Cambridge

Bathroom

Rachel's P.O.V.

."Luke, truth or dare?" Michael said in a deep voice making us laugh,

"Uh, how about dare?" He said with a smile.

"A brave one I see, well, let's see.. I dare you to.." Michael trailed off, looking thoughtful.

"To?" Luke pressed.

"To kiss Skylar!" He finished, grinning widely.

Lukes eyes widened slightly.

"Err- what?" he mumbled, a faint pink tinge apparent now in his cheeks.

"You heard the boy" I exclaimed, grinning widely.

This was getting good.

Luke looked at Skylar as if to get permission, which she responded to with a small shrug of approval.

He nodded then and leaned across the room to connect their lips.

As he did, her hands rested on his cheeks gently.

When eventually they parted he gave her a grin and then returned to where he was sitting.

"Okay, so Tricia, truth or dare?" Luke continued the game.

It went on for a while after that and I was glad that I wasn't called on. That was until it went back to Michael.

He caught my eye quickly.

"You- the erm, polka dot girl" he obviously couldn't remember my name.

I glanced down at my polka dotted pyjamas and grinned.

"It's Rachel" I told him.

He grinned too.

"Sorry. Rachel" he corrected himself.

"Truth or dare?" he added.

I didn't even have to think about it.

"Dare" I replied confidently.

He raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Well okay then" he seemed amused. " I dare you to....To spend 7 minutes in heaven with Ashton"

I frowned slightly, unabashed.

"We don't have a closet" I replied cooly.

Tricia smirked.

"We do however have a bathroom" she reminded me quickly.

"Your not serious are you?" Ashton too looked unamused.

Everyone just stared at us, making it clear that they were very serious.

"Right, whatever. C'mon Ashton" I mumbled, standing up quickly and heading towards the bathroom.

I turned back when I reached the door.

"You coming?" I asked Ashton quickly, wanting to get this over with as soon as possible.

He looked a little taken aback but hopped up and headed towards the bathroom too.
He followed me inside and closed the door behind us.

I sighed, leaning against the bathroom sink, letting the awkward silence set in.
After about 30 seconds, Ashton decided to break it.

"About last night.. I wanted to apologise-" he began but I cut him off quickly.

"Apologise? Why? We were both drunk. It's no big deal" I told him.

He seemed to relax considerably.

"Really?"

I nodded.

"Of course" I smiled slightly at him.

He sighed.

"Great. And you - erm - didn't happen to - eh- mention.." he trailed off, looking incredibly awkward.

I frowned a little, in confusion.

"Mention what?"

"Mention any of this to your brother" he finished quickly.

I nearly laughed at that.

"Your kidding right?" I couldn't believe he would ask such a stupid question.

I mean yeah, me and Harry were close, but I knew better than to tell him about nearly hooking up with random guys at parties.

He looked up to meet my eye.

"So you didn't? And Tomlinson.. He wouldn't tell him would he?" He seemed somewhat relieved I hadn't told Harry.

"You seem scared" My voice suddenly became smug as I took a step closer to him.

"Of Styles?" he asked.

I nodded in agreement.

"He's a great guy. However I don't think he'd be too fond of one of his friends fooling around with his sister" he replied honestly.

"Yeah, he is a tad over protective" Understatement of the century.

"He seems the sort" Ashton agreed.

"So what was with Tomlinson at the party?.. He seemed pretty annoyed at us. Has he got a thing for you?" he added.

I shook my head firmly.

"No, No.. Definitely not. I guess he was just looking out for me" I explained quickly.
He shrugged.

"I don't know, he doesn't get mad often" he continued, still seeming doubtful of my explanation.

Before I had a chance to argue again, I heard Skylar calling that it was time for us to come back out into the room.

"Trust me Ashton, he thinks of me as nothing more than a friend" I threw in quickly, before opening the door and heading back out to the others.
It was definitely time to wrap up the game.