"It's been raining for three hours straight, now." KT sighed, pulling a bit of the tent flap back to peer outside. All ten teens had retreated into the girl's larger tent when the rain had started, with the assumption it would pass. It hadn't, and, in fact, it had only gotten worse.
"Welcome to the UK." Patricia snorted, leaning against the bags. A few others mumbled their agreement, and then they lapsed into silence again. The gloom and rain outside seemed to be taking its toll on the teens.
"I'm bored." Amber groaned, slapping the magazine she was skimming through shut. "Let's do something." She said hopefully, propping herself up onto her elbows and looking at the others.
"Like a game?" Alfie asked, looking down at her with a grin.
"Probably not any that you have in mind, but yes, a game of some sorts." Amber replied.
"How about truth-or-dare?" KT suggested, making Amber eagerly sit up straight.
"Yes! Everyone in?" Amber smiled excitedly, looking at the others. Alfie nodded instantly, and Fabian and Nina exchanged a glance and then gave her an uncertain nod. Willow clapped and cheered, sharing Amber's enthusiasm for the came. Joy agreed quickly as well, and, with an 'encouraging' glance from her, Jerome did also. Eddie smirked and nodded, no doubt thinking of some dares already, and then everyone's gaze settled on an uninterested looking Patricia. Amber gave her a pouty look, making her sigh.
"Fine." She said; trying to keep a smile off her face as Eddie nudged her. Amber squealed, clapping her hands to draw attention to her once more.
"Okay, so we each get one pass –"
"Two passes." Joy interjected, making Amber wave her hand impatiently.
"Fine, two passes. And no really disgusting dares." Amber decided, giving Eddie, Jerome, and Alfie a stern look. It was agreed on, and Willow bounced in her seat.
"I'll go first! Okay, er, Amber, truth or dare?" Willow asked, playing with her red hair.
"Truth." Amber promptly decided with a nod.
"What's the weirdest thing that's happened to you at a mall?" Willow asked, causing a few others to groan.
"Like she needs another reason to tell mall stories." Patricia sighed, crossing her legs and resting her elbow on her knee, and her head in her hand. Amber sent her a glare and cleared her throat.
"Hm, well. Maybe the time I was shopping for shoes and some crazy guy came up, touched my hair, told me it was pretty, and then walked away?" Amber mused, thinking back over her countless shopping trips. "It was still a nice compliment, though. Now, Nina! Truth or dare?"
Nina sighed, clearly hoping she wouldn't be picked any time soon. "Truth, I guess?"
"Did you date anyone back in America, this past year?" Amber asked with a smile. Nina bit her lip, looking at her lap.
"Well, y-yeah. One guy, Jerold." Nina began, feeling Fabian tense up beside her and looking, confused, at Amber's shocked face. Her eyes went wide suddenly and she shook her head, "It was only for like a week, until I figured out he was really a big jerk." She assured, sneaking a glance at Fabian that nearly everyone saw. He looked more relaxed now, but his cheeks had a faint red tint. "So – Jerome, truth or dare?" Nina asked quickly, hoping to get some attention off of her.
"Finally, dare." Jerome said, leaning forward and cracking his knuckles. Nina seemed a bit put-off by this, as it took her a moment to think of a dare.
"I dare you to wear one of our skirts for the rest of the day." Nina finally grinned, making the other girls applaud. Jerome considered it and nodded, holding his hand out for the piece of clothing. Amber quickly turned and rummaged through some bags until she found a bedazzled pale blue one, which she threw at him happily.
"Just don't rip it, okay?" Amber said warily as Jerome tugged it on over his jeans. He rolled his eyes at her and did a few quick poses and plopping back down beside Joy.
"Right, so, Eddie?" He asked, raising an eyebrow at the American boy. Eddie weighed his options and went with a 'truth', figuring any dare Jerome could think up would be pretty horrible. "Does Trixie ever really get on your nerves?" Jerome asked with a twisted smile as Patricia's head perked up to look at Eddie.
"Oh, yeah, sometimes." He said with a shrug, earning a light slap from Patricia. "What? It's truth or dare, not lie or dare." Eddie remarked with a roll of his eyes.
"Well, you get on my nerves, too." Patricia said, narrowing her eyes at him. Eddie smirked, taking her hand in his.
"Good." He mumbled from the corner of his mouth, making her shake her head and smile, not removing her hand from his as Jerome groaned.
"Come on, that was supposed to start a fight, not mushiness. You've gone soft, Trix." Jerome remarked, making Patricia tug her hand from Eddie's and send him a heated glare.
"Okay, KT, truth or dare?" Eddie asked quickly before Patricia and Jerome could start an argument.
"Dare." KT grinned, rubbing her hands together.
"Drink some of the ketchup we have straight down." Eddie chuckled, watching her reaction.
"Ugh, Eddie, that's gross. But fine, if you go get it, we don't have ketchup in our cooler." KT said, raising an eyebrow at the blonde. He sighed, but stood up and unzipped the tent to go get the ketchup from the boy's tent. Eddie returned quickly, soaked from the pouring rain outside, but clutching a ketchup bottle. He handed it to KT and then walked back over to his place beside Patricia, dripping water everywhere.
"Oh, you're not sitting by me! You're soaked, you smell like a wet dog!" Patricia mocked as he approached. Joy agreed, wrinkling her nose and frowning at him.
"Sorry." Eddie said with a shrug, suddenly shaking his head and sending water from his hair all over the tent.
"Eddie! We have expensive things in here!" Amber screeched, throwing her hands up in front of her face as he shook off like a dog. He snorted and then plopped down next to Patricia, who was wiping her wet face off.
