The Best Mistakes

19. Kayra

Shoot! The bottle was pointing towards me. I squeezed my eyes shut in defeat but I could still feel the wide grin on Ruby's face. She was desperately waiting for my turn.

We were playing spin-the-bottle from the past fifteen minutes as our classes for the day were over. There weren't many students in the cafeteria, so all the noise we made felt louder.

Ruby and Amy were already done with their dares. Flirting with a guy and a fake breakup prank. This game was no joke. It even made the rigid Jake panic after hearing about the breakup. I bet he was on the verge of tears and I was going to hell for laughing at him.

"Well, well, finally the fish caught in the net," Lorrie smirked.

"That's right and your dare is..." Ruby took a dramatic pause. I knew it was going to be something weird like kissing a stranger or flirting and for the first time I wasn't thrilled to be right.

"Grind on any guy in this cafeteria," she completed, smiling wide. I stared at her and raised a questionable left eyebrow. She nodded.

Well, this was it. I had to do this dare. I was playing this game knowing that I had to do something and I decided to do it no matter what. But now that the time had come, my nervousness creeped in.

"Within five minutes."

My head snapped towards Ruby, "What?" It was absurd to complete this dare in that short amount of time. I didn't even know on whom I was going to try that dare.

"We all had a time crunch. It makes things interesting. Now, hurry," Lorrie said and all the three devils I call friends had wicked grins on their faces.

I sighed and looked around the cafeteria and realized my options were limited. There were less people and even lesser guys. Most of them were with their girlfriends. So, they were off limits. And that left me with only two options but Nolan couldn't ever be considered an option.

I must've ran out of luck.

I stood up and went towards Oliver. He was sitting in a corner, engrossed in his books. Oliver was a book rat who was as good as a groundhog but at least he was better, more safe than a certain someone.

I lightly tapped on the table in front of Oliver to gain his attention and it succeeded. He looked up from his book and passed me a confused look. I could hear the groans coming from the girls' table. They must've wanted me to do something scandalous but I wouldn't give them the satisfaction.

"Hey, Oliver! If you don't mind, I have a favor to ask." I smiled. He appeared uninterested but nodded anyway.

"My friends gave me a dare to sit on a lap and-" God! I can't say something like- and grind on it. I would definitely come off as a pervert. But I had to do this.

"-if it's okay with you...can I ?" I clasped my hands together and hoped he'd say yes. Though the probability was low.

He took a few minutes to take in everything I said and make sense out of it. And as soon as he did, he blushed. My conscience was cursing at me. What was I doing to an innocent boy?

He looked down and slowly nodded. "Okay."

Now, I was the dumbfounded one. He really said yes. Though I wanted him to accept but now that he did, it felt off. He pulled out his legs from inside the table and faced them towards me. "Here you go," he said.

I forced a smile and nodded and neared him but a strong tug on my left wrist pulled me back. I glared at Nolan who had grabbed my wrist lightly and jerked my hand from his grip. I saw from the corner of my eye that Oliver was now standing. It must've caught him off guard.