The bad boy's girl

Party at my place

"What is she doing here?" I asked Josh while having the memories of Crystal, my ex, flood back into my memory.

All the kisses and 'I love you's came back to me and all of a sudden I hated her. I hated her with every atom in my body.

I couldn't stand seeing her here, at my party with her rude but popular friends. She was nothing like them, she was the sweet, caring one and everyone loved her, so I guess it was no surprise that she somehow got invited. I just can't believe that she actually showed up.

"I dunno, man. Some dude probably invited her in hopes of getting laid. She is pretty hot." Josh said making me want to fucking punch him and tell him to never speak of her like that again. I never wanted anyone to talk about her like that and I still don't.

Instead of making him regret those words I just said "Yeah." I can't let anyone know that I still care, it would somehow get back around to her.

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"Truth or dare, Jake?" Some girl that I don't know asked.

"Truth, I'm not drunk enough to do anything risky." I answered.

"Who do you want to get with here?"

Oh fuck. Fuck. Fuck. How do I do this? How do I do this without giving it away?

"The kindest and prettiest girl here." I somehow managed to say without looking at her.

"She keeps on looking at you." Skyler whispered near me. Loud enough for me to hear but no one else. At that moment I looked over at the the same time Crystal did and it was the worst thing I ever did. I could see the anxiety and tears building up inside of her and all I want to do was hug her and tell her it was going to be okay. Everything was going to be okay, God dammit. I hope she knows that.

"JAKE. TRUTH OR DARE?!" Someone yelled from across the room making me look away.

"Dare."

"I dare you to kiss Crystal." They replied as if it was a joke. It wasn't a joke and it hurt that I had to do this. I didn't want to do this, not like this. I can't do it. It's not worth it, she's worth it but this isn't.

She was looking at me as if she just heard the dirtiest joke but it wasn't as funny as the stupid ones.

What was I supposed to do?

"Fine. Crystal, closet." I finally said after looking at everyone there and thinking about what could go wrong.

She looked so frightened, I always thought that looked amazing because she acted as if nothing scared her and if you said the wrong thing she was a little girl afraid of the roller coaster again.

She got up anyways trying to act as if everything was okay and nothing went wrong in her life.

I felt my heartbeat quicken as soon as I headed to the closet across the room. What if she actually kisses me back? Would it mean she misses me? Or would she just be doing it because of the dare?

"Let's just do this for the fun, okay?" I finally said when we got into the closet and before I could look at her, her hands were on my face and her lips were on mine and everything felt okay and like the old happy times again.