Hehe, this is really just a filler chapter :P School started last week, and I really felt as though I had to do something, and since this plot had been plaguing my head FOREVER, I had to do it :D
DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING.
WARNING: TRUTH OR DARE.
"Why are you forcing me to do this again?"
Otto sat beside Shelby, in one of the many comfy chairs in the entertainment room. Shelby grinned, waving round an empty bottle of sports drink.
"Because, my dear little British friend, it would be great if we got to know the other competitors as well. Isn't that what Battala de Paz is about after all?" she asked dramatically.
"True," Otto said. "But I'm pretty sure you're only doing this for the chance to dare Wing to kiss you."
Shelby pretended to look positively mortified.
"How dare you?" she asked spectacularly. "I wouldn't do such a thing!"
"I saw the way you were looking at him." Otto replied bluntly. Shelby grinned.
"You jealous?" she asked. Otto immediately blushed, looking very flustered.
"I do NOT like Wing that way!" he said angrily. "And I am NOT a ponce! (1)"
"I saw the way you were looking at him." Shelby mimicked, laughing.
"We're roommates! We're supposed to see each other, we have no choice!" Otto exclaimed, reddening furiously. However, Shelby wouldn't stop giggling.
"I was just playing with you Snowy!" she said, snickering. Otto grunted, pushing over Shelby's chair.
"Hey!" she exclaimed, getting off the cushion chair. She was about to attack him, when Laura and Maya came along.
"Are you two done eroticizing?" Maya asked, and Laura snorted.
"I'm good." Shelby said. Otto gave Maya a strange look, before straightening himself up on his chair. Soon enough, Wing and Billie came along as well. Shelby began waving her plastic bottle, and Billie gave her a strange look.
"Truth or Dare? Really?" she asked, immediately catching on. "Isn't that a bit childish?"
"Oh come on, you're never too old to play Truth or Dare!" Shelby whined, already sitting on the floor and laying down the bottle. Laura shrugged, joining her. "A little game can't really hurt." She said, and soon enough, everyone else followed.
"Who else wants to join?" Shelby bellowed, and soon enough a few other people sat down with them.
"We'd like to play." Said a familiar voice. They all turned to see Kent Fresco, along with Phann Rom and Senka Prodanovic. Billie nodded, and they all made space for the newcomers. Kent smiled awkwardly as he sat beside Maya, and Rom and Senka sat beside each other.
Shelby spun the bottle wildly, the thing skidding off to the side. She laughed off her mistake, running for the sports bottle. She spun it again, only to have it fly off again. Soon enough, everyone began laughing. When Shelby returned, she carefully laid the bottle on the ground.
"Third time's the charm." She muttered, spinning the plastic thing. After a few seconds of fast spinning, it slowed down and pointed at Kent. The boy shrugged.
"Truth." He said dismissively. Shelby grinned.
"Who do you think is the hottest person among us nine?" she asked. Kent grinned.
"I'm not saying I'm gay, but to be honest, the white haired kid." He said bluntly. Everyone stared at Otto, who looked embarrassed. Kent began laughing like crazy and soon enough everyone else joined in. Otto just kept blushing.
"I'm just messing with you!" he exclaimed, laughing. "But you are sort of hot. I don't even know your name anyway."
"Otto Malpense." The other said quietly, pushing Wing off-balance when he snorted. Shelby, when she had regained her bearings, spun the bottle again.
"Maya!" she exclaimed, and said girl grinned. "Dare." She replied eagerly.
Shelby put her hand to her chin, as though she were thinking hard on what to make Maya do. Laura beat her to the punch.
"I dare you to switch pants with your sister for the entire game." She said calmly, and Maya cackled. She promptly removed her pants, causing some of the males to avert their eyes. Billie shook her head.
"Pleeeeaaaassseee?" Maya begged. "I'm standing in my panties here!"
"So?" Billie asked. Maya gave her a pleading look, and so Billie gave in. They quickly switched pants. Shelby gave Otto, Wing and Kent the signal to look back. Shelby began spinning again.
It landed on the red-head of their group, who gave a small smile. "Truth." Laura said calmly.
"Is it true that you like Otto?" Wing quickly asked. Laura gave a surprised yelp, and Otto's eyes widened. Laura looked to her left and to her right, but everyone was just waiting for her answer. She nodded inconspicuously.
"Knew it!" Billie exclaimed, holding a hand out to her sister. "Pay up." she said happily, and Maya groaned, taking a bill out of her shirt pocket.
"And I really thought she had it for Shel…" she muttered dejectedly, gaining stares from everyone but her sister. Shelby coughed, and spun the bottle again.
The bottle pointed at Wing. He sighed dramatically, before saying "Truth."
"Everyone chooses Truth." Maya muttered.
