Something About Him

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Layla Wilkes

We all watch as Jaylen stares us all down probably trying to choose which one of us he's gonna ask and when he finally does speak up, he says, "Chris. Truth or dare?"

That causes Chris to chuckle and then he answers, "Truth," just being plain ole' boring.

A round of groans comes from everyone around the room as we all were hoping he'd say dare.

I'm not sure why I wanted him to, but I just really, really did.

Chris sucks his teeth and then asks, "What? Ion know if y'all bouta be saying wild shit or not so I'm not risking it. Fuck that."

"Baby, don't act so scary."

"Scary or not. Truth, my nigga. Truth."

Jaylen makes a straight face at Chris and then says, "Punk ass, but aight. How about for truths we just ask normal questions?"

Everyone agrees with his suggestion and then the game begins.

"Chris. On a scale from one to ten, with ten being the highest, how bad do you wanna have sex with Layla?"

All of us laugh at the question, but I still look at Chris for an answer. He glances down at me and once again chuckles before saying, "Man, Imma just say this directly to my girl cause y'all niggas gonna blow shit up. Especially you, Jay."

That makes me giggle just as Chris leans down slightly and his warm breath grazes my ear. He then whispers to me a quick, "Eleven," and then pulls away which makes me have to hide my blush that I knew was coming.

The fact that he didn't even say a number in the range that Jaylen said tells me that he wants to more than I actually think.

"What'd he say, Layla?" Brandon asks and I shake my head.

I'm not gonna tell them. Why would I?

"A number," I answer generally which makes Jaylen huff.

"They secretive as hell. For why?"

"Because I'm hers and it don't concern y'all," Chris says back leaning in closer to me. "If I'm not gon' tell y'all, why would she?"

"Cause we fuck with Layla, bruh, but whatever. Go ahead and ask who you want."

"Uh..." Chris trails off. "Gianna. Truth or dare?"

"Dare."

"Okay, okay," Chris nods his head with his arm still wrapped around me. "Yell out the first word that comes to ya mind right now. Whether it's some crazy shit or not."

Right after he said that, Gigi said, "Food," and of course with Jaylen in the room, he found a reason to say something smart to her.

He's always picking with her honestly and I don't know why.

"Man you know you wanted to say niggas or dick or some shit. Gigi, we know you a freak," he makes a face at her and me and Allie at the same time yell for him to shut up while Brandon laughs at him like a fool.

"Jaylen you don't know shit considering I would never give you the time of day," Gianna speaks back smartly putting emphasis on 'you.'

"But you gave my ni-" Jaylen begins but stops himself by laughing which was probably a good thing. "Aight then. I'm not gon argue with you today. Let's move on with the game."

"Great. I'm asking Brandon," Gianna announces. "Truth or dare?"

"Uh.. truth."

Jaylen sucks his teeth and speaks loudly, like always. "Man you and Chris wack as hell."