Usually I don't think of Joy as mean. Sorry.

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Patricia's POV

"Patricia! Patricia, guess what!" I looked up from my book (what, I couldn't be smart?) as Joy bounded in and threw herself on the edge of my bed, her eyes gleaming brightly.

"What?" I asked.

"Fabian asked me if I would step out with him!" She squealed.

"He did what?" I cried. I knew that Joy was pinning for him, but I mean... weren't he and Nina "secretly" crushing on each other madly? Joy's hope was a lost cause, I'm sorry to say, so Fabian's sudden action surprised me a lot. He wouldn't try to make Nina jealous, and I couldn't see any other reason...

"Asked me out, why?"

"Oh... nothing. I'm just really happy for you," I gave her a smile and went back to reading while she went to go tell Amber her "good news."

"This is impossible!" Amber said to me, outraged at the fact that Joy and Fabian were together.

"Calm down, Amber. This isn't World War III, just a little mix-up," I replied. My eyes flickered behind her, at the girl coming in. "Sh! It's Joy. Pretend like we're talking about... I don't know, the food here?" She nodded as Joy made her way over.

"I mean, at least put a little salt on the fries!" Amber fake-complained, even though I knew she thought salt was "fattening."

"Hey, guys," Joy smiled and sat in the chair between me and Amber. She was still sunshine-y about her new relationship with Mr. Confuse-Everybody-By-Asking-Out-Joy.

"OMG!" Amber said loudly, thankfully the resturant was empty, "Is that a promise ring?" She looked at Joy' fourth finger which, sure enough, had a sparkling, beautiful ring on it. I mean, I knew Fabian asked her out, but being engaged was a whole other level. A completely differant term, actually.

"No, no," She reassured us. "I just dropped my ring at the dance. And he gave it back."

"Ohhhh," said Amber, her trademark for "I said something totally dumb, but now I get it! Thanks!"

Nina was taking the news pretty good, so far. She'd told me that she was "stupid," which made zero sense, but other than that, she seemed fine. Well, until the all-nighter.

The all-nighter was the only time a year when the guys and girls were allowed in the same room late at night. Trudy was next door, and we not only had to sleep on the opposite ends of the room from anyone of a differant gender, but we also had to get an embarrassing lecture from her about "responsibility" and "trust" and everything.

So it was eight when everyone showed up, and we'd started laying out our sleeping bags.

Mine was already set out, and so was Nina's and Jerome's, while everyone else was getting there's set up.

Finally, ten minutes later, the sun was down and we were gathered around in a circle. This was where the fun started- a game of Truth or Dare. It was cheesy and kind of childish, but very fun.

"Rules!" Nina said. "First, no daring anybody to kiss or hug or anything romantic if they're dating someone already. Second, there can not be a dare that could damage property, people, or the chances to ever get in to college." She shot me and Jerome a quick look. "And finally, no bothering Trudy too much."

"Those are fair," Joy piped up. She somehow knew that Amber was a die-hard Fabina fan.

"Okay. Who goes first?" Jerome asked, and we all looked at each other before Mick said, "I will."

"Jerome. Truth or dare?"

"Dare."

Mick shot him a Payback! look, no idea what that was for, before saying, "I dare you to kiss Patricia."

"What?" I had cried, shocked and a litle mad, but mostly shocked, while Jerome had yelled, "No way, Cambell!"

"You said dare. This is your dare. If you don't kiss Patricia in the next, oh, thirty seconds, you'll go from King of Pranks to Duke of Scaredy Cats." Mick said simply.

Finally, after an awkward few seconds, my face in an unhappy scowl while Jerome's was bright red, we turned and kissed. It was very short, simple. Sweet. Wait- no it wasn't. It wasn't sweet. I was just happy to have the all-nighter and the fact that Mick finally had a good dare. Right?

After the kiss I turned to the group and asked casually, "So, who's next?"

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