"If anyone in this room could be your slave," Shelby started. "Who would it be and what would that person have to do?"
Wing leaned on his hand. He wondered about what he would say.
"Billie." He answered. Everyone stared. "And I would make her gather all the information on the competitors and give them to me." He continued.
"But that was boring!" Kent whined. Shelby raised her eyebrow.
"Are you saying that my questions are boring?" she asked. Kent smirked.
"What if am?" he asked.
"Then you'll get a face full of fist." She said.
"Are you daring me to do better?" Kent asked. Shelby grinned. Laura groaned, rubbing her forehead.
"You're on!" she said, pumping her fist. She spun the bottle again, it pointing at Senka.
"Who from all the girls here is the hottest in your opinion?" Kent asked. Senka broke out into laughter.
"Dude," she said. "I already have a girlfriend!"
Everyone stared. Only Maya spoke up.
"Really?" she asked, disbelieving. Senka grinned, before pulling Rom into a hug. The girl blushed, but she nodded nonetheless. Maya gave a cute "Aww", before everyone awkwardly gave them congratulations.
Shelby spun the bottle again, before it landed on Rom. She gave a small "Dare". It looked as though Maya was about to speak up, when Shelby interrupted her.
"Hey!" Maya exclaimed.
"I dare you to tell us how you and Senka got together." Shelby said, ignoring Maya. The timid girl didn't blush, but she was hesitant in telling the story.
"Well… we were both part of a pen pal program in our schools. In my school we had to pick out a person's name and address, and then we had to e-mail them everyday. By luck I picked Senka's name, and we got closer the more we talked. When our partners were allowed to visit our school, she asked if we could get together. So we did." She said quietly. Once again, Maya "Aww"-ed, and even Laura began to grin.
"That's pretty nice." she said. Shelby grinned at Kent, who rolled his eyes. The bottle began spinning again, and it landed on its owner.
"Shelby!" Otto exclaimed, grinning. Kent also smiled.
"Dare." She said confidently. Kent grinned wider.
"I dare you to kiss the person you thin is hottest in this room. On. The. Lips." he said, and her eyes dilated. Laura and Otto promptly began laughing their asses off, while Wing rolled his eyes. Senka and Rom looked to them, and understood.
Shelby stood up stiffly, and marched to Wing, whom she promptly kissed full out. Kent gave them a funny look, before laughing himself crazy. Otto and Laura proceeded to laugh harder, when they saw the look in Wing's eyes. Senka and Rom began laughing at his expression as well. Shelby returned to her seat, a light blush on her face. Wing's face remained stoic, but the look in his eyes said that he had enjoyed that dare.
Shelby spun the bottle again, and soon enough it landed on Billie.
"Dare." She said calmly.
"I dare you to imitate another person here and have everyone try to guess who you are." Shelby said dazedly. Bille grinned, before standing up. She inhaled and exhaled, before speaking up.
"Like, OMG did you like see the latest stuff on the runway? OMG they were like, sooo jank! Oh-Em-Gee, isn't Justin Bieber like, the hottest? With me and my blonde hair I'll like totally win him over!" she said in a thick accent. Everyone began laughing like crazy, when she had started. The constant hair flipping made them even more raucous.
"I'm not like that!" Shelby said defensively. But she was laughing at the display anyway. She spun the bottle again, and it landed on their resident white-head.
"Dare." He said, challenging the two dare-makers. Kent spoke up.
"I dare you to undress. Down to your undies." He said, grinning evilly. Otto made a weird noise.
"Whaa? So you ARE gay!" he exclaimed, trying to change the subject. Shelby, however, helped her dear partner.
"No, he's merely trying to embarrass you." She replied smartly. "Besides, some people may want to see you almost naked." Shelby gave a pointed stare at Laura, who blushed.
"But—" Otto was interrupted, when a calm voice spoke up.
"If you don't do it, you'll be entitled to an entire day of slavery among the players, and your pride will be marred by that, won't it?" Billie said, also smiling evilly.
"You made that up!" Otto said defensively.
"So?" Billie asked, still grinning. Maya nodded in agreement.
"I can borrow a maid's dress from any of the people in the Island, and you'll have to be slave to eight people if you don't do the dare." She said, a laugh creeping upon her. Otto groaned.
"Fine." He said. "But only for a short while. Then I'll redress."
"Why is Otto naked?" Nigel wondered, as he took his shift in the entertainment room. He was supposed to assist any of the competitors there; however everyone seemed fine on their own. His favorite duo seemed to have been engaged in a game of Truth and Dare, when he noticed that Otto was almost naked. Nigel shrugged.
"A dare." He muttered to himself, before two annoying rings resounded in the entire room. Right on time too.
(1) Ponce is British slang for 'gay'. I think.
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