Disclaimer: I own Charity...and that just about it except for the lesser OCs. Nothing else.
A/N: Quick Happy Birthday Shoutout to Jeff Hardy. :D I hope he has a great one. Now, I don't really like the ending, nor middle to this chapter, but I can't seem to right a better ending or middle at the moment...and for that I apologize. But, the good news is, it's a longer chapter, and it's full of drama. :D Yay! Thanks for everyone who is reading and reviewing, btw, too. I start school on Wednesday, so expect my updates to be a tad slower. Anyway, enjoy. :)
(Still Charity's POV)
"Why do I not like where this is going," Shannon says suddenly, taking another swig of beer…how much has he drank since I was done here? Oh, just three bottles. Get. Over. Yourself. I can't help but think, drowning your 'sorrows' in beer is not going to help you, asshole.
Everyone eyes turn to him for the second time that night. Beth rolls her eyes at him, and then sits up. Apparently, she wasn't sleeping after all. "Well, who's going first?" Matt pipes in, looking around the room, eyes darting between each person, stopping on Jeff.
"Oh hell no," he replies, shaking his head. "There is no way in hell that I'm going first."
"Well, then, it's a good thing we're on Earth," Shane says with a smile, to which Jeff flips the bird to in response. "C'mon, Jeff, just ask a question."
Jeff looks around the room at everyone and then turns to Jamie with a devilish smile written all over his face. "Hey, Jamie," he says in a sing-song voice. "Truth or Dare?"
Jamie smirks. "I'm not scared of you, asshole. Dare."
Everyone becomes silent, all eyes on Jeff. "Okay…well…uh…damn, this is hard." I roll my eyes, without meaning to. I feel Matt lean on the couch from behind me. I look up at him with a smile, to be met with his jaw dropping one. I know I'm not the only Hardy fan in the world that can't breathe when Matt Hardy smiles, right? "I dare you to kiss Shannon."
"That's it?" she says with a laugh. Puh-lease." With that, she stands up, and walks her tiny waist over to Shannon, who looks bored, and smiles. "Pucker up, Shan." Shane's eyeing Jeff with daggers at this point, and I'm trying not to laugh but see Shannon's face. He's looking at me, smirking, as if to say 'oh well, now look who's kissing me.' Honey, I don't care who you're kissing, I think, and resist rolling my eyes at him. Plus, it's not like you're gonna go up to bed with her after, Shane will have you six feet under in five seconds, I add mentally.
She kisses him on the lips, arms on his shoulders, legs spread wide. "Alright, alright," Shane says, eyes full of jealousy. "Enough of mackin' on my girl, Shannon." Jamie stands up, dusts her hands on her tiny lap and positions herself on top of Shane on the floor.
"What?" he replies, eyes wide. "It wasn't me this time, buddy, it was a dare!"
"Whatever," he mumbles, arm now firmly on Jamie's waist. "Your turn baby."
Jamie smiles, tapping her chin, giggling. "Hmm, I'm tempted to make Jeff and Matt kiss," she says, to which both brothers begin protesting immediately to (because we all know that men will not pick truth, right?) and stare at her, eyes full of daggers. "But, nah. Hey, Charity," she says. "Truth or dare?"
WHAT?! NO. NO. NO. I can't help but scream mentally and secretly wish I never came down the stairs before. "Truth," I say instantly. I'm not an idiot, knowing these guys.
"Hm…" she says, looking around the room, and into the kitchen. "If you had to kiss one of the Carolina Crew, meaning, Jeff, Matt, Shannon, or Shane, who would you pick and why? You can only pick one and you must pick, or do a dare in its place."
I feel my cheeks redden quickly. What, was she trying to em…don't even let me finish that. Right, that's the point of the game: embarrassment city. Everyone's all eyes on me, and I can tell Beth wants to laugh, because it's something you can totally see happening to someone but she keeps it in. Shannon is looking away, of course, and Matt's watching me with an amused expression. Shane and Jeff are staring at each other, but I think that's because Shane is still peeved at Jeff for his dare of Jamie.
"Um…" I stutter, looking around once more. "The Carolina Crew?" I ask again. Jamie nods with a smirk. "Lucas."
"What?" Beth says, then starts to crack up, shaking on Jeff's laugh.
