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Tris POV
"The rules: pick truth and you have to answer a question truthfully, pick dare and you have to complete the dare. If you refuse, you must remove a layer of clothing, shoes and socks excluded. No dares that involve large amounts of money, and no dares that are dangerous. Let's begin," Zeke says.
"Truth or Dare, Christina?" he asks.
"I don't trust your dares Zeke, so truth," Christina says, and Zeke looks disappointed.
"Aw, that's no fun! What's your middle name? I didn't have a truth planned," Zeke says.
"Rose," she says, "Tris, truth or dare?" Oh no, neither option is safe for me.
"Truth," I say. I probably just avoided seven minutes in heaven, but now I have to answer a question.
"Why didn't you want to do karaoke?" she asks. I am relieved, it definitely could've been much worse.
"My dad was the one who taught me how to sing," I say, and she nods immediately understanding.
"This is boring!" Uriah complains.
"Uriah, truth or dare?" I ask him.
"Finally, dare!" he screams. Big mistake.
"I dare you to follow home one of the people still in your front yard while making whale noises, and slap them if they notice you," I say.
Everyone laughs at the dare, but Uriah says, "Challenge accepted," and leaves.
"Anyone want to go with him?" Zeke asks. We all shake our head no, no one wants to follow a random person home.
"Then I'll take his turn," Zeke continues, "Will, truth or dare."
"Truth," he says. I wonder what dares Zeke can come up with if everyone is avoiding them.
"Where were you earlier? I know you were lying to us," Zeke says.
Will looks down at his shirt deciding whether to take it off, but then he says, "Fine, I was at Christina's house."
The girls look excited, the guys look shocked, and Will just looks embarrassed. I feel bad for him, I'm not entirely comfortable with the idea of having to tell your secrets to everyone in this manner.
"Lynn, truth or dare," Will says.
"Truth," she says. That's not what I expected, Lynn looks more like the dare type but I won't judge.
"Were you actually going to give Uriah a neck massage?" Will asks.
Lynn laughs, and says, "No, of course not. If he was dressed like that, I would've probably beaten him unconscious." I don't know what they're talking about, but I pretend to be amused.
Uriah bursts back into the room, and says, "Tris, that might've been the worst dare I've ever done. You are evil." I give him a big smile.
"Uriah, truth or dare," Lynn asks him.
"After that? Truth, definitely truth," he says without a doubt. I laugh at this.
"Were you actually going to dress up just for a neck massage?" she asks.
"Yes," Uriah mumbles, and Lynn explodes in laughter.
"Shauna, truth or dare," Uriah asks.
"Dare," she says.
"I dare you to sit on Zeke's lap for the rest of the game," he states.
"Easy!" Shauna declares, and then walks over to Zeke and plops herself on top of him.
She scans the circle for a second before asking, "Four, truth or dare."
He looks nervous as he says, "Dare."
"Seven minutes in heaven with Tris," Shauna says smiling. That gets my attention, I look over at Four, who is just looking at Shauna with an angry expression on his face. He takes off his shirt, and a part of me is disappointed that he didn't accept the dare. But now he's shirtless, so I guess I can't really complain.
"Marlene, truth or dare?" Four asks her.
"Dare," she says confidently.
"Jump into the pool," he says.
Marlene shrugs, and gets up with all of us following her. She goes into the backyard and hops in. "This is freezing!" she exclaims. I can only imagine, it is a late on a September night and the pool doesn't look heated.
When she gets out and Zeke gives her a towel, Marlene asks, "Tris, truth or dare." Darn, I was hoping it would be a bit longer until I was called upon again.
"Dare," I say. I picked truth last time.
"I dare you to… eat a sandwich out of the fridge," she says.
How bad can that be? "Okay," I say. I am brought a sandwich, and take a bite. It is literally disgusting.
"Ew, what the heck is wrong with this sandwich!" I exclaim.
"It's been in there for two months," Uriah says. I finish it reluctantly, and resist the urge to wash out my mouth in the bathroom.
"Christina, truth or dare?" I ask.
"Truth," she says.
"Why was Will at your house earlier?" I ask.
She looks at Will, and take off her jacket. "Four, truth or dare?"
"Truth," he answers.
"How much do you know?" Christina asks him. I then realize that they are talking about me, and tense up. Everyone else looks confused.
"Up to the beginning of sophomore year," he says.
Christina nods, and Four says, "Zeke, truth or dare?"
"Dare," he says with a smirk.
"I dare you to prank call a random number in your mom's office," Four says, and Zeke removes his shirt in one swift motion.
"No way, dude, the last time I did that, the lady at the other end of the line didn't take it well, and my mom found out," Zeke says.
