Remember

Chapter 40

"All right, some truths or dare" Sunshine says, rubbing his hands together in excitement.

All my bunk mates are here, plus Blue and Louis. Alan and I are sitting on my bunk, which is below sunshine's.

"What is this a fifth grade girl's slumber party?" I ask.

"If you want." Sunshine tells me. "Now, who wants to go first.

Everyone looks around uncomfortably.

"All right then, I will." Sunshine says. He turns to Petey. "Truth or dare?"

Petey looks around in surprise. "What, do I choose one?"

"Yes, you choose one, and Sunshine picks either a question to ask you, if you pick truth, or something for you to do, if you pick dare." I explain

"And you have to do it, no matter what." Alan adds, wrapping an arm around my waist

"So, truth or dare." Sunshine asks Petey again.

"Oh, definitely truth." Petey says.

Sunshine thinks for a minute. "Would you ever do it with a guy for money?"

Petey looks baffled for a moment. "It depends. How much?"

Sunshine thinks. "$300 bucks"

"No" Petey replies immediately

I laugh.

"Oh yeah? Truth or dare, Carrie" Petey smirks

"Dare" I challenge.

"I dare you to go into Ray's dorm and tell him that you want him." Petey says

"Uh, no." Alan and I say at the same time

"I thought you couldn't refuse." Petey says pointedly.

"That's different." Alan says. "Ray had a giant crush on her, and he got really mad when she chose me." Alan tells him. "Not a good idea to bring that back up."

"Fine." Petey thinks for a while. " I dare you to kiss Alan"

I laugh. "You're joking, right?" I turn and kiss Alan, who kisses me back gladly.

"You didn't let me finish." Petey says. "I dare you to kiss Alan, in the closet, for seven minutes." He crosses his arms smugly.

"Oh my god. This is a fifth grade girl's slumber party." I say. "And I thought we were playing truth or dare, not Seven Minutes in Heaven."

"What's that?" Petey asks.

I stare at him blankly. "Never mind."

"Come on Carrie, you have to do it" Blue says. "You turned down his other dare, which is already against the rules. You can't break them again."

I turn to Alan, who shrugs.

I sigh. "Fine, but I want you all to know you're 10 year old girls on the inside." I say, standing up and walking to the closet.

Alan follows, and we squeeze into the tiny closet. They shut the doors on us, and Alan and I are left in almost complete darkness. I can see the line of light left from the tiny crack in the door  streaked down the side of his face, and I can see his eyes, which are slightly illuminated by the minuscule amount of light. I'm pressed up against his chest, in an attempt to fit together in the 2 by 2 storage closet, and I can feel his heart beating rapidly in his chest. I imagine mine is going at the same pace.

"What do we do in here?" I ask, never having played Seven Minutes in Heaven before.

"This." Alan says, leaning down to kiss me. At first, it's like normal, but then he begins to kiss me more passionately, and I return the gesture. He begins kissing down my neck when we hear the door to the room open. Alan tries to peek through the crack in the door to see who it is, and when he does, his eyes widen and he places his finger over his lips. Shhhhh

I'm tempted to ask who it is, but I don't have to.

"What are you all doing up?" I hear coach Boone's voice through the door.

"Just hanging out." Rev tells him

"Where's Caroline? And Alan?" Boone asks.

It's quiet for a minute.

"We're playing a game." Sunshine begins guiltily.

I panic and burst out of the closet.

"And we win!" I exclaim.

They all stare in disbelief.

"What the hell were you two doing in there?" Boone asks angrily. "If you two were-"

"Hide and seek!" I interrupt.

Now everyone is confused.

"We were all playing hide and seek, and Carrie and I were the last ones left." Alan says, catching on.

"These doofuses were just talking about giving up." I say. "Little did they know, we were right in there."

Boone looks around at us in confusion. He sighs. "Go. To. Bed."

Louis and Blue stand up and go back to their bunks. Boone waits for all of us to get into our bunks before turning off the light and leaving. 

"Nice save." Someone mumbles before we all drift off.