"You can't pick Lucas, he's a dog, and isn't part of the four!" Jamie says stubbornly. "It's Jeff, Matt, Shane, or Shan."
I roll my eyes. "Fine. Shane, just because you're dating him." This makes her pout, eyes glaring at me. I smile wildly. "You asked," I say with a shrug. "My turn, right?" Beth nods her head in my direction and I take a look around. "Jamie, truth or dare." Revenge is going to be sweet.
She smirks. "Truth."
"Saying you weren't famous, and you were offered five hundred thousand dollars to pose in Playboy nude, and you needed the money, would you do it?" Okay, I'm fucking lame. I'll get her back later. Maybe…I don't know, but the girl is trying her hardest to make me mad, I think.
"Yeah, duh. If I needed the money, hell yeah," she says nonchalantly. I see Shane frown, but he doesn't say anything. She looks around the room once. "Charity: Truth or Dare?" This time, Matt and Beth's eyebrows go up, and Beth and Jeff look at each other quickly. She was out to get me now, I made her mad.
"Dare," I say with a smile. For once, I'm going to challenge her.
"Kiss Shannon," she says without much emotion. But, I can tell she's pissed…God, what have I done?
"WHAT?" Shannon and I ask at the same time.
-Shannon's POV-
"WHAT?" I ask, hearing someone tell Charity to kiss me. Who the…what?! Jamie has her eyes set on Charity, screaming payback. What had I missed in my daydream? The entire game that usually would have had me plotting to destroy someone with dares bored me, my mind wandering around the thoughts of Charity and how I'm an idiot.
Another loud clasp of thunder sends everyone into the air and off the couch, easing the tension that was rising between Charity and Jamie. Matt looks at me, eyes full of confusion, probably wondering why she said that. You could tell: she knew something she shouldn't.
"Kiss Shannon," Jamie repeats, looking at her with a fake smile. "That isn't a problem, is it, Charity?"
I can see Charity gulp from my seat, eyes dead set on the ground, unable to look anyone in the eye. Oh good God, I don't want her to kiss me. It'll turn me on and I'm supposed to be fucking mad at her…I am…but is if…damn it, Jamie, why?
"Game over," Matt says, coming to the rescue, eyeing Jamie with a look that says 'whatever-you're-planning-cut-it-out.' She doesn't seem to give him much of a response back. "Let's do something else."
"No," Charity suddenly says. "It's just a dare…what's the big deal. If she wants me to kiss him, I will." With that, she gets up, hips swaying, eyes dead set on me, but her mind is elsewhere. She wants to kill Jamie. Before I can react, her lips are pressed against mine, and we stay like that for a minute…then it's over…and the tension in the room is a little too much to bare. "My turn," she says with pure hatred. "Who wants to be asked?"
She knows exactly who will step up. Everyone else is just watching now, waiting to see what will happen next. Two girls pissed at each other, no one cares to stop them. "Me," Jamie says, standing up. "Dare."
"Go drink out of the toilet seat." Everyone watches Jamie get up and head toward the bathroom…
-Matt's POV-
This is fucking bad. No, we're past bad. I've never seen Charity act like this. I don't know how Jamie knows the deal of Shannon and Charity, but it's obvious she does. I want to stop them, but I fear what would happen next if I did. As long as its dares, it can't become physical, right?
"You want me to drink from the toilet," Jamie confirms, looking down at my guest toilet seat bowl. Charity simply nods, eyes dead set on her still.
"Look, guys, knock it off, this is going on a little too far—"
"Matt, can it. No one cares what you have to say at the moment," Jamie shoots at me, eyes rolling around her pretty little head.
"I dare you to shut the hell up," Charity mumbles, probably not meaning what she said. Jamie is silent, an amused smile on her face, knowing she just got out of her dare. Charity realizes this and scowls.
"STOP," I hiss, going between the two girls before a catfight erupts. I never knew Jamie would go so high school. "That's it. Shane, take Jamie elsewhere, Beth, take Charity up to her room, this is enough bullshit for one night." Beth and Shane do what they're told, taking candles with them for light, and head off, girls in tow. "This is fucking ridiculous," I tell Jeff and Shannon.
