The Celibacy Club | Dirty MAGCon BoyxBoy

13. Just A Dare

C.REYNOLDS

10:55 PM

Getting lit as fuck on a Tuesday night. "What's good. What's good." I shake hands with a few friends that the other guys don't know about.

Sammy and Nate walk me to the backyard lounge. "Here take one." They hand me the joint as I take a quick swisher. White smoke raising high.

"What brings you here?" Derek (Luh, my babe.) asks. "Too much studying. I need a break you know." I sigh and kick back.

"Toss me one." I raise my hands high in hopes of catching a beer can that Sammy starts to throw. I catch it successfully and open the can and take a quick chug.

I sit and go through the Internet watching mindfuckinf edits. Those illusions with blurry images and fast motion rainbow photos. "I'm waiting to feel high as fuck." I say, ready for another huff.

I feel terrible for almost beating up that one kid. Ever since that, Matt hasn't been looking at me. He wasn't even my partner at celibacy club.

It shouldn't bother me but does. He's the first person who's ever looked at me with disappointment and it makes me feel awful. I didn't mean to hurt the kid. Neither of them.

"What's roaming, kid?" Sammy asks, sitting next to me. "I think I like someone. I don't know how to feel about it."

"Describe." I begin to think of the words and briefly say, "I don't like how he's mad at me. That's got to mean something."

Sammy laughs and puts his arm over me, "You should sleep with me then." He winks. I throw his arm off my shoulder. "'No Sammy. Aren't you afraid of that? You sleep with everyone. I don't know how safe you'll be."

He looks offended but it's truth, plus I doubt he will remember this tomorrow.

"Truth or dare guys?" Derek suggests and I shrug I hate this game, it's so cliche.

They grab one of the unopened glass alcohol bottles and Sammy spins first between the three of us, oh and two other people I didn't mention earlier, Jon and Mike.

It lands on Bike Mike, "Yo, dare you to take a swish and then jump in the pool." Sammy tells him. He just wants to see someone wet.

Mike takes his shirt off and grabs the blunt quickly jumps in with it. "What the hell Mike! You wasted that shit." Nate says. Mike gets up and holds the blunt up. "Just relight it up."

Mike comes back to the circle and spins the bottle and it lands on me. I hold my hands in surrender. "What's up now?"

"So I heard you talking to Derek about some guy? A crush, huh?" I nod awkwardly, afraid of what might happen. "I want you to go over to his house and confess that you like him."

My heart pounds, I don't even know if I actually like him! "But, but!" Nate cuts me off, "Na, it's a dare. Or else if you don't do this, you have to do every dare with the next contestant and answer every truth."

I shake my head, one dare or a ton of others. "Damn it. Get in the cars let's go. Most sober, drive." I huddle them up. Jon drives to the directed address. I remember this house because it's across Gilinsky's.

11:50 PM

I look at the house and see all the lights off but duh, it is practically midnight on a Tuesday, a school night.

I look at the house and see there's a ladder on the ground along with some ropes. I take it and put it against a window and I hope it's Matt's.

I knock on it forcefully. "Matt! Wake up!" Soon, he's actually pulling the blinds up. "Carter? It's so late what are you doing?" He rubs his eyes and I inch my hand out to him.

"Can I?" I ask, already in his home with half my body in, the other having my feet swinging out the window.

"What do you want? To beat me up or something?" He asks quietly. I frown.

"You don't know what happened. He called me a fag. He told me I was stupid for studying at a record store." I defend myself. He only puts his hand on my mouth.

"Shh.. I have family you know." I see a little smile forming in the moonlight. I look around for a light switch on he wall but he tells me no. Instead, he turns on some Christmas lights.

"Hey... So, I came here to tell you that uh, im interested in you?" I ask with no confidence what so ever.

Matt's face lights up and he throws his arms over me. "I'm flattered. Always thought you were cute!" He says happily.

"What would you like us to be Carter! I'm so happy you like me. I like you too! Want to be my boyfriend or something! Only if you're okay with public relationships." He tells me.

"Oh, yeah. Sure. Yeah." I say half minded. So he's my boyfriend now? I have to have a boyfriend I don't even like?

"So today actually, I thought I had a crush but he had a boyfriend. But at least I have two and I'm breaking it off with the other guy!" He tells me happily. Wow, so I'm a rebound too?

"Do you actually like me more or like the idea of being taken?" I ask him curiously.

"Oh. I did like you. But then you punched someone. But now I know it was for a good cause and now I like you again! You're so cute and innocent. I like that. It's so good." He pants my head and I just nod.

I stand up, "I should go now I guess." I tell him slowly. "No, no. Sleep! Stay the night over and we can go to school tomorrow. My parents are perfectly okay with it!"

He pulls my arm and I scoot against him, his warmth becoming comfort. I look to my phone to see my guys from earlier calling, and it's all clear to me now.

What he doesn't know is that this here, it's only ever been a dare and I think it'll stay as a dare. I doubt my feelings are true.

February 6, 2016