One and Only

Let the tease begin

"it's your turn Rach, truth or dare?" My friend Mindy asks me with a grin on her face. I'm indecisive for a moment, not being very into the game.

We were in Monica's living room playing the legitimate pajama party game "truth or dare"; her parents had gone on a trip for the weekend, which meant we had the house all for ourselves; Except for her brother's presence, but that geek pretty much spends the days in his room playing with those weird bones and dinosaurs toys so he wouldn't be an obstacle in our girls' night.

"truth" I say convinced.

"okay…" Mindy says as she looks in her head for something to ask. I see how Ashley and Amanda, my other friends, lean closer to Mindy and start whispering. Then I look at Monica, she is sitting beside me and has a dejected look on her face. I know she is feeling left out, and she has reason to feel that way; they always do that to her, something that I never got to understand because Monica is the sweetest girl I ever met not like these bitches I have for friends.

"we got it!" she exclaims with a mischievous smile in her lips. My eyebrow lifts unconsciously, I know she is gonna ask something dirty, I just know it. "Have you had sex with Chip Mathews yet?" there it is, as soon as the question leaves her mouth I shoot her an evil stare. Bitch! I call her in my head. I knew she would ask something like that, they are all so gossip, and the worst part is they can't keep a secret to themselves for longer than a day so if I tell them something, the rest of my high school will know by Monday, and I don't want every single person to know about my personal life.

I look at them and see anticipation in their eyes, except for Monica, who has a small smile in her face; she is the only person I trust in completely and she knows everything about me, which means she knows whether I have had sex with my boyfriend or not. okay, I haven't, I'm still a virgin. I know we have been going out for half a year now but I don't feel it's the right moment…although that doesn't mean we haven't done anything.

"C'mon Rach! Answer already!" Ashley interrupts my thoughts.

"no way, I'm sorry but I won't answer those kind of questions"

"oh C'mon! we are your friends here!" yeah, right.

"stop insisting Mindy! I won't tell you anything and that's the end of it!" I raise my voice a little and I see how she rolls her eyes. I know she is calling me all names noiselessly but I don't give a shit.

"you take all the excitement off the game…" Amanda says sending me a dirty look.

"it's okay girls! She has to do the dare now" Mindy says getting that grin back on her lips. They talk for a brief moment and then she turns to me. "you have to-"

"hi!" a male voice interrupts her. We all lift our looks and see Ross, Monica's brother, crossing the living room and disappearing into the kitchen. We all mumble a "hi" back, which I don't think he heard because he entered the kitchen almost in a run, and go back to the game.

"you have to…" Mindy begins again. Her eyes are sparkling as though an idea had just clicked in her mind. I don't like this. "you have to kiss Ross!" My eyes almost pop out of their sockets. I look at Amanda and Ashley and I see they are as bewildered as I am. I knew it.

"bitch, that was NOT what you were going to say!"

"no, but this one is way better than what we had" she said looking at me mischievously.

"you are a genius Mindy!" Ashley exclaims.

"I'm not going to kiss Ross" I say firmly.

"oh come on! you already wasted truth, you have to do it"