Shannon's rubbing his cheeks, eyes set to the tiles on the ground. Jeff sighs. "Tell me about it. Who knew one little fucking game would get out of control."
I nod, looking out into the hallway, hearing Shane talking softly to a whining Jamie in the kitchen. 'What the fuck was that in there?' he's asking her. 'She's not some fucking toy, Jay, and you just treated her like shit for no reason!' He sounds pretty pissed himself. Of course, Jamie doesn't have much of an explanation to Shane, but I think Shannon and I both know she knows of the days events.
"Look, Shan, stay here tonight, you're half crocked." He opens his mouth to protest, but I put my hand up. "Shut up, let's not go back to the Christmas Bash when someone said the same thing, shall we?" Shannon immediately closes his mouth.
"Hey, guys, we're gonna head out," Shane says, his head peaking inside the bathroom. "I think Jamie's tired." Jamie comes up beside him, arms crossed, in full pout mode. "I'll talk to ya soon, guys." All three of us nod in unison and watch them walk out.
"Why do I feel like this is far from over?" Jeff asks, sitting on the toilet.
I shake my head. "Because it isn't."
-Beth's POV-
"I was so in the wrong, wasn't I?" Charity is asking me, face buried in her pillow, so the words come out like 'If waf sof inf the wrongfth, wasn'tfth If?' She's pretty pissed off herself, but she's more worried about what Matt and Jeff are going to say. "I shouldn't have challenged her," she says, sitting up, eyes a little puffy. When the hell did she cry? "But she just…made me so mad..."
"It's understandable," I say, nodding my head. "I would have done the same. Believe it or not, Jamie isn't a bitch. She was half crocked, too, remember that. Though, I'm sure she did know what she was doing."
"I'm a fucking idiot," she moans, throwing the pillow onto the floor. "I can't believe I almost got into a fight with a TNA knockout…I must be out of my mind." She sits up again, eyes wide. "I almost fought a TNA knockout…I'd be in the hospital."
I have to laugh. "I'm not gonna deny you there: you'd be in the hospital. But, hey, don't sweat it. I doubt Matt or Jeff are mad, and however Jamie found out isn't a big deal. Who is she going to tell? Shane? Yeah, that's about it. Look, I hear them coming up now," I tell her, hearing Jeff saying something was 'fucking nuts.' Figures.
The candle keeping the room in a dim light shakes as the thunder roars around us. "Hello? Everyone decent?" Matt asks, but you can tell he's smiling.
"Yes, Matt," I call back, rolling my eyes. "We're fully clothed."
"Good," he says with a smile, coming inside, Jeff and Shannon trailing behind him. Shannon won't even look Charity in the eye, I notice as he sits on the floor, leaning against the wall, eyes already closed. Jeff comes and sits next to me, massaging my back. He grins down at me, the smile that made me fall in love with the jackass, as I smile thankfully back.
"I'm so, so sorry, guys," Charity blurs out, looking at what was left of the 'Carolina Crew' with worried expressions. She sat up further, eyes still wide as saucers. She too is barely looking at Shannon. "I let my anger get the better of me and I just…fucked up."
Jeff laughs. "Don't worry, sugar. You're fine with us." That you Jeffrey Nero Hardy for making this simple, I think, glancing at Matt, who is smiling at Charity. This makes her blush wildly, but she returns the gesture.
"Thank you," she whispers. "I'm exhausted." Another clasp of thunder and lightening. "How long are these supposed to last?" She looks around the room, hoping for an answer. Luckily, I've got it for her.
"They should stop for a bit soon, but they'll be back by morning, and bad. We'll probably be stuck in the house…it's gonna be dangerous, especially with all the woods and open fields around here. Worse place you can be during a thunderstorm," I explain.
"Oh," she says, nodding. Before I know it, everyone is filing out of the room, headed to various rooms and leaving me and Charity alone. I almost go to leave, but she stops me. "Hey, Beth?" she asks me, a slightly scared edge to her voice.
"Yeah?" I turn back to her with a reassuring smile. "Everything okay?"
"Yeah…just thanks. You're such a help to me," she says softly, eyes fixated on the ground before her. Aw, she's so adorable when embarrassed.
"Don't sweat it, kid," I reply, before waving bye and leaving her in the room with the dimly lit candle.
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