an: Lookit! I finally fixed this up and am content enough to post it. It's been sitting, waiting to be fixed up for a LONG time and I finally got up the energy to fix it...all during my Stats class. (What a snooze!)

Anyways, here's the next chapter. I really hope you like it!

disclaimer: I do not own the boys. They own themselves. I also do not own the songs that start each chapter.

FOUR - DARES TO FIRST GLANCES

And you stood there in front of me

Just close enough to touch

Close enough to hope you couldn't see

What I was thinking of

"Are you Adara Palmer?" a girl, with dark hair that had pieces of bright blue in it, asked, walking up to me as I walked through the door of the coffee shop.

"I am. And its Adara," I corrected. "Dare is even easier, though," I added, smiling up—just slightly—at her.

"Oh, sorry, Hugh never told me. I'm Sidney!" she beamed, leading me to a table where a lad was sat. "This is Hugh."

He looked similar to Sidney—which made sense, as they were siblings.

"It's nice to meet you both," I said, taking the seat across from the two of them.

"It's Adara, correct?" Hugh checked, pronouncing my name properly.

I nodded, about to agree, but Sidney got there first.

"Just call her Dare!" she chirped, her beautiful voice chiming in my ears.

"Dare?"

I shrugged. "Yeah."

"Besides the fact that it's part of your name, technically, do you, like, do dares, or something like that?" he enquired.

I thought about it for a fraction of a second before answering. "Pretty much, yeah."

"Okay, cool."

After the interview, Hugh and Sidney invited me to have lunch with them.

"See that guy there?" she asked, pointing to someone across the road from where we were stood, finishing up our coffees from the coffee shop we had just left.

"The one with the shades on?"

"Indeedio!"

"What about him?"

"I dare you to flirt shamelessly with him!" A smile brightened her face even more as it spread across her face, stopping near her eyes.

Throwing my hand to my mouth, covering it for a moment, I said, "Oh, you dare me to flirt with some random stranger, eh?" I dropped my hand back to my side. "Like I haven't done that one before!"

"I'm going to dare you, Dare," Hugh added, jumping in, "to get his number, too."

"Ooh, I think I just got a good challenge," I commented.

"Ooh, yay!" Sidney squealed, jumping up and down while clapping her hands together.

"Give me…," I began, contemplating how long it might take to get the lad's number and flirt him up. "Seven minutes."

"Seven, you're on. Get to it," Hugh urged, pushing me closer to the road separating us from the lad.

"Okay, okay, I'm going!" I checked to make sure no cars were coming before stepping out and crossing the road quickly.

Pulling my fingers through my hair, I walked over to where the lad had stopped, looking at a magazine stand.

But when I arrived, my mind was blank of anything I had come up with on the brief walk across the road.

"Hey," I began, trying to gain his attention. Realising if I wanted to even consider flirting with him, I had work a little harder than that. "Hi," I tried again, this time a flirtatious tone in my voice. I picked up a magazine at random, pretending to be interested in what it was about.

He turned his head slightly, looking at me, looking taken aback. "H…h—hello," he stuttered back.

Picking up the chain that held a heart-shaped locket, which was hung around my neck, I began twisting it around a finger. "I really like your shades," I told him, smiling what I hoped was a flirtatious smile.

"Oh, thank you," he replied before removing them, uncovering his drop-dead, gorgeous eyes, pushing them up on his head. "That's a beautiful necklace you've got there," he added, causing me to stop my movement when his hand gently bushed mine, stopping me, as he stumbled forward when someone bumped him from behind. Startled, I dropped the magazine.

"Thanks," I said, still smiling. "I got it as a gift."

The smile he gave me as he pulled his hand back almost melted my heart. It was that amazing.

"Well—it looks gorgeous on you."

"Oh, thank you." I could feel my cheeks redden by his comment.

I wasn't used to this—the way he was talking so sweetly to me, or the fact that I was blushing, I wasn't sure which, but one or the other was giving me a weird feeling in my stomach. It was all new to me—even if I had dated plenty of guys, and flirted with countless others.

I had completely forgotten about the dare—something that rarely happened when I was taking part in one—and I guessed that it was because he was mesmerising me with his smile and the way he was looking into my eyes.

"Sorry to make you blush and run," he said, a smile toying on his lips. I was baffled by his comment—most guys I had just met wouldn't be so straight forward over the fact that he had made me blush. "But," he added, bringing me back to the moment, "I'm due in a meeting like"—he looking to the watch on his wrist—"ten minutes ago."

I laughed while adjusting his wrist so I could see the time. "I'm actually late for a meeting myself. Thanks for reminding me."

"Anytime," he said, and I turned to go. I was almost at the road again when he called after me. I turned back, but stayed where I was.

"You forgot your magazine," he said, holding it up.

I had completely forgotten about that as well, suddenly remembering that I had dropped it when he had touched my hand, but I rushed back to retrieve it anyways. "Thanks, again," I smiled, passing the vendor some bills. "Maybe I'll see you around some time," I added as I started to back away.

He nodded, his sunglasses slipping back down to his nose, covering his eyes.

Turning around I began to walk back to the road once more. Before I got too far, though, I turned back, glancing back at him, offering one last smile, and waving my fingers in a seductive manner.

Spinning back to the road before me, I quickly looked both way—knowing what could happen if I didn't (I'd almost been hit by cars a few too many times….)—before crossing, heading down the street in the direction of Hugh and Sidney.

Rounding the corner, I stopped to wait for them to catch up with me.

"That was fast!" Sidney commented, shock evident on her face.

"Well, what can I say?"

"Did you get his number?" Hugh enquired, a tone that sounded as if I might not have gotten it in his voice.

"Right here." I held up the magazine, showing them the number that was scribbled across the back for a brief second before turning it back to me. I hadn't known for sure that it was there, but I was pretty certain that it had been the reason he had called me back to get the dropped and forgotten magazine. I pulled out my phone and added the number to my address book under the name 'Sunglass Boy'—of course—just in time for Sidney to snatch the magazine away.

"Since when do you read Business Monthly?" she asked, looking at the front.

"I don't," I shrugged. "But it was right next to what he was looking at."

"Right. So, shall we get some lunch now?" Hugh asked just as him stomach began to grumble. "I'm famished!"

"I second that!" Sidney added, her stomach also grumbling.

We laughed as we headed into a café just down from where we were.

song: sparks fly by taylor swift

an: I hope you like it. And I plan on putting up another one soon (soon as in before...the end of November, I guess).

Feel free to let me know who you think the mystery lad might be. I'd love to know who you think it might be.

ps; there will be more hints in coming chapters!

Thanks for reading! :D