"Tris, truth or dare?" he asks. Me, again?
"Dare," I say.
"Describe in detail exactly what you were thinking when Four refused seven minutes in heaven with you," Zeke says, and I blush. I don't really want to say it, but I don't really want to take off my clothes.
"I don't know, I was a bit disappointed. But I'm not mad or anything, now he's shirtless, I have nothing to complain about," I say. After I realize what I said, I look down and flush even darker. I can't believe I actually said that out loud.
When I look up, Four is looking at me in shock. He definitely looks surprised, but he is also smiling wildly. I wonder what he's thinking.
"That's enough truth or dare for me tonight," I say getting up. I hear a chorus of "yeahs" in response.
"But the game's not over! We play until someone's completely stripped!" Uriah complains.
"Give it a rest Uriah, it's already 12:30," Christina says, putting back on her jacket.
"Okay," Uriah mumbles, and grabs a trash bag to start cleaning up the mess.
I start to head for the door when I hear Four behind me saying, "Tris, wait up!"
"Yes?" I turn around and ask him.
"I was wondering if I could pick you up at six tomorrow?" he asks.
For a second, I don't know what he's talking about, but then I remember. I said that I would meet him for dinner on Saturday to finish the story. "Oh yeah, sure, that'd be great," I say.
"Cool, see you then," he says, and then leaves.
I leave soon after, and drive home thinking about tomorrow.
Four POV
"The rules: pick truth and you have to answer a question truthfully, pick dare and you have to complete the dare. If you refuse, you must remove a layer of clothing, shoes and socks excluded. No dares that involve large amounts of money, and no dares that are dangerous. Let's begin," Zeke says.
"Truth or Dare, Christina?" he asks.
"I don't trust your dares Zeke, so truth," Christina says, and Zeke looks disappointed.
"Aw, that's no fun! What's your middle name? I didn't have a truth planned," Zeke says.
"Rose," Christina says, "Tris, truth or dare?" I wonder what she will pick.
"Truth," she responds.
"Why didn't you want to do karaoke?" Christina asks.
"My dad was the one who taught me how to sing," Tris says, and Christina nods. I wonder what that means, I guess I will find out tomorrow.
"This is boring!" Uriah complains.
"Uriah, truth or dare?" Tris asks him.
"Finally, dare!" he screams. Tris has an evil look on her face, this can't be good.
"I dare you to follow home one of the people still in your front yard while making whale noises, and slap them if they notice you," she says. Everyone laughs, it's a good dare.
"Challenge accepted," Uriah says, and then leaves.
"Anyone want to go with him?" Zeke asks. We all shake our head no, no one wants to follow a random person home.
"Then I'll take his turn," Zeke continues, "Will, truth or dare."
"Truth," Will says. Good choice, Zeke's dares are not fun to execute.
"Where were you earlier? I know you were lying to us," Zeke says. I'm confused for a second, but then I realize he is talking about when Will came to his house late. It did seem like he was being dishonest.
Will looks down at his shirt deciding whether to take it off, but then he says, "Fine, I was at Christina's house."
He looks embarrassed, and I would be too if I had to admit I was at a girl's house. I wonder why he was there, and what was going on?
"Lynn, truth or dare," Will says.
"Truth," she says. That doesn't surprise me, Lynn hasn't picked dare ever since she had to drink a bottle of hot sauce a few weeks ago.
"Were you actually going to give Uriah a neck massage?" Will asks.
Lynn laughs, and says, "No, of course not. If he was dressed like that, I would've probably beaten him unconscious." That's what I expected, I don't know why Uriah would believe her.
Uriah bursts back into the room, and says, "Tris, that might've been the worst dare I've ever done. You are evil." Tris gives him a big smile, I love her smile.
"Uriah, truth or dare," Lynn asks him.
"After that? Truth, definitely truth," Uriah says. I wonder what happened, Uriah never picks truth. Tris laughs at this.
"Were you actually going to dress up just for a neck massage?" she asks.
"Yes," Uriah mumbles, and Lynn explodes in laughter.
"Shauna, truth or dare," Uriah asks. I'm relieved, I still haven't been asked.
"Dare," she says.
"I dare you to sit on Zeke's lap for the rest of the game," he states.
"Easy!" Shauna yells, and then makes her way over to Zeke.
"Four, truth or dare?" Crap. I told the guys before the party started to not try and get Tris and I together during truth or dare, but I'm not sure if the girls got the message. Hopefully Christina told them.
"Dare," I say.
"Seven minutes in heaven with Tris," Shauna says with a smile. Obviously she didn't know, but I am mad, so mad. I stare at her with intense anger.
