A/N: Sorry for the long wait, guys! This chapter is dedicated to ValerieCarolina and Chuuuups Thanks for the support! :D
I'm still laughing a little as I return to my dorm, where I find DreySean in a revolving chair, turning around to face me, hands weaved together, a vicious smirk on his face and a plush kitten in his lap.
"I've been expecting you. I always wanted to do that." He proceeds to take the plush cat and throw it at Citlalli, who's lying down in her bunk, on her phone doing something. "Seriously though, man. What happened back there?" I hesitate, but then respond.
"Alex mentioned it."
"Dude, seriously?"
"Yeah; I know, right?"
"Wow, he deserved what he got. Nice sparring, bro."
"Thanks. You too." A moment later, Marlene walks in.
"Hey Yogurt. I have an idea for you and your buddies."
"Oh please, it's probably just some prank."
"I swear, it's not! You guys should play truth or dare." I think about that for a little bit.
"That's actually not a bad idea. Sure, can you guys play with us?"
"Sure, but probably only us trainers."
"No prob." We wait for a minute. "Well?"
"Well, what?"
"Shoo shoo. Go get other people to join us."
"What about the transfers?" I ponder over that for a while, then I realize how fun it would be to mess with Alesandra in truth or dare.
"Definitely." Tomorrow comes, and everyone that was invited is waiting at the pit, in a circle. I see Tris, Four, Uriah, Marlene, DreySean, Citlalli, Destiny, Alex, Alesandra, and Cody. Not many transfers, but whatever. I start. "Alesandra, truth or dare?" She wrinkles her nose and answers.
"Dare."
"Well well, Stiff's got back! I dare you to…" I scan the room and try to think of possibilities. "Spar with Cody again." Both Cody and Alesandra smirk at that idea.
"Gladly… later."
"Why not now?"
"Just because. I promise I'll do it. Four, truth or dare?"
" Trr…. Dare."
"I dare you to slap Tris."
"Where?" Everyone starts cracking up besides Tris, who is just blushing with her mouth hanging open. This should be good. After Alesandra pulls herself together, she answers.
"Anywhere." He proceeds to give Tris a high five. "What! That doesn't count! You're acting like Cody!"
"Thanks." He gives Cody a high five as well. "DreySean, truth or dare?"
"Dare."
"I dare you to…" He leans close to him and whispers into his ear.
"Pardon? Sorry, I thought I heard you tell me to play 7 minutes with Citlalli." He chuckles after that.
"That is what I said." His chuckle immediately turns into a death glare.
"Oh, HELL no!" He takes off his pants instead. The game gets intense as now, everyone is in their underwear. There are a lot of surprises for underwear choice. For example, Citlalli isn't matching, which is never like her. Alesandra has a black lacy bra, which is unlike her Stiff motives. DreySean has Superman undies too. Some changes have been made to the seating arrangements too, due to dares from others. Tris is sitting in Uriah's lap, which is pretty much killing Four. In return to that devious dare, Marlene is sitting in Four's lap, which is pretty much killing Uriah. That sure was fun. It's Alesandra's turn.
"Ygor, truth or dare?"
"Dare, muchacha. What's the worst a Stiff can do?"
"What did you just call me?"
"Um, nothing." For some reason, all the trainers start cracking up. The initiates all give them strange looks, and once Uriah wipes a tear out of his eyes, he mumbles something about "good times".
"Oookayyyy… I dare you to give someone of your choosing a hickey!" I raise one eyebrow and smile.
"Anyone?"
"Anyone. Besides me." I start cracking up.
"Y- you?! That's hilarious. Don't worry, it's not you. Ew." I nibble on my own hand until a purplish bruise remains on it. "You said anyone."
"I really don't enjoy that everyone is being a smart-ass with me." I wink at Cody, then proceed to ask Leticia, who also recently joined us, truth or dare."
"Dare. I'm not choosing truth. I've had enough truth in my life."
"Well aren't you sassy? I dare you to go give someone of your crush a lap dance. And I know you have a crush, because a little birdie told me so. That little birdie is Alesandra, so you can blame her. She didn't tell me who it is, though." She clenches her teeth and slowly turns her head towards Ales, who is scratching the back of her neck.
"I drop out." A wave of silence.
"But… you don't have to. You can still take off your shirt." She rolls her eyes and insists.
"I. Drop. Out. Okay?"
"Geez, alright, alright. I have no idea why, though. Alesandra, truth or dare?"
"Truth."
"Who is Leticia's crush?" She momentarily thinks about answering, but then just drops out, probably because Leticia would kill her if she answered. Eventually it just comes down to Four and Uriah. They both do some embarrassing and dangerous things, so I'm pretty sure both of them are determined to win. Uriah is up.
"Have you ever done it with Tris?"
"Done what?"
"You know what I mean."
"No, I haven't. I'm not sure what you mean, though."
"Whatever. I choose dare."
"I dare you to jump the fence." Long silence.
"Are you bonkers?"
"I think so. Do you drop out?"
