(Author's Note: Sorry for the short chapter. Next one will be extra long! :D)
I wanted another one. I wanted another kiss. I didn't want Will. I wanted Cole. But I couldn't. It wouldn't be right. But at least I have a chance because of this dare. I secretly wanted to thank Uriah. But when Cole drags me into his room, he writes something on his little white board. "I DROP OUT. – COLE" Then he takes out his iPhone and starts a video of that.
"Wait, Cole."
"Yes?"
"Why are you going to drop out? You made it this far, right?"
"You know why."
"Yes, I do. But I don't want Will."
"Well, you can't have me."
"You're an engineer. Think of a solution!"
"Fine. There are several possibilities. Either you break up with Will and stay single, I break up with Lynn and you break up with Will and we date, or you stay with Will and deal with it. I suggest option numero uno, since I do admit you deserve better. Also because I doubt you'll want to do option three and I doubt I'll want to do option two." We talk softly, so the iPhone won't detect us. "I have a plan though. I'll video tape 4 minutes of that sign, and I'll do 3 minutes of, ahem, us. Only because I really want to win this. I'll skip some of the video for Uriah, but I won't when I show Will."
"Wow, you really are an engineer. We should at least get into the mood, though, right?" He starts to blush madly, and I interrupt him by kissing him. It lasts for about 2 seconds before he pulls away.
"Save it for the camera." Then his watch beeps, and it's the 5-minute-mark for kissing me on the cheek. He seems to think that he's excused. He's wrong. I tap my cheek as a signal, and he smirks at the gesture and kisses me on the cheek. It's been about 4 minutes, so he goes over to the white board and erases the message followed by a "KIDDING!". Then he points the camera towards us and I pull him closer to me and start to kiss him. That continues for what feels like 30 seconds until his watch beeps, signaling the end of 7 minutes. He turns the camera off and we go over to the Pit. Cole does his plan, and it seems to work. Until he has to ask Uriah truth or dare.
"Dare!"
"Hey, wait! Cole dropped out!" Will defensively states.
"Watch the whole video, brah. But not now, we're in the middle of the game." So his plan did work. Will gets so furious, that he gets up, comes over to me, and pimp-slaps the crap out of me. Everyone is in shock, until Cole breaks the silence. His eyebrows are furrowed and he has a look of disgust on his face.
"I think it's time for you to go." And just to rub it in, he kisses me on the cheek before the 5-minute-mark. Will leaves. Now I know where the term "will power" came from. That slap hurt like hell. So much that a tear starts to drip from my eyes and slithers down my hurt cheek. I sniffle as Uriah concludes that it would be a waste to stop playing. He admits that Will is being a jerk, but we shouldn't let him ruin the game for us. So we continue. Cole just wants to end the game, so he asks Uriah to do something over the top, so Uriah drops out. Now it's just me and him. I answer truth, and he whispers into my ear. Do you love me? I answer softly into his that I do. Then he answers truth, and I ask him a question I've been dying to know. Do you love me?