"Why did you ask that, why?" I ask.
"I thought that's what you wanted! To be with Tris!" she says.
"Not now, not like this!" I say.
I take off my shirt, refusing the dare. I'm the first one to strip, but I don't care. I can see Tris looking at me, so I smile at her. It's not her, of course I want to be with her, but I hate the idea of hooking up with someone because of a game like this.
I look around to see who hasn't been asked yet. "Marlene, truth or dare?" I ask.
"Dare," she says confidently.
"Jump into the pool," I say. It's not the hardest dare in the world, but it definitely isn't going to be pleasant for her if she accepts it.
Marlene shrugs, and goes outside to jump in. "This is freezing!" she yells, and I smile.
"Tris, truth or dare," she asks when she gets back inside.
"Dare," Tris says. I wonder what Marlene wants her to do, I wonder if she has me in mind. I don't want to force Tris to do anything, but I don't want to get rejected. I feel myself tense up.
"I dare you to… eat a sandwich out of the fridge," she says. I am flooded with relief, but man, I wouldn't want to do that dare.
Tris must not know about the sandwiches, because she says, "Okay." She takes a bite, and her face cringes with disgust.
"Ew, what the heck is wrong with this sandwich!" she shouts.
"It's been in there for two months," Uriah says. I didn't know it was that long, geez. Tris finishes the sandwich, quickly, trying not to taste it.
"Christina, truth or dare?" Tris asks.
"Truth," she says.
"Why was Will at your house earlier?" she asks. Christina looks at Will, and takes off her jacket. Now that's suspicious, I wonder what happened.
"Four, truth or dare?" Christina asks me. Darn, not again.
"Truth," I say. I'm taking a chance, I realize. Christina could ask me to completely spill my feelings for Tris right here and now. I hope that's not what she has in mind, Tris told her to stop meddling.
"How much do you know?" she asks. At first I'm confused, I don't know what she means. Then I see Christina looking at Tris, and I understand completely. She wants to know how much I know about Tris. I guess there really is no harm in answering the question, no one else will know what we're talking about.
"Up to the beginning of sophomore year," I say, and Christina nods.
"Zeke, truth or dare?" I ask him.
"Dare," he picks.
"I dare you to prank call a random number in your mom's office," I say, and Zeke removes his shirt. I knew he wouldn't do it, I was doing Shauna a favor.
"No way, dude, the last time I did that, the lady at the other end of the line didn't take it well, and my mom found out," Zeke says.
"Tris, truth or dare?" he asks.
"Dare," she says.
"Describe in detail exactly what you were thinking when Four refused seven minutes in heaven with you," Zeke says. That gets me interested, I wonder if she was disappointed or relieved. Tris blushes, and for a second I think she might take off her jacket.
"I don't know, I was a bit disappointed," she says. She was disappointed, that has to mean that she feels something for me. I am shocked, but a smile forms. "But I'm not mad or anything, now he's shirtless, I have nothing to complain about," she continues. My smile grows bigger as she blushed deeper, and looks down. She doesn't understand that there is no reason to be embarrassed, I like her.
"That's enough truth or dare for me tonight," Tris says as she starts to get up. I agree, I don't want to spill any more secrets, or do something I would regret. Everyone says yes, except Uriah. Of course.
"But the game's not over! We play until someone's completely stripped!" Uriah complains.
"Give it a rest Uriah, it's already 12:30," Christina says, putting back on her jacket.
"Okay," Uriah mumbles, and grabs a trash bag to start cleaning up the mess.
I see Tris start to head for the door, but I want to talk to her before she leaves. "Tris, wait up!" I say.
"Yes?" she says, turning around.
I wanted to ask her what that meant, what she feels for me, but in that moment I am frozen. I can't say it, no matter how much I want to, I can't say it. She's looking at me intently, and I try to think of something to ask her. Then I remember, tomorrow, I'm taking her to dinner.
"I was wondering if I could pick you up at six tomorrow?" I ask.
"Oh yeah, sure, that'd be great," she says, and my heart flutters. I'm glad she hasn't changed her mind or anything, I'm glad that she doesn't seem opposed to the idea whatsoever.
"Cool, see you then," I say. I want to give her a hug, or say something else to her, but everyone else is still around and they would ask questions. I just leave it with that, and walk out the door to go home.
I am definitely nervous, very nervous for tomorrow. I don't know what she will tell me, but I feel exclusive knowing that she trusts me with whatever she has to say. I do know, however, that I like her, I am falling in love with her, and nothing can change how I feel. I go to sleep excited for what tomorrow will bring.