"Nope." Another period of silence. Uriah takes off his underpants, revealing an extra pair.
"That's unfair! I win by default."
"There's no rule against it!" Cody steps in, just as he pushes his glasses up his nose.
"That is true. I would suggest someone make the rule for next game, but until then, this is completely fair."
"Yeah." Four drops out while mumbling something about respect and honor. "Woo! Told 'em like it's done!" Uriah exclaims. I roll my eyes grinning, as I'm used to his silliness. Everyone gets dressed and, right after Christina plans the next game, leaves. As I enter my room I plug in my iPod to the speakers hooked around my room and listen to Some Nights by Fun.
Some nights I stay up, cashing in my bad luck
Some nights, I call it a draw.
Some nights, I wish my lips could build a castle
Some nights, I wish they'd just fall off.
But I still wake up, I still see your ghost
Oh, Lord, I'm still not sure what I stand for-ohhh
Whoa oh oh (What do I stand for?) x3
I mumble to myself, "Story of my life", as I slip my shirt off and replace it with a new one. I open up my laptop and start Skyping DreySean, who is spending the night at a friends place.
Hey bro, hows it goin? After a little while, he responds.
Good man real good. look i g2g now, ttyl I log off and close up my laptop, then lay face-up on my bed. It wasn't very late, only 8:00 pm, so I just lay there for a while. I have the whole room to myself which at first I thought was a miracle. I was wrong. It gets lonely when you have nothing to do with anyone. Except that I wasn't alone. At the door was Leticia. I lower the sound and ask her what's up. She hesitates, then responds.
"My crush is Four. But don't tell him." I give her a confused look.
"Last time I checked, most girls dropped dead for Four. It's not something to be embarrassed about." She rolls her eyes and walks up to me, then punches my arm. "Ow."
"You idiot, I'm not embarrassed. I'm afraid. Of.. of Tris." That's when I start bursting out laughing. She starts to blush and leave, but I stop her.
"W-w-wait… I'm, I'm sorry. *clear throat* Sorry. It's just that, Tris is harmless." She raises an eyebrow. "Well, not exactly harmless. She DID pretty much dominate in her initiate class, that's what I heard at least. But I mean, she won't do anything. Watch." I get up and drag her into Alesandra's room, where she and some other transfers are sitting around, doing nothing. I wiggle my finger at Alesandra, signaling her to come here. She gets up, unplugs her earbuds and continues to follow me to the Pit, where Tris is there doing something. Without Four, luckily. I move my head towards Alesandra just as she moves hers towards mine, and we both nod once. I draw my cans of silly string and Alesandra hers. We both go running at Tris like ninjas sprinting through a battle and start spraying Tris. Alesandra holds her down with loads of silly string as I take the cans that Tris has out of her back pockets, leaving her harmless. I toss them to Leticia, and she seems lost. I try to lighten up the mood.
"Let's go, Lieutenant Forrester! We have a battle to fight, no slacking!" She grins and finally joins in.
"Sir, yes, sir!" She shakes up her cans and starts to spray at Tris, but Four ends up seeing everything. Leticia drops dead as she thinks she looks like a fool. Tris calls for help as Four takes out his own cans ready and rearing to go as he first shoots at Leticia, who is an extremely easy target. She's just standing there, after all. He almost instantly covers her up 70%, which is how much you need to cover to classify someone as "out". He calls that she's out, and she smiles and dramatically acts out her death. I laugh and try to flee, leaving Alesandra behind getting barricaded by Four and Tris, who now has her cans back. We almost got Tris out, but not quite. Tris untangles herself from the mess we made and before I know it, both of them are sprinting behind me, trying to catch me. Uriah, I instantly think. I sprint as fast as I can to his dorm and run in on Uriah, Marlene, and Lynn chilling in his room. I kick the door open and exclaim:
"CODE B-14, I REPEAT! CODE B-14!" At that, everyone in the room gets their own style of a devious smirk plastered onto their faces and draws their silly string cans and aims at the door, where Four and Tris just caught up.
"RETREAT, RETREAT!" Tris yells out as they both scramble towards Will's room, where they will surely meet up with Will and Christina to which they will probably go recruit some more intitates for the war. Right now my team includes me, Alesandra, Uriah, Marlene, Lynn, and now Leticia. The opposition has Tris, Four, Will, Christina, Cody, and any other initiate they recruit. Soon, Alesandra and Leticia burst into the room and lock the door behind them. Meeting time. The rule was, after 5 minutes of being dead you could be revived by a teammate. I start the meeting.
"Alright team, say hello to our new Lieutenant, Lieutenant Forrester. We just recruited her, so the opposition will surely find an opponent for her. How's everyone doing?" Each person has a specific opponent. The match-ups are Four and Uriah, Tris and Marlene, Christina and Lynn, Will and I, and Cody and Alesandra. Leticia will be matched up with whoever they recruit next. We make some plans and all spread out. We all replaced our silly string cans with silly string guns, which is pretty much AWESOME. We all take our partners and begin the war.