"I dare you to eat dirt." She kicked her feet out; six years old and eager to somehow burn one of her friends in a dare.

Kim shot her a glare and rolled his eyes, "What are you five? We both probably ate dirt when we were very, very little." He sucked it up though, puffing out his chest, took a fistful and ate it.

While her first thought was 'gross,' Alix found herself curious as to what she could dare him to do and whether he'd actually follow through with it.

"Alix, I dare you to pretend to be interested in history for a few days." Kim stated, and Alix wondered if he was evil though she didn't mind wandering the museum sometimes, the artwork really was pretty, though she tended to get rather lost in how it seemed too perfect. Her artwork wasn't straight lines or realistic nor was it impressionistic.

She hadn't yet decided if that made her an artist or just someone trying to be. "Fine. Why couldn't it just be for today." Alix bit back a whine, "Besides that's a boring dare, Kim."

"And yours was better?" He challenged, and Alix rolled her eyes. May be she'd get better in time, because she was definitely curious what those three little words caused.

"I dare you to ask out Sabrina." Alix spoke up as she stared back over at Kim, wondering if he would, just to see if he would.

"Why Sabrina? And not Chloe or someone else?" He asked her as he sat crosslegged down on the floor of Alix's room.

"Well, Sabrina's hard to talk to with Chloe always there, and she'd probably be a lot nicer to you, and you are looking at Chloe way weirder than you used to now." Alix sat up on her bed, remembering how despite not saying anything about it that she was positive that Kim had a crush on Chloe.

"How do I look at Chloe?" Instead of looking bored like he had for a while, Alix could tell that her thirteen year old friend looked at least a little angered by it rather than just embarrassed.

"Like she's actually really pretty." Alix murmured, and really, she didn't understand makeup or why girls wanted to wear it so much lately or how come Kim didn't like someone a little more like him like Alix or Ondine. He was actually good friends with them both, and while Alix wasn't sure if she ever wanted to hear him ask her out, it might be interested to hear if he chose to ask Ondine out instead.

"She is pretty." Grumbled Kim quietly, but Alix just sat up straighter.

"A dare is a dare, Kim." It was like flipping a switch as even though Kim wasn't happy, he wasn't willing to back down either. They both weren't really the backing down types anyway.

"I dare you..." Rose looked lost as if she'd never actually had to dare anyone to do anything, and Alix was only slightly worried as she glanced over towards Kim. It was probably something stupid like eat dirt or a silly dance though sometimes Alix just figured that Rose might have different, weirder ideas than that. "To kiss Alix." She ended with, and Alix felt her belly drop to her toes.

It was one thing to kind of want to kiss Kim, but it was another thing entirely to realize that Kim was dared to kiss her. Just the idea sent sparks of something or other that felt like fireworks down in her belly, but Alix wasn't sure if that was a good sign or the sign that may be dares really had gone too far.

"Alix?" Kim murmured as he scooted closer, and as the game of 'Truth Or Dare' faded to background noise and still people trying to be as quiet as they could be. Alix figured that it was stupid that her hands wanted to shake, but she sent a brave smile Kim's way and tried to stop the slight shaking by laying her hands down on her lap, flat.

"A dare's a dare, Kim." The words weren't even supposed to tumble out of her mouth, but when he leaned closer, she leaned up against him. Being sixteen was a lot less confusing than being thirteen, but being sixteen seemed to come with extra feelings that Alix was pretty positive that she hadn't wanted to begin with.

It was awkward as Kim leaned down too fast, and their teeth clashed, but for the sake of the dare or whatever else, they kept going. Kim reached out to cradle her head, but Alix was pretty sure that his hand got trapped in her hair as she clung to his arms, just a little too hard, desperately trying to keep from shaking.

Alix wasn't allowed to be weak near Kim anyway; it just wasn't something that she did even though she'd comforted him during his weakest moments before. He felt so warm, and when his tongue brushed against her lips, half curious about trying for a little more, her belly trembled with hidden away butterflies, and she pulled back.

'No need to put on a show, besides it was just a dare.' Alix took a deep, steadying breath and tried to ignore the bright look that Rose sent her way. It was easier to think that her own feelings weren't see through and that Rose couldn't have pieced together that Alix had a crush on one of her oldest friends.

She'd known Kim since they were both six and decided to give each other dares, and yet she'd known him from even before then. Hadn't she known him too long to think that he was attractive or want to kiss him? Apparently not, as Alix was kind of curious to see one day if they ever kissed again if it actually ended up less awkward.

"Kim, I dare you to kiss me." Alix wasn't sure how the words managed to slip so easily past her throat, but she felt like she could say them and that was liberating in its own way. A year had passed since their first kiss, and this time, she didn't have to wonder if it would be their last.

They had the added luxury of being a couple, and as Kim stopped on the beach to pull her close, not letting his hand get trapped, and yet still gently cradling her head, Alix knew that no matter how the kiss felt or tasted as long as it was from Kim, she'd be happy.

He kissed her like there was a side of him that she'd never known, a quietly, almost romantic side, and Alix had found over time or may be just from that first kiss that she didn't mind at all if he truly did have that kind of side to him or if he always kissed her like this.

It felt real and sweet, and Alix knew that he really did care about her, perhaps even loved her, from that kiss alone, a kiss that Alix wished could last forever.

At long last, Alix had found her favorite dare of all for Kim.