Edited 2019
AN: Lucky for you all that I could not get to sleep so I just went ahead and wrote the next chapter. I don't have much to say so on with the chapter. Thanks for reading.
Disclaimer: I never have and sadly never will own any of the characters.
Chapter 22
I started to cry. "Oh, Sookie I did not mean to make you cry," John said patting my back which was kind of awkward because being hugged and patted by a guy in sweaty athletic gear is not the most appealing thing in the world. I pulled out of his arms and tried to wipe away my tears.
"It is not that, it is just, why does everyone keep asking me out? I am not that special obviously." I said gesturing to the ass on the grass. "I didn't even do anything to him. He just jumped to the wrong conclusion and did not let me say anything. I would love to go with you, but I was already asked by two guys, other than Eric and I still have not given either one of them a definitive answer." I started to cry harder. He just sat there with me quietly rubbing my back for a few minutes.
"Sookie you are more special than you know. Eric maybe my friend but he can be a jerk sometimes. I know that he has trust issues because of his mother so give him a chance to learn the truth. I can tell that you like Eric even if he does not deserve it right now. If he does not apologize then go with one of the other ones that asked you out. I know that one was Preston from early today but who was the other guy that I might lose you to?" John always knew what to say he was one of the sweets guys. I felt even worse when I thought about how much he must like me to want to see me happy with someone even if it wasn't him. I knew that I didn't want to go with Preston. I knew that Godric would understand if I asked him to let me go with John. I had already said that I would go with him to a different dance in the future. If I went to homecoming with John, I knew that I would have a good time, but I would have to see Eric with a different girl and that would hurt.
"Godric Hyde asked me but said that if I didn't go with him to homecoming then he wanted me to go with him to another dance later in the year," I answered.
"Tough choice great looking jock or artsy genius, well I know who I want you to choose but I guess that is up to you, not me. I can wait for your answer cause I know that you need some time to think. I just ask that if you don't go with me that I get to have one dance with you, nah make that two." He said smiling.
"Thank you, John, I don't know what I want to do but I will tell you first as soon as I figure it out," I said standing up and kissing him on the check. I turned around and walked to the stairs to get off the stands. Once I got to the bottom Preston found me again.
"So Sookie do you have an answer for me?" He asked smiling.
"I like you as a friend Preston but I want to go to homecoming with someone else. I am sorry that it is not the answer that you wanted but it is the way I feel. I still want to be your friend and sit with you in Swedish class if that is ok with you." I said looking down.
"That is ok with me Sookie I guess that I will have to settle with being your friend for now. Save me a dance though would you? I would love to dance with you and I know that you will look beautiful. You always do. I will still see you tomorrow I am planning on going to your lunch thing with Remy. He is kind of worried to go without back up. He was afraid that Tara and Lafayette would be mad at him for trying out as a joke. He did not expect to get on the team let alone be an alternate. " He was still smiling at me but it was not quite as bright as it had been.
"Of course I will save you a dance. Thank you for understanding. I have to get going I am having the JV team plus a few others over for a sleepover tonight so we can all get to know each other better. I will see you tomorrow." I said as I ran off to find Gran. She was standing with Godric, Glad and Dia. The girls had bags with them for the sleepover. They were going to be riding with us to the house as well.
"Good you're here, we can get going now, I want to get to the house before everyone starts showing up," Gran said, ushering us to the car. Godric sat in the front with Gran, the girls and I were in the back. I decided on the way home that I was going to forget about Eric and the way he was acting and focus on my party.
I took us about twenty minutes longer to get home with all of the traffic from the game. Somehow, we still ended up beating everyone else to the house. When we went to pick up the food earlier in the evening Gran had decided that I could have most of the girls up in my room when we went to sleep. The boys would be camping out in the living room. Gran also decided to have Eric bunk with Jason so that we could put some of the girls in his room. I could not wait till he came back and found out that he had to sleep on the floor in Jason's room I think that it was just the start of karma coming to bite him on the butt. He could always sleep out in the living room with the boys but I did not think that he would. I ran up to my room to get changed into pajamas. I put on a pair of bright blue sleeping pants and a pink t-shirt. Godric and the girls were changing downstairs.
