After Sam and Jake had broken apart he still hovered a few inches from her face, looking into her eyes. Darrell and Jen had been sitting there with their mouths open for a minute, not quite believing that their plan had somewhat worked.

In the movie that Darrell had rented someone screamed loudly but no one in the room took any notice.

Jake, surprisingly, was the first one to break the silence.

"See, I'm not afraid." He said, and Jen and Darrell seemed to come back to earth with and unpleasant bump.

"Sam?" said Jen, just to make sure her heart was still beating.

Sam turned her head to face Jen. "Yeah?"

"Nothing, do you want to keep playing?"

Sam shrugged, still letting it sink in.

"Well, its 10:00, doesn't time fly when your having lots of fun?" said Darrell. "Jen, should we go? I'll give you a ride home."

They got up and cleaned a little in the living room, then made their way to the door.

"Bye." They said all at once.

Once Jen and Darrell had gone, Jake turned to Sam.

"You know, that didn't mean anything, it was from…the dare…you know…" he muttered, looking down at the floor, and shuffling his feet.

"Yeah…I'm gonna go to bed now. G'night." Sam said, running up the stairs. She changed and got under the covers. She hugged the pillow and buried her face in it. She didn't really know weather she was relieved or sad that Jake had said he didn't mean it.

Well, I don't like him, so its ok if he doesn't like me.

Liar. Said an evil voice in the back of her head,

Sam shook her head and pulled the covers over her face.

…

Jake sighed and sat down in a chair at the kitchen table.

Did I do the right thing? He said. Should I have told her I meant it…because I didn't…

Lies. Said the voice in Jake's head.

I can't lie to myself. I don't like her.

Well you just did lie to yourself.

Jake shook his head and walked upstairs.

…

When Darrell and Jen were in the car, they mentally patted each other on the back.

"He is so into her, he just didn't realize it yet." Darrell said nodding.

"I agree. We are geniuses." Said Jen, "Wait a second, do you know how to ride?'

"Horses?"

"No, moose. Yes of course horses." Jen said sarcastically.

"Yeah, I know how but I don't."

"Well would you if it helped Sam and Jake?" asked Jen.

"Great idea, lets go on a picnic tomorrow to that lake behind Lost Canyon." Said Darrell, reading her mind.

"Ok, you can call Jake tomorrow and make plans. Can you come to my house around 4:00 so we can ride over to Sam's?" Jen said.

"Oh yeah."

"Ok, thanks for the ride." She said getting out.