Scared to love

Jake's POV

I observe Chloë for some time trying to figure her out.  One of the things I notice is that she seems to have hate feelings towards Valerie and Trent, but I wonder why. She changed so much since high school, it's incredible. Not only her body changed but I notice that her behavior is also different. I've never known her well but it still is very noticable in my opinion. Because of the game, I discover that Trent is one of her exes so that might explain why I feel like she hates him. Some of the questions are getting a bit overboard after a while, just like the dares obviously. Most of us don't have much clothes on anymore except for Chloë, who still only took off her sweater. The next question comes from Trent. He has to find a dare for Chloë. "Give me a blowjob like you used to do." I almost choke on my drink when I heard that. I see Chloë stand up and take off her shirt, leaving her in her bra and skirt. It's disgusting to see the way both Trent and Alex stare at her. They check her out without any shame in them. I look at her and by accident make eye contact. She seems uncomfortable under the looks she gets from them. 

"Jake, truth or dare", Matthew, one of my friends, asks me after some time. I think for a moment before saying "dare". "7 minutes in heaven with a person of your choice", he responds. I get up and walk towards Chloë. I put out my hand hoping that she will take it, and she does. We go to a seperate room when she gets up, leaving the others behind. "You okay?", I ask her once we enter the room. "Yeah I'm fine", she responds. "We don't have to do anything, I just thought that you could use a break from the others", I tell her. A small smile forms on her face which makes me happy. For the first time this evening she takes a good look at me and I have to admit that I have to swallow hard when she comes closer. "You changed", she remarks. I give her a weird look. She takes a step back before explaining. "You got more mature, you wouldn't have done this in highschool." I stand there kind of awkward, trying to find a way to answer that. "You smell good by the way", she says to me over her shoulder, while she is walking to the other side of the room. "Thanks", I respond. I follow her slowly to the other side of the room. "Can I ask you something?" I look at her and wait for her response. "Sure, go ahead", she says. "What's up with you and Trent?" "Well I guess that you figured something out already but to tell you in short, he is my ex who used me. He always asked me to give him blowjobs, which I did unfortunately, but never did something in return for me. And then I found out he was cheating on me with Valerie." She looks at me and I notice a hint of sadness in her eyes. Our faces are very close, too close for my comfort actually. 

The tension between us is so strong and undeniable, it's scary. The tension breaks when we hear a knock on the door and someone shouting that the 7 minutes are over. We go back and Alice tells us that C can put her shirt back on since she helped me. After a few more people asking questions, Alice anounces that both she and Chloë are going home. They say goodbye to everybody and leave this place. Not long after them my friends and I also go home.

The monday after the game, I arrive with Matthew in class and we hear Alex talk. But when he notices us he stops talking and even turns his back to us. That's kind of strange if you ask me but we don't pay much attention to it. When the class ends and all of us leave the room, the boy who Alex was talking to comes to Matthew and me since he's a friend of ours. "What were you talking about with Alex?", Matthew asks him. "I don't really know actually he was telling me something about a girl but then you guys walked in and he shut up", Dakota responds. "What did he say exactly?", I ask. "Oh uhm something about her looking good without a shirt on I think", he answers me. "So he might have been talking about Chloë", Matthew remarks. Something in me changed when he said that. It felt weird, I felt kind of protective of her. "Wait, Chloë? The one we know from highschool?", Dakota asks. "Yeah, she was there with a friend of hers", Matthew answers him.