Evergreen Mountain

Eleven | Truth or Dare

The cabin was packed. I brushed past groups of people, checking behind me to make sure Hal was still following me, until I found my friends.

"Hey guys." I greeted, accepting a drink that Liam handed me.

"Hey." Hal greeted, emerging from the crowd and standing next to me.

"Hey, Hal." Eli greeted, handing him a drink after he poured himself one. Hal downed it in one go. I looked over at Leo to see him gawking at me.

"What?" I questioned.

"He-you guys haven't killed each other." he finally stuttered, eyes wide. Hal chuckled as he brought his cup to his lips to take another sip.

"No, as you can see we have not." he confirmed, quickly glancing at me over the top of his cup. A flash of blonde hair caught my attention as Lina joined our group, gently placing a hand of Leo's shoulder to get his attention.

"We're gonna start up a game of truth or dare if you guys want to join in." Lina said, mostly to Leo but swept her eyes over everyone before returning her gaze to Leo.

"Cool, we'll be there in a sec." he answered. She smiled at him, slowly lifting her hand, letting it drag down his arm before she turned around and headed over to where some of her friends were sitting in a circle on the floor. Leo gave me a wide-eyed look before grabbing the neck of a vodka bottle and taking a long swig.

"Let's go, boys." He grinned, setting down the bottle and gesturing for us to follow him towards the circle. I exchanged a look with Will and Liam, rolling my eyes as we chuckled and made our way to the circle. I sat next to Leo, his eyes barely leaving Lina as she whispered and giggled with her friends. I smirked before looking across the circle as Eli and Hal sat down. My eyes flitted across him, something in me pulling my gaze towards him.

"Looks like we have enough people." Lina said, her smile growing and her cheeks dusting a light pink when her eyes met Leo's. "So, let's get started!"

The game started out pretty tame, but as the drinks continued to flow and people bobbed in and out of the game, it got rowdy quickly. It was Leo's turn, and I had the distinct pleasure of asking him truth or dare. He smirked as he answered, dare.

"I dare you to kiss the girl you've clearly been ogling over this whole trip." I looked over at Lina, everyone else's eyes darting between Leo and Lina as Leo blushed. Lina's cheeks turned a dark shade of red as her friends excitedly talked around her. Leo shot me a look, but he stood up and strided over to her.

"Well looks like I wasn't nearly as discrete as I'd hoped." Leo sighed, a goofy grin on his face. "If you're willing, I believe I was dared to kiss you, Lina." He said, extending his hand out towards her to help her to her feet. She gingerly took his hand and Leo helped her up, both of them looking nervously at the other. Leo whispered something to her, to which she gave a small nod to and smiled as Leo raised a hand to cup her cheek and leaned in. The room was full of whoops and hollers of encouragement. Lina eagerly reciprocated, her arms wrapping around Leo's neck as he wrapped his arms around her waist and held her closer.

"Okay, okay." I shouted, laughing. "Get a room you two!" I threw an empty cup at them and wolf whistles followed my declaration as Lina and Leo pulled apart, both looking dazed. Leo leaned towards her and whispered something in her ear, which made her laugh and nod again, her lips moving but I wasn't able to make out what she'd said. Leo leaned in and pressed a quick kiss to her cheek, earning him another round of whistles and hollers. Lina blushed as she sat back down next to her friends, who excitedly swarmed her. Leo plopped back down next to me, a lazy smile on his face as his gaze stayed fixed on Lina.

"Thanks, dude." He said, bumping my shoulder with his.

"Well someone needed to do something." I laughed, raising my cup to my lips and taking a sip as the game continued.