I doubt it's Caleb, but I have to be sure. Luckily, Visiting Day is tomorrow, so if Caleb visits Tris it'll work out smoothly. Or I can visit my old family. Either one works. But what can I do today? There's still Uriah, Cole, Eric, Peter, and Zeke. How can I investigate this? If Christina takes Cole's advice, she'll be hanging out a lot with one of them. I decide to go to bed and wait until tomorrow. Once I wake up, I go over to the Pit after getting dressed and see everyone playing Truth or Dare. Without me? I see Christina sitting on Cole's lap. What the hell? I walk over to them and Christina starts to blush madly.
"Will, I- uh.." She stutters.
"I dared her to sit on Cole's lap the rest of the game." Tris evenly states. Alright. A dare is a dare. I invite myself to sit inbetween Four and Zeke.
"Will, truth or dare?" Christina asks.
"Dare."
"I dare you to kiss Tris on the lips." Why would my own girlfriend dare me to do that? Everyone else seems to have the same expression. It's probably a test, so I just take my shirt off.
"Christina, truth or dare?"
"Truth."
"What was the last conversation you had with Cole about?" She's trapped. Unless she lies.
"Well, we talked about Tris." That wasn't a lie. Not really. "Uriah, truth or dare?" I didn't really scan the room until now. Today, the players are Me, Christina, Tris, Four, Uriah, and Zeke. Small crowd. I guess everyone got pissed off because of the delays.
"Dare!"
"I dare you to eat a poptart while –"
"YES! POP TARTS! MATHMATICAL!"
"Ahem. As I was saying, I dare you to eat a poptart while talking about how bad it tastes." His smile disappears.
"NOT SO MATHMATICAL!" He takes his shirt off. This guy really likes his pop tarts! He suddenly takes a box of pop tarts out of his Nike bag and eats one nonchalantly. "Zeke?"
"Truth."
"I dare you to masturbate in front of all of us."
"But I said truth."
"So? That was apart from the game."
"In that case, no, I won't do that. That's a weird-ass dare."
"Fine. What flavor condoms do you have in your dresser?"
"You're one weird kid. Lemon, bacon, and ice cream. I think I also have chocolate cake. Cole, truth or –"
"Dare."
"I dare you to do 7 minutes with Christina." What? Wait, did I hear him right? There's no way I heard him right. And what I really can't believe? Christina drags Cole to her room.
(Author's Note: This is the first time a POV switches mid-chapter, but I felt this was necessary. Now it's Cole's POV)
Wait, what? Did Christina just drag me into her room to play 7 minutes? I think that just happened. I sit on her bed next to her.
"Listen, Christina. I respect that you're dating Will and I'm dating Lynn, so I vote that we just sit here for 7 minutes and do nothing and they'll never know." She nods her head sadly. "Something bothering you? How is it going with 'Tris'?"
"You're no idiot, Cole. You know that when I said 'Tris' and 'Four' I actually meant me and Will."
"Yes, that's what I had assumed. How is it going?"
"Eh."
"Oh. Maybe you should –" I'm interrupted by Christina's hand meeting mine. Wait, am I –? No, there's no way. She just needs someone to talk to, and feels uncomfortable with Will. There's no way that I – Wait. She just… she just inched closer to me. Now her head is on my shoulder. Is that normal? OK, face the facts Cole. It's you. You are taking Will's girl. I decide to keep my distance. I inch a little bit to my right, away from her. This can't be happening. She inches closer. I go farther. She comes closer. Eventually, there's no more bed for me to get away from her. Her forehead nuzzles my neck and works its way up to my nose. Our lips are almost touching. I get up, toppling and trip onto the floor. I nervously check my watch. 6 minutes left. Uh oh.
"Look… Christina…" Even I'M having trouble getting her away from me. And I'm me! "We're both dating other people, and I really don't think you should, uh, do this?" She just continues towards me, lifts me up, and lays me on the bed. She then topples on top of me and edges closer and closer to my lips. Am I being forced to kiss someone? I struggle until finally a find a loose end and break free before our lips touch. "Christina, no!" I sure hope nobody is hearing this. Then she tackles me, and I fall flat on Tris' bed. She isn't slow this time. She rushes towards my face, but I dodge and flip the situation. Literally. Now I'm on top of her and I'm holding her down. 5 minutes left. God, time is slow when you're doing something difficult.
"Cole… I… Let go!" For some odd reason, my logic gives up in the fight against my gut and I let her go. Then she grabs onto my shoulders and pulls me closer to her. But we don't kiss, we just kind of awkwardly hug. She whispers something in my ear, and my eyes turn into plates. She just told me something I couldn't believe. I just couldn't. She just told me that Will disrespects her. How could that be? He's such a nice guy! I hope she doesn't mean physically… or mentally, for that matter. I relax my body and she starts to inch to my lips again. Well, she just destroyed one reason not to kiss her. But there's still Lynn. I can't do this. I pull away, and Christina has an emotion I can't quite decipher. It's a mix of anger, pity, and depression. 3 minutes left. That's when I get the same emotion. But more anger. Much more anger. Why could nothing work out for me lately!? Why me!? I get up off Tris' bed and Christina pulls herself up into a sitting position.
"I.. I'm sorry, Christina. I can't." She seems to understand, but she gets up and gently kisses me on the cheek, a sort of blessing. Then my watch beeps. 7 minutes are up. We both walk out and everyone has a bored besides Will, who is relieved that it seems like we didn't do anything. I even hear some boos. But whatever. As I return to my spot followed by Christina plopping herself back into my lap, I notice something strange. Eric just… Eric just secretively handed a hard drive to Peter, who immediately began running to the dorms. By instinct, I immediately get up, apologize to Christina for dropping her, tell everyone to continue without me, and follow Peter.