After another five minutes, cars started to pull up. I greeted everyone with a big smile and ushered them inside. Once everyone was here and changed we took up residence in the living room. Gran had brought in a bunch of snacks and drinks. We started the night watching the movie Center Stage. I was lounging on the sofa behind one of the air mattresses. Godric was sitting on the other side of it. At one point during the movie, Jason and Eric got home. Gran took them into the kitchen to talk to them. Eric sneered at me as he passed. I was about to start crying when Godric reached over and pulled me so I was lying against his side. He put his arm around me. I felt like it would make everything worse but the silent comfort he gave me helped.
When the movie was over, we decided to play hid and go seek outside in the dark. It had been a really good idea until we lost Judith for a while. She had hidden up in one of the trees and somehow fallen asleep. We then declared her the winner and went inside to get something to eat. We all ended up back in the living room and Tara suggested that we play truth or dare. She went first.
"Lafayette, truth or dare?" She asked.
"Dare" He answered.
"Alright, I dare you to go give Jason a lap dance." She said as softly as she could as to not tip off Jason. We all got up and quietly followed behind him to go watch. Jason and Eric were in his room talking. Lafayette did not say a word he just went right up to Jason and started. I had run to Gran's room to get the camera so we could save all the wonderful memories of the night. Just as Lala bent over Jason wiggling his butt I snapped a picture. Jason was so startled by what was happing that he missed it.
"Hey, I am not a part of the party, so I don't need to be a part of the games." He shouted. We all laughed and retreated to the living room. It was Lafayette's turn to ask after his successful dare.
"Godric truth or dare?" He asked smiling mischievously.
"I will go with Truth." Godric elected.
"Oh, you are no fun. Fine if you could kiss anyone on the team who would it be?" Lafayette pouted.
"Sookie." He said with his own happy smile. Everyone hooted and laughed at his answer. I just turned bright red. "Ok, my turn Amelia truth or dare?"
"Dare, defiantly dare." She said.
"I dare you to let one of the boys to draw a tattoo on your back." He said. She stood up and got a pen from her purse. She then went and sat in front of Claude handing him the pen. He drew a unicorn with a very naughty horn on her shoulder.
"My turn now, Claudine truth or dare?" Amelia asked.
"Um, truth," Claudine said.
"Who was your first kiss and if you have not had one yet who do you want it to be?" Amelia asked.
"It was Barry and we were in third grade." She answered with a laugh. "Glad your turn truth or dare?"
"Truth please," Gladiola said.
"Is there anyone that you have a crush on?" Claudine asked.
"Yes, and cause you did not ask who I am not telling," Glad said smiling. "Claude, which do you want truth or dare?"
"I am going to be brave or stupid and say dare." He answered.
"I dare you to steal a piece of Gran's underclothing and wear it." She said laughing. Claude got up and walked to Gran's room he knocked. She let him in. He returned a minute later wearing one of Gran's slips. I took another picture. The funny thing was Claude look pretty good in the slip. He resumed his spot and turned his eyes on me with a smirk.
"It is your turn now Sookie so which will it be?" He asked.
I took a deep breath and said "Dare." I knew that I was going to regret that as soon as the word was out of my mouth.
"You are so brave to trust me Sookie. I dare you to go sit on Eric's lap for a minute and not say anything. If he pushes you off then you have to kiss him." I was going to kill my cousin. I got up and walked to Jason's room they were still talking. I ignored them when they asked what I was doing and just plopped down on Eric.
He leaned in and whispered, "You really think that I want you anywhere near me." He went to push me off, but I did not want to kiss him so, I held on to the underside of his legs. "Come on get off." He said trying to dislodge me. I stayed quiet and held on.
