all for a dare

4

-george pov-

i got no reply, i spoke up again deciding to repeat myself. "clay?"

"i'm not clay, but we can still talk" the shadow spoke.

he sounded older. he definitely didn't sound young. he obviously wasn't my age. he sounded like he was in his late twenty's.

i slowly started backing away from the older man. "uhm...who are you"

"i'm john. nice to meet you," he replied. "what brings you here?"

"i was meeting with a friend," i began to walk away quicker than i was before. "i'm going to go now"

he got up from the wooden bench and began walking towards me. "come sit down, we can have a chat while you wait" he reached his hand out, wanting me to grab it.

"get away from-" i got interrupted.

"get away from him. now" someone spoke from behind.

it was clay. i knew it was. i could tell by his voice.

"i- i didn't mean any trouble" the older one replied.

"fuck off. go home" he demanded.

the strange man began to walk off into the dark. a slight shadow was seen in the distance.

he got far away. as clay began walking up from behind. "are you okay" he asked.

i paused before replying. i sighed, thankful clay came at the time he did. "yeah. yeah i'm fine"

"you sure?" he asked concerned.

"yeah...clay i'm fine"

"okay, well i don't know if we should stay here anymore. there could be more creeps or some shit"

"you're the one who wanted to come here" i laughed

"oops, my bad"

we walked back over to the parking lot and got into clays car. we locked the doors and began talking.

"so why'd you bring me here again?"

"i don't know you seem cool. getting to know you i guess" clay responded.

"but at 11pm? you could've done it after school or something"

"you never texted me until 5"

"could've waited until tomorrow" i defended.

"eh. not that big of a deal"

"...yeah-"

my words get interrupted from the sound of my phone going off. i checked the notification seeing that my brother texted me.

i began to laugh nervously, "oh god. it's carter"

"what'd he say?"

carter
where are you?

"just asking where i am" i said to clay. he nodded his head in response, patiently waiting for me to be done texting carter.

in my room?

no your not, i just went in there. where are you?

out

with who? sapnap?

none of your business

i looked up from my phone screen then looking over at clay. "how are you friends with him" i joked. "oh come on, he can't be that bad" he replied.

"trust me, i live with him. he can be obnoxious some times" i said while looking back down at my phone.

carter
is it clay? lol

maybe?

IT IS, that's why you wanted him to text you back

okay.. go to sleep or something

i sighed as i shut my phone off. ignoring all the new messages i was getting from carter.

for thirty minutes now, clay and i have been getting to know each other. talking about our interests, and what we like to do.

i found out that he plays minecraft as well sometimes. he liked going to parties, of course. he doesn't care for school too much, but has to get good grades seeing his parents are strict.

clay seemed like a fun person to be around if i'm being honest. we had a lot in common. besides enjoying parties. i've been to one and lets say it wasn't the best experience someone could have.

clay seemed like the person who could make a joke and everyone would laugh in an awkward situation. he seemed like he would always be there for you.

which to me i wouldn't expect. the only times i've ever interacted with clay he had a 'bold personality'. which didn't end too well for me, seeing this is where we are now.

after many more hours of talking to clay we decided to go back to our houses. i checked my phone seeing the time, as well as all my missed messages.

1:21am

i said goodbye to clay and walked back to my own car. i turned it on and began to back out. i waved as i drove past clay, now heading back to my house.

when i got back to my house i quickly turned my car off, hoping no one would hear it.

i quietly walked into the house immediately heading up to my room. the first thing i did was get comfortable in my bed. i then checked my missed notifications.

the one i clicked on first was the three missed messages from carter.

carter
i thought you didn't like him?
you like him now?
or did he force you to go? L
11:42pm

shut up, he made me. i'm home now.

i closed out of carter's contact seeing i had a message from clay. i clicked it and began typing out a response.

clay
goodnight. see you tmrow :)

goodnight clay

i was confused on why clay kept talking to me. usually we never talk to each other. i've only had a real conversation with him once, not including today. maybe he just wanted to get to know me, seeing we're always around each other?

i decided to ignore it and got comfortable to fall asleep. i put my phone on my nightstand like every other night, my alarm already set.

i found a comfortable position, the covers brought up to my shoulder comfortably laying down. my eyes slowly shut as a fell asleep.

today wasn't that bad of a day.