"Drink up, KT." Eddie grinned, everyone shooting him dirty looks as they mopped off their faces. KT grimaced as she opened up the bottle and brought it to her mouth. She pinched her nose and squeezed her eyes together as she began squirting the ketchup into her mouth. 'Ewws' came from the majority of the teens as she chugged it down, stopping after a minute.
"Good?" KT asked with a gag, looking up at Eddie. He nodded with an innocent smile, dodging as she threw the bottle at him. KT wiped her mouth with the back of her hand, still gagging a bit as she looked around at the group. "Fabian?"
"Ah – er – dare – no, no, truth!" Fabian finally decided, looking worriedly.
"You still like Nina?" KT smirked behind her hand, still trying to get the taste of pure ketchup from her mouth. Fabian shot her an 'I-thought-we-were-friends' look, rubbing his neck nervously. Nina's head was down, her fingers picking at a loose thread on her jeans, but looking through her eyelashes over at Fabian.
"O-of course I like Nina, she's one of my best friends." Fabian finally stammered, making Amber groan.
"That's not what she meant, Fabian Rutter!" Amber protested as KT nodded in agreement. Smirks were exchanged by all – of course Fabian still liked Nina and Nina still liked Fabian, but it was pulling teeth trying to get them to admit it.
"I-I guess, technically, I.. do." Fabian finally admitted, a blush reddening across both his and Nina's faces. "Alfie! Truth or dare?" He asked quickly, making Alfie stop his snickering and look up.
"Dare." Alfie said quickly, raising his eyebrows and waiting for it.
"Ahh, I dare you to put ice-cube down your shirt a-and dance until it melts?" Fabian said uncertainly, recalling a somewhat similar dare one of his brothers had proposed when they were younger.
"Easy." Alfie grinned, crawling over to the girl's cooler and taking a handful of ice-cubes. He instructed Willow to put them down his shirt as he tucked it into his pants, so that none would fall out. Once in, he did a bit of a jitter as he got used to the feeling, and made his way to the open center of the tent, doing a jerky dance. Amber laughed and cheered as he did his ridiculous dance, and the rest of them chuckled as well. After a few minutes the ice melted, leaving the bottom part of Alfie's shirt and part of his pants wet, but he raised his fist in victory none-of-the-less.
"Lets see now… I believe our dear Trixie hasn't had a turn yet." Alfie pointed out, stroking his chin. Patricia groaned loudly as Alfie put his fingertips together mischievously. "Truth or dare?"
"Truth – no way I'm going to fall victim to one of your dares again." Patricia replied with a smug smile. Alfie nodded, thinking for a moment before exclaiming an 'Aha!'.
"What's the meanest joke you've ever played on someone?" Alfie grinned, waggling his eyebrows.
"Ooh, good one." Patricia remarked, pursing her lips. "Well, besides dumping stuff on all the newbies, I suppose it was the time I convinced Piper our room was haunted when we were seven. I stood in our closet and made noises until she cried for a week and she had nightmares for like a month straight afterwards." Patricia chuckled, smiling fondly at the memory. Alfie and Jerome laughed as well, but Eddie shook his head.
"So you were a terror back then too, huh?" He asked with a smirk, putting his arm around her shoulders, making her look up at him and nod proudly.
"Well, then… Joy?" Patricia asked, leaning forwards to look at the small brunette. Joy looked at Patricia cautiously, knowing her friend all too well.
"Truth." Joy decided, making Patricia frown for a moment.
"Fine, then… What bothers you the most about Jerome?" Patricia finally asked, smirking at Jerome's face. He didn't think she wasn't getting payback for the Eddie thing, did he?
"A hard one… Maybe his vanity – or, oh, no, his disloyalty." Joy mused, prompting Jerome to make a hurt noise. "I still like you though, even when you're wearing a girly skirt." Joy added, setting up to plant a soft kiss on his cheek. He gave a royal smirk to Patricia, who was frowning as her plot failed as well.
Joy turned to face Willow next. "Truth or dare?"
"Ooh, dare, I suppose." Willw decided, clasping her hands together and beaming at Joy expectantly
"Do impressions of all of us." Joy finally said, shrugging. Willow did a little dance in her spot on the ground before she stood up and cleared her throat.
"I'm Eddie, and I like pranks and hoagies." Willow began, standing up on her tiptoes and trying to speak in a deep American accent. Everyone laughed, and Willow continued with the others loudly.
The game lasted for a while longer, resulting in some blushed faces, heated glares, and lots of laughter. It wasn't until Amber was dared to stand out in the rain for a full five minutes did the teens realize that the storm had stopped.
They all filed out of the tent, stretching and kicking at the wet grass. The sun was shining brightly now, and Willow suddenly squealed loudly.
"Look! A rainbow!" She said happily, pointing at the bright sky. Amber 'aww'd' and laid her head against Alfie's shoulder. Nina and Fabian were standing near the tent, sneaking glances at each other and subtly shifting closer. KT smiled and glanced around at the others.
"We all brought bathing suits, right? We should go down to the lake; it doesn't look like it's going to rain again." She suggested. Patricia and Eddie shared a sappy smile, remembering last night's events, and agreed. The others did as well, and hurried into the tents to change.
Prompted by Kayleighann5, not exactly as they ordered it, but I tried xD I'm terrible with truth-or-dare games Dx I usually sit out and laugh when my friends play them, because everything's normally gross or just plain weird with them (like licking toes or cuddling with one's sleeping brother), so I just had to look up dares and stuff online.
Buttt here's another chapter. Next'll be a fun group-at-the-lake scene, and should be up in a day or two (:
Thanks for all the reviews, and keep those ideas coming! I really need them xD
xGaloshes