all for a dare

24

-george pov-

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in chapter 22 a lot of you were commenting about how you were confused. (chapter 23 was the chapter with the dream in it btw) so i just wanted to clarify what was, and wasn't a dream.

george leaving clays house wasn't a dream. clay coming to georges house and apologizing was a dream. george leaving the house to go to the lake and clear his mind wasn't a dream.

i hope this helped everyone understand the story better!
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after minutes of silence, and staying in the same position, clay lifted his head up and looked over at me.

"george?"

i lifted my head up and turned towards clay. "yeah?

he lifted his hand up and moved his hair out of his face before speaking up. "are you doing anything later?"

"i don't think so, why?" i asked.

"would you want to somewhere with me?"

"sure, what time?"

"sometime when it's dark," he answered.

"okay, yeah sure. just text me when."

clay and i stayed at the lake for another half hour until we both decided to head home. we said bye and made went our separate ways to our cars.

once i got home i made my way into the kitchen to grab a snack. i grabbed a granola bar and decided to sit down in the living room.

i grabbed the remote and turned the tv on. i got comfortable on the couch and continued watching tv to pass some time.

out of the corner of my eye i saw carter come into the living room. he sat down on the couch across the room.

"where'd you go?" he asked.

"i just went on a long drive," i lied. i obviously wasn't going to tell him about the lake, seeing not that many people knew about it.

"anyways, i was wondering if you wanted to go somewhere later?"

"i'm going somewhere later, where did you want to go?"

"the mall," he replied.

"oh. i cant go, sorry."

he laughed. "and where might you be going?"

i can't tell him about clay, he's more mad at him than i am. besides that, i don't even know where he's taking me. especially when it's dark.

"none of your business."

i felt my phone vibrate next to me. i picked it up and noticed it was clay.

clay
i'm going to leave in 30 minutes

okay, cya

i sat up from the couch and made my way upstairs. once i got in my room i picked out a pair jeans, as well as a black shirt.

i went to the bathroom before walking back downstairs. i grabbed my phone off the couch and waited for clay to come.

surprisingly carter didn't ask me anymore questions. he was too busy scrolling through his phone, which i guessed was tiktok.

a couple minutes later i heard a car pull into the driveway, as well as another text from clay.

clay
i'm here

i began to sit up from the couch which caused carter to look up from his phone.

"who's outside?"