The Fire Within (wlw)

Sleepovers, Tomatoes, and New Roomates

"Okay Kelly your turn." Shay said, looking at him. "Okay uh, Quill....truth or dare?" he asked, leaning back on his elbows. "Uh...truth." I answered, not ready to take any chances. "Aw c'mon, you're no fun!" Shay exclaimed, smiling. I rolled my eyes in response. 

"Okay, what's the dumbest thing you've ever done?" he asked. I thought about the question for a second, replaying in my head all the dumb things I've ever done in my life. "Well..I've done a lot but one of the dumbest things has to be when I was playing with matches and one burned me so I dropped it and nearly caught my house on fire..." I said, not realizing that I just revealed the nickname origin story to Kelly. 

"Ohhh so that's why Dawson and Shay call you Matchstick!" he said, putting it together. Shay started laughing. I sighed and smiled. "Yep..that's where the nickname came from." I said, giving in and admitting it. Kelly looked at Shay and started laughing with her. I just shook my head and smiled, sitting back on my hands. 

"My turn. Shay..truth or dare?" I said, looking at her. "Dare all the way!" she exclaimed, picking up her drink and taking a sip. "Okay, I dare you to open the door, stand in the hall, and sing any part of a song of your choice." I said, a smile creeping across my face. "Alright." she said, standing up. 

I got my phone out and videoed her, knowing it would be interesting to watch once we were sober. She opened the door and stood in the middle of the hallway, clearing her throat. 

"WHEN I WALK IN THE SPOT YEAH THIS IS WHAT I SEE, EVERYBODY STOPS AND THEY STARING AT ME! I GOT PASSION IN MY PANTS AND I AINT AFRAID TO SHOW IT!"  she sang, doing a little dance with it.

"IM SEXY AND I KNOW IT! IM SEXY AND I KNOW IT!" she sang as she started seductively dancing, causing Kelly and I to erupt into laughter. 

"SHUT. UP." we heard from down the hall followed by a door slamming shut. Shay ran back inside, joining Kelly and I in breathless laughter. Once we finished laughing, Shay spoke up. "Okay-" she started, wiping tears of laughter from her eyes and starting to giggle again. "Kelly truth or dare?" she asked, looking at her hands to make sure her makeup hadn't run, an idea coming to her mind.  

"Dare." he said confidently. "Okay I dare you to let me do your make-up." she said, smirking and standing up. Kelly's smile dropped. "Really Shay?" he said, looking up at her unamused. "Hey, you chose your fate, now come sit." she said, bending down to pat the floor in front of where she had been sitting. Kelly sighed and crawled over to that spot, sitting. "Good, now stay here so I can get my makeup." she said, leaving the room. 

She came back a few moments later carrying a bag. She sat down on the floor in front of Kelly and started working. I watched her intently, intrigued with how she worked. "So Stix, what kind of makeup do you wear?" she asked, not taking her eyes off of her project. "I uh, I don't wear makeup.." I replied truthfully. She paused long enough to look at me. "You have never worn makeup?!?" she exclaimed. 

"No..well my aunt put some on me once when I was younger and I didn't really like it." I answered. She seemed to study my face for a few moments. "You really don't wear it?" she didn't seem to believe me. 

"Never." I replied, gazing at her eyes. "You look like you have on some sort of eye makeup.." she said, not taking her eyes off of mine. I felt my face flush a little. "I don't, my eyes are just naturally like that. My brows and lashes are natural." I replied, looking down at my hands as I fiddled with my fingers a bit. 

After a moment of silence, Shay once more applied herself to the task of doing Kelly's make-up. "Well I think your natural look looks really nice." she said, not moving her eyes from her job. I felt some heat in the tip of my ears, that's when I knew I was blushing hard. "T-thanks.." I stuttered. I moved to sit behind Kelly so I could study her face from over his shoulder. She looked at me and smiled before returning her focus to Kelly's face.