So, I'd seen many people write fanfictions about 'truth or dare' and 'I never'. So I wanted to try one out too. So expect a 'I Never' chapter coming up soon!

Chapter Twenty

"On one side of the river the golden foothill slopes curve up to the strong and rocky Gabilan Mountains, but on the valley side the water is lines with trees - wills fresh and green with every spring, carrying in their lower leaf junctures the debris of the winter's flooding; and sycamores with mottled, white, recumbent limbs and branches that arch over the pool."

Stan had got the students reading one of his all time favourite books called "Of Mice and Men" so that they could write an essay on it after they read the book. He was calling upon students to read sections from the books, but from the look on Adrian's face he was too busy picturing the river in his mind. A beautiful river with a rocky mountain on one side while trees sat on the other side. And as the student continued to read the description of the river he could perfectly picture the river in his mind along with the colours. It was a image he would definitely have to paint when he got the chance.

But his daydream was interrupted when a piece of paper landed on his desk. He looked down at it then turned around for Rose to point at the paper while Lissa giggled quietly next to her. Mason leant over towards Adrian without being spotted by Stan, for both boys to see what was written on the page.

"You guys up for a game of 'I never' tonight?" For a moment Adrian had no idea on what the game was, but then he remembered playing it once at a party. He ended up getting drunk because many of the things they said the young artist confessed to by having a shot. He pulled out his pen with a smirk, then handed his pen to Mason who wrote his answer down. The red-head turned around and handed the paper back to Rose, quickly facing the front as Stan raised his head.

"I'm in." Was Adrian's answer.

"Same, can't miss out on a game like that." Rose scribbled on the paper then gave it back to Adrian.

"It's only Wednesday so we're going to do it minus the alcohol."

"Where's the fun in that?"

"I would prefer it if I came into school tomorrow without a hangover." Lissa's handwriting was very neat and tidy compared to Rose's scribbly writing.

"Fine, fine."

"I agree with Adrian, it won't be as much fun."

"Shush Mase, you can't say that when last time we played this game you ended up crying in the corner."

"Shut up!"

The rest of the lesson went by pretty quickly. Adrian learnt that Mason ended up crying at the last game of 'I Never' when he found out that he was the only guy who hadn't received a blow-job, and as he was really drunk with everyone else he actually started crying. It was only for a few seconds, but he cried, and that's all that mattered to everyone else. The four weren't focused in their lesson at all. So when Stan decided to ask Rose to stand up and read to the class she flicked to a random page and started telling her own version of the story. This of course brought a detention for her, but as this was Stan she wasn't going to the lunchtime detention.

Science and Maths flew by with a breeze. Ms Karp was off sick so they had a cover teacher who had no clue about the subject and just stuck a documentary about videos games on the smart board. This just gave the students who weren't interested in the documentary a chance to sit and gossip. For the four at the back they just sat there, texting the others and managing to persuade Sydney, Dimitri, Eddie and Jill to join in the game.

"Even Sydney is playing?"

"Does she not like those games?"

"It's not that she doesn't like the games. It's just...how do I put it." Dimitri leant back in his chair while Adrian sat on the table. As it was their Double Latin lesson it got to the point where they were given a classroom to themselves to allow Dimitri to teach Adrian Russian. Most of the time he did teach the young artist Russian, but this was one of the rare lessons where they just hung out and spoke to each other. "She's just...too innocent..."

"I see."

"Just out of curiosity...have you guys done anything since you've been dating?"

"Uh...no! We've only been going out for a couple of weeks." Adrian gave Dimitri a bit of an unimpressed look. "Besides, I don't want to force Sydney into doing things she doesn't want. Last night we kissed properly for the first time since the party. If I do something reckless like force a kiss on her or make her do something she's not comfortable in doing I'll just mess everything up."

Adrian let out a sigh. For the past few days all he wanted to do was hold her tightly and kiss her as much as he could. But like Dimitri said, she was an innocent girl. She grew up in a strict Christian family and was taught seriously about relationships. Despite now believing the word of science she probably still thinks that relationships should be taken seriously and slowly. Don't get him wrong, Adrian wanted to wait for the right moment for everything, like last night. That kiss felt so right to both of the teenagers. And if Adrian had to wait for many months before they took the next step then so be it. He was prepared to wait for her.

"I just don't...want to risk wrecking our relationship."

"For someone who smokes and drinks whenever he can and had pretty wild past experiences, you sure are taking this relationship seriously." Dimitri smiled at Adrian making him chuckle.

"Yeah, well, this is the first time I've felt like this. I don't want to screw things up and regret them later in life."

"Back to what we were talking before, how are we going to play 'I Never' then without alcohol?"

"Lissa says that she and Rose have quite a lot of sweets in their room. They're inviting us all into their room and we're just going to eat sweets rather than drink shots."

"Where's the fun in that?"

"That's what I said!"