Truth or dare (UNEDITED)

Chapter 25

Three days had gone by, no truth, no dare and no one stepped a foot outside. Depression, anxiety, fear, took over. The fact that you know death is near, you feel it, you hear it, the air reeks of death, you see it........ nothing can be as terrifying as that.

Charlotte never stepped out of her room, spoke to no one, hardly ate, she couldn't even cry anymore. She had been through this before, friends, lovers, relatives, all perished before her eyes and here she was again, experiencing the same thing.

The house was as silent as a grave yard, if you listened carefully, you could hear the sound of a feather falling.

Rufus feared he'd die in the next four days, Lottie feared any moment from now, she could be next but Chase, Chase worried about nothing else but Charlotte.

"Is she okay?, of course she isn't. What is she doing right now?, is she asleep?, is she crying?, or scared?, what if she's trying to kill herself..... I need to check up on her, she might be dead as we speak!".

He summoned every iota of courage he had left and knocked on her door.

Arriving at her door step, he hesitated thinking "what if she wants to be left alone? " he was about turning back when he thought again "heck no!, it's been three whole days!!".

Knocking, he got no reply "It's me Chase", still no reply. "I just wanted to check in on you, to know if you're still.....yunno alive", still nothing.

He rested his head on the door and sighed deeply before saying "I know you're hurting right now, Lottie won't stop crying, Rufus won't stop worrying weather he'll die soon or not. But me—I worry about you and the only thing I want to know is how you're doing...". He waited maybe she'd open up to him like she did before but this time he got disappointed.

He was about leaving when he turned back to the door and said "I love you, Char and I always will. In this life and beyond" then he finally turned and walked away.

On the other hand, Charlotte glued herself to the door listening to every single word he said, she bit her lips hard to stop herself from crying. She wanted to reach out to him but for some reasons she couldn't, she wanted to throw the door open and tell him she loved him too because she did but she just couldn't. Her tear glands suddenly became full again and she had more than enough tears to shed.

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Lottie hardly got any sleep neither did anyone else. She wouldn't stop worrying and crying, their cell connection was cut off, electricity and even water, it was like they were trapped in the desert.

Four days now and nobody got a dare or truth, Charlotte still locked herself in her room. Lottie being the only best friend Charlotte had, she became worried about her friend and went to check on her.

Hearing a knock on the door, Charlotte flew out of her bed hoping it was Chase but she hoped wrong. She opened the door and to her surprise, it was Lottie standing still at the entrance. She threw herself at her best friend hugging her tighter than ever, they were both happy to see each other.

Lottie sat on the bed beside Charlotte holding her in a tight embrace "I know you're scared and so is everyone, but this is the time we need to stick with each other, we need each other now more than ever. Remember when we went to that crazy rodeo and tried to ride those bulls, we were so scared the bulls would get us killed but then Myrtle said to us, 'I don't give a fuck if we die but as long as we die together, it'll be the best thing to ever happen to me'".

Charlotte couldn't help but to smile "how could I forget" she said finally laughing and Lottie soon joined in.

"I miss her" Lottie said wiping off the tears that rolled down her cheeks. "me too" Charlotte replied.

She tried her possible best not to cry but it was impossible, loosing a friend was not something she had gotten over before loosing her brother again.

Releasing herself from Lottie's hold, she sits upright facing her friend. She hold her hand tight and said "I'm sorry" her voice broke. She couldn't control her tears anymore and she felt bad for dead friend and brother and even Damian.

She continued "it's all my fault, I shouldn't have dragged you guys into this. I thought it was over, Damian —he died to save me and now Myrtle and kai" the tears rushed even more.

She sobbed loudly and Lottie couldn't hold her tears in either "it's not your fault Char, none of this is your fault, stop blaming yourself for this. I just realised that all these years you've been blaming yourself for Damian's death and now you're going to do the same for Myrtle and Kai"

"It's my fault Lottie, I did this and I'm sorry".

Before she could continue, they heard a manly voice say "it's not your fault", they turned to notice Rufus standing at the entrance of the room.

He walked in and settled beside Charlotte placing his hand on her shoulder "if you refused, that demon would have killed us anyway to taunt you".

"But I.... "

"Hush now" Lottie interrupted her. "You nothing, we're in this together and we will get through this" Lottie said caressing her cheek.

They all cuddled together and Rufus said "I was tying so hard to fall asleep but you two cry babies wouldn't stop crying" they all broke into laughter at Rufus joke.

"Wait, where is Chase?" Charlotte asked.

"He went out early this morning, I bet he couldn't sleep either" Rufus replied.

Charlotte jumped off the bed wiping the tears off her face then cleared her throat before saying "I have to go and find him guys, if any one of you get a message please call me" she instructed.

"Char wait" Lottie stood up and squeezed her hands tight "be careful".

Charlotte nodded in reply and hugged her friend before exiting the room.

She didn't know where to look but she just searched everywhere. Whole searching, she passed by a swing set she and Damian used to ride while he was still alive and a smile formed on her face, she took a long stare at it before she continued searching for Chase.

She also passed by 'to die for' and a streak of tear escaped her eyes, she re–imagined Myrtle being in her chair drinking coffee.

She rested a palm on the door staring at the chair Myrtle was seated when someone said to her "you shouldn't stare too much, it'll only birth bad memories".

She turned and notice Chase standing few feets away from her. She opened her mouth to speak but found herself dumb.

He moved closer to her one step at a time "are you okay?"

She looked into his eyes and noticed he had been crying, it was not too difficult to notice his teary eyes.

He was in her personal space and they breathed the same air. He stood so close to her staring into her eyes, he removed his hand from his pocket and placed it on her cheek. Tilting his head to the side, he moved closer to her face and their nose touched "I missed you" he said to her.

Charlotte just stood there with her eyes closed, soon their lips touched and it made Charlotte week in the knees. He wrapped his other hand around her waist and hers around his neck.

His kiss was soft and gentle and it made her feel funny in her middle, it was nothing like she had ever felt before. His teeth gently sink into her lower lip and he sucked it, his tongue traced the crease of her lips and she parted it to let him in.

He stopped and gazed into her starry eyes and she stared back, he squeezed her even tighter and whispered into her ears "I love you" and she smiled and replied "I know" and she kissed him again.