"Time," Claude called from the hallway and I shot up and out of the room. I ran up to my room and let the tears go. Claude and Holly came up to find me. "I am sorry Sookie, I did not know what happened earlier today or I wouldn't have set that as your dare."
"Just remember cousin payback is a bitch," I said wiping my eyes. Eric was not worth my tears.
"Let's go back out it is your turn to pick someone Sookie," Holly said. We went back to the living room and resumed our positions around the room.
"Claude truth or dare?" I almost growled at him.
"You know most of my secrets so, truth really is not an option is it? Dare." He squeaked back at me.
"I dare you to kiss Eric full on the lips with tongue while coping a feel and if he protests and I know he will tomorrow you have to kiss every person at the lunch. I would get your lip balm ready cause you are going to have a lot of lips to kiss." I finished coldly. Claude shook his head and stood up. We all followed him to Jason's room again. This time Holly had the camera. I know that I should feel bad for Claude but he deserved it. Eric slugged him when Claude touched him. Holly snapped the picture just as he punched Claude. I walked satisfied back to the living room.
"I should know better than to piss you off Sookie. I just forget that under that sweet southern bell exterior is a vindictive girl. I remember the last time I played this game with you and you had me lick the toilet. Anyway, Holly your turn truth or dare?" He asked.
"Truth, I don't want to do anything I might regret." She said.
"You might regret this. What the farthest you have ever gone with anyone?" Claude asked.
"Kissing I am a good girl." She answered. "Dia which would you like?"
"Truth." She quipped.
"Have you ever done something that you should not have and not gotten caught if so what was it?" Holly asked.
"No, I get caught every time I try to be sneaky," Diantha answered. "Crystal truth or dare?"
"Truth I don't want to get in trouble with my daddy." She said.
"I heard that you spent the night here in Jason's room. What did you do with him?" Dia asked.
"He just held me while we talked. I might have snuck out but I am just as much of a good girl as Holly." Crystal laughed. "Judith you're up truth or dare?"
"I am bored with this truth stuff, I want dare." She retorted.
"I dare you to see how many baby carrots you can fit in your mouth." Crystal said. I took Judith five minutes to get seventeen of those suckers into her mouth. We got a picture of her trying to get the eighteenth one in and all of them spilling out. The carrots were designated as Judith's for when she was hungry later.
"Claudette your turn truth or dare?" Judith asked wiping her mouth.
"Dare, I guess." She said.
"I dare you to have Godric do your makeup and hair. Full Glitz like Sookie use to do and you have to have a tiara to finish off the look." Judith said smiling at Godric. She was expecting Godric to do a bad job, but he astonished us all. He had a hidden talent no one knew about. I was kind of jealous at just how pretty she looked when he was done.
"Ok it is Tara's turn and then we need to do something else I am thinking makeovers for everyone. So Tara how would you like to finish this game off?" Claudette asked.
"Both, but truth first," Tara responded confidently.
"Ok if you could do anything to anyone in the house what would it be and who?" Claudette asked.
"I am guessing that you are going to make me do whatever I say so hug Gran." Tara smiled.
"You are no fun just go hug her," Claudette said shaking her head exasperated. Tara did and when she came back we did makeovers for everyone. We turned the boys into different mythical beings. Lafayette, a merman, Claude a fairy prince, and Godric a vampire. For the girls, it was a bit more random. Claudine, we made a punk. Amelia was a clown. Glad and Dia became flowers. Tara got to be a zombie and Judith a werewolf. Holly was a bird and Crystal a cat. They decided that I needed to be a ballerina with shoes, tutu and all. We asked Gran to take several pictures of all of us.
After that, we watched another movie, this time it was The Wizard of Oz. Everyone passed out at some point during the movie. I ended up falling asleep on the sofa with Godric when Dorothy was going down the yellow brick road, away from munchkin land. I woke up later to being carried to my bed I did not see who did it but I was thankful that they did.