and I knew that I was screwed. I didn't believe them at first, but then I looked and saw the bottle pointed right at me. I told Linda that we should just leave, but she wouldn't budge.
"Linda, come on let's just go," I said.
She looked at me with complete seriousness and replied, "This is your test, if that kiss didn't mean anything to you earlier on this year then you can last the seven minutes without kissing her. If you can't then we will be as done as Dick and Barbara, got it?"
I knew this was what I had to do, "Okay, I'll see you in a few."
Artemis smiled at me and then followed me inside of the closet. "Look," I told her, "If you want to be my friend or anything like that then you won't even try to kiss me."
She frowned and said, "So what you're saying is that the only way for me to be your friend is to not kiss you? That's dumb, the whole point of the game is to kiss someone."
"Yeah, well I have a girlfriend and she doesn't need to hear about you kissing me again."
At that she smirked and countered, "Oh, so you told her that. Did you tell her about the fact that you kissed me back?"
"What do you mean I didn't kiss you back? I was repulsed that you kissed me."
"Oh yeah, that's not what your tongue was saying."
At that I choked which caused her to laugh.
"I'll make a deal with you Wally, if you can resist kissing me back this time I won't tell Linda about what actually happened that day."
"So you're blackmailing me is what you're saying?"
"Think of it as a challenge, if you don't kiss me you win and if you do you get to kiss me which is a win."
"I won't win either way, but after this we're done. We won't be friends, or anything else I won't be friends with people who blackmail me."
Then, the moment of truth came, she leaned in and started to kiss me slowly. After a little while, she started to move her hand dangerously low, so I pulled back and said, "See, piece of cake."
"Really now, she questioned, "Then what did I feel against my hand before you pulled back?"
I looked down in complete horror and humiliation this was not happening. I tied my jacket around my waist and ran out of there the whole way pulling Linda along with me.
Not long after that, she asked me what happened and I said, "She tried to kiss me and she came on really strong so I bailed as soon as I could.
"Okay, and why did you tie your jacket around your waist?"
"It was really hot in there and way too enclosed. Now can you just drop it please?"
After that the whole ride home was quiet, I dropped her off without a word.
