I Know Now━ 𝐊𝐎𝐓𝐋𝐂

Chapter Seven

  They, in fact, did not go back to what they were doing. Instead, they went back to Biana's room to continue playing the game. Fitz did not join them. However, after what had happened with Sophie and Fitz and all, they were not in the mood to go back to playing.

Luckily, it was dinner time, and Della has prepared a large meal of tubers, salad-looking stuff, and something that looked like a small purple tomato.

They gathered around the table and piled the food onto their plates. They ate heartily, and even Sophie ate a lot, but Fitz still didn't make much of an appearance. They saw him for about a minute, and all he had done was put a bit of food onto a plate and carry it upstairs. He didn't make eye contact with any of them.

Biana made things a little weird, by throwing little knowing glances at Sophie and Keefe, but Sophie didn't care. Or notice. She was too focused at shoving the delicious food down her throat. Boy, was she hungry. She hadn't eaten any lunch. Or breakfast. She hoped they had mallowmelt, too.

Soon they had all finished eating, and Della brought out mallowmelt, just as Sophie had hoped. She cut herself a thick slice and began to stuff as much as possible in her mouth. Most of the others were too full to have dessert, though. So they politely waited for Sophie to finish, which wasn't long, before heading upstairs.

When they got there, Sophie realized that she only had to wear her makeup and fancy clothes until dinner. So, she quickly changed out of her dress and got into her comfy clothes, washed her face, and went back into Biana's room.

"Okay, sooooo... what are we going to do now?" Biana asked. After a large dinner, everyone was back in a gaming mood. Except Fitz, who was still hiding in his room.

"Why not we continue playing truth or dare?" Linh suggested.

"Okay... who's turn is it?" Biana asked. "Oh, right. It would be Fitz's turn, but, seeing as he's not here, I guess someone here could do a turn," she said.

"Actually, neither Tam nor Keefe have done truth or dare, so why not someone ask them that?" Sophie asked.

"I'll do it!" Dex said. "I have LOTS of great ideas." He grinned evilly. "Okay, Tam, truth or dare?" Dex asked.

"Uh, dare," Tam responded.

"Umm, ooh! Got it!" Dex grinned again. "I dare you to spend ten minutes in a closet with your crush!" he said. Wow, who knew Dex could be so evil in a game of Truth or Dare?

Tam went white as a sheet, then his face flushed bright pink. He hesitantly got to his feet, then stretched out a hand invitingly towards Biana. He awkwardly asked, "Umm, hey, would you like to go in the closet with me for a dare?"

"Uh, sure," Biana answered. They stood up, and went into Biana's closet together.

After they closed the door, Dex started a timer and they all squeezed together to put their ears against the door.

Sophie strained to try to listen to the conversation happening inside the closet. She could barely make out any words, however. The door was thick and the closet was huge. They had likely moved to the back of the closet.

Eventually the ten minutes were up, and it was time for Biana and Tam to come out.

Sophie opened the door, just to find... Biana and Tam, calmly talking. Biana caught Sophie's eye, and winked.

"Oh, hey, Sophie! Is our time up already?" Biana asked. There was something a little off, maybe it was how close Biana and Tam were sitting, or how they were holding hands.

"Yep, time to come out and continue the game," Sophie said. Biana and Tam slowly got up, still holding hands. When they all circled back up on the carpet, with Biana sitting next to Tam, they played the game some more. It was Tam's turn to ask Keefe, because Keefe hadn't gone yet.

"Uh, Keefe, truth or dare?" Tam asked with a bit of a sneer. Seriously, why do they hate each other so much?Sophie wondered. They are exactly alike!

"I don't know, Bangs Boy, maybe... truth?" Keefe said. Sophie nearly face-palmed. What if Tam asked about what Keefe and her were doing in the room?

Tam smirked slightly, then asked, "What exactly were you and Sophie doing in that room that made Fitz so mad?"

Keefe's eyes widened. Sophie face palmed. Her hand then moved down to her eyelashes, and she ripped yet another one out. He had better come up with a convincing lie.