AN: So, I wrote this months ago but it never felt right, but as I never seemed to be able to get it right, I thought I'd post it anyway. Thank you to Jess82x who got in contact with me to let me know she loved the story, it inspired me to start it up again, so thank you!

Returning from the kitchen, Myka dropped down on the sofa, careful not to spill the glass of juice she had brought with her, they had been playing the game for over an hour and she was beginning to get thirsty. "What did I miss?" she asked, placing the half empty glass on the table.

"Pizza's on it's way," Claudia announced, "and Pete once got a boner in gym class."

Trying her best not to spit out the mouthful of drink she had just taken, Myka quickly swallowed it before she let out a small laugh, "why doesn't that surprise me?" she asked, turning her eyes to Pete who just scowled at her.

"It was co-ed and I was 14, what do you expect?"

Reaching over, Myka patted Pete on the shoulder, "It's okay," she soothed, trying her best to stifle the giggle that threatened to spill out of her.

"Okay, Myka's turn" Claudia decided, "truth or dare."

Without really thinking, Myka did as she always did, "truth."

"Fine, but this is your third truth, your next one has to be a dare, okay?"

"Okay", Myka agreed, lifting her legs up to cross them again, "what do you want to know?"

Taking a moment to think, Claudia narrowed her eyes for a moment, "have you ever kissed a girl?" It was at that point, Pete finally got over his moping and re-joined the game, his ears perking up at the words 'kissed' and 'girl' in the same sentence.

Doing her best to hide the blush that was threatening to spill onto her cheeks, the woman began to twirl a piece of her hair, "No, I haven't,"

"Not even during spin the bottle?" Claudia questioned, shocked a little by the other girls answer.

Myka just shook her head, she didn't really want to admit that she'd never played spin the bottle either, she wasn't exactly the social butterfly in high school, she was the academic bookworm, the only person she had kissed was Sam and that didn't exactly end well.

"Right, moving on," Helena interrupted, noticing the red hue that had taken over Myka's cheeks, "I believe it's my turn, and I choose dare."

The thought of coming up with a dare distracted Claudia for the moment, all other questions she had, lost, at least for a while, "Seeming that we're on the topic of kissing, I dare you to kiss...Pete!"

The whole room froze as the words passed through Claudia's lips, the young girl obviously hadn't thought about what it would mean if flatmates kissed one and other, but it was too late now, the dare was already out there.

"Okay," Helena agreed, standing up and making her way across to the boy, climbing onto his lap slowly as he froze looking up at her. Even Pete was shocked by the woman's actions, most assumed that it was because she was either over tired or simply because she feared nothing, but it hadn't even passed through any of their minds that it was because she was attracted to Pete, which in truth, was probably a good thing. Leaning down, she pressed her lips to his, her mouth quickly moving to massage her slowly.

All Myka could do was watch, her eyes widened when she swore she saw Helena's tongue enter the mix. Reaching down she pressed her hand to her belly, for some reason she felt a twinge in her stomach, it almost felt like she was going to be sick, if she didn't know any better she would say that she was jealous. Leaning forward, she picked up her glass of juice and took a sip. It seemed that the movement was enough to catch Helena's eye and forced her to move away from the fumbling man. Catching the innocent woman's eyes, she noticed the look in them, there was something there, she couldn't quite put her finger on it, but she knew it wasn't good. Returning to her seat, she thought about why on earth she was so willing to kiss the boy, she certainly wasn't interested in him that way and normally she wasn't the kind of girl who participated in games like that. Her mind thought back to what she was considering before the kiss, it had been Myka, she had been shocked and rather disheartened that the young American had never been with a woman, even as part of a game, then the next thing she knew, she was kissing Pete. Before she could think any further, Claudia had piped up again, "Alright, my turn!"

After the group had eaten diner, they had settled for general chit chat rather than returning to the game. Once again, Claudia and Steve retired to bed earlier than the others, using the excuse that it had been a long day rather than admitting that they both had a couple of things they needed to do before actually going to bed. Resting her head on her hand, Myka finally noticed Pete trying to get her attention with his eyes, they flicked over to Helena then down over his body, before looking back at her and then to her room door. Getting the idea, the woman stood, that feeling in the pit of her stomach returning as she glanced over at Helena, her eyes somewhat sad, "Right, that's enough for me, I'm so tired, see you both tomorrow." Shutting the door behind her, Myka turned and rested her back against the wooden barricade, what was wrong with her?

Standing from her seat, Helena smiled kindly at Pete, "I should probably go too, I haven't slept in 36 hours, I don't need to be cranky on my first day of lectures." Turning to leave, she could see Pete jump up as she began to retreat.

"Wait, Helena, I was hoping to talk to you, about earlier."

Closing her eyes for a moment, Helena took a deep breath before turning to face the man, "About earlier?" she asked, knowing full well what he was on about but hoping for both their sake that she was wrong.

"About the, um, kiss," he stuttered, moving towards her, "I was wondering if you wanted to go for diner, maybe do that again?"

Helena almost felt sorry for the boy, she hadn't quite figured out why she had kissed him but she hadn't even thought that he might take it as more than just a teenage game, "look, Pete, I like you, but not in that way, I'm sorry."

"Oh" he sighed, his eyes dropping to the floor in realisation, "it was worth a try."

"If it makes you feel better, it's not because it's you personally, it's more your...gender I'm not interested in."

Pete's eyes soon shot up, realisation soon overtaking his warm eyes, "you're a lesbian?"

"I don't know how to explain in really, I'm sexually attracted to men, but I'm not emotionally attracted to them, if that makes any sense?"

"Not really," Pete admitted, "but it's cool, as long as you understand it, that's what matters, right?" Pausing for a moment, Pete considered what she had just said, "maybe we could just..."

"No!" Helena interrupted, knowing full well where that sentence was going to go, "I've learnt the hard way that relations without emotions always end badly, so I refuse to have them any more, which basically means no more men."

"I get it," Pete nodded, moving to go back to his own room before pausing, "if you ever need to talk, I'm here."

Offering the boy a small smile she nodded her understanding, "thank you, Pete."

Swallowing hard, Myka remained frozen, had she really just heard that right? She hadn't intended to listen in but with her back to the door, it wasn't exactly hard to hear what was being said beyond it. Forcing herself off of the door, the young woman removed her make up and brushed her teeth. What did it matter that Helena preferred women? What difference did it make? It's not like Myka could ever be interested in her, right?