Cocos And More

01. Future In Our Hands

29.05.2021

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#JustWriteIt Challenge

You are stuck in a game of truth or dare and are forced to pick one or the other. Which one will you pick, and what happens when you do?

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The bottle spins, its knob stopping at me.

"Truth or dare, Emma?" Noah asks.

"Truth." In a room full of men, I don't hesitate once. What could be so bad about honesty, anyway?
You'll know now, my brain replies.

Everyone hurries to make a circle, excluding me, to decide the following truth. What they'll choose, I have no idea.

"Have you ever thoughts about your boyfriend as your future husband? Why or why not?" Hayley speaks, turning away from the circle. She winks at me. I suddenly had the urge to rip her head off. But instead, I smirk back. Getting annoyed would give her pleasure I don't plan on giving. Instantly she frowns, annoyed with my response, and I win.

She's one of the most popular girls in high school. Hard to think about how we were best friends in middle school. Until she got to know Asher was my boyfriend. She liked him too and being her best friend I knew.

She really couldn't care less when she distanced herself from me. So, I moved on too. Now, I realize what a big mistake I have made in playing the game with her. This is her revenge.

You wouldn't let it be, I tell myself.

But, let's see. How bad could it be answering the question with my boyfriend waiting next to me? Bad. Very bad. But I can lie, and give him exceptions he shouldn't have. I wonder which one would hurt more.

"No. I don't," I finally force out. Getting a chuckle from Hayley and her friends.

"It isn't because I don't love him enough," I quickly add on, looking at anyone but in Asher. I choose my next words wisely. "It's because, we are just 17, and nothing we do matters. We should live the moment as it is, for nothing we do or think will change the future." More than playing a game with half-drunk teenagers, I feel as if I'm giving a speech. A truthful one. The one Asher Wilson needs to understand.

"I was scared to love at first. Because of so many things that could go wrong. But then, I took the point one percent chance left to love him, to grab the moment I can have with him and wish it never leaves," I notice Hayley cringe at that, but that's the least I care about right now.

"I learned to love him. But with that, I learned so many things worth a heartbreak. So, when I say, I don't see him as my husband, I mean I want to live my moments with him to the fullest―" when I finally look up at Asher, he's already staring, and I feel lighter, with the truth off my shoulders. "―And love him through all of it. Because the memories we make are ours. No one has the potentiality to destroy them. Not the past, not the future―"

"Nor can this game of truth and dare," my boyfriend completes for me.

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Word Count: 498
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