Truth or Dare

Chapter 11

The guys all showed up on time, but Noah wasn’t with them. I guess he was meeting us at the bar later on. I breathed a sigh of relief. Maybe he wouldn’t show up at all, and I could get out of this ridiculous dare that T gave me. I was kind of annoyed that my first kiss was going to be on a dare, and even more annoyed that it was going to be with Noah Pierce. I didn’t even want to think about how many other girls his lips have touched….EW!

When we all finally got to the bar I was excited to see Nick behind the bar, because usually he takes every third Saturday off.

“Hey babe!” Nick called eyeing me up and down. I must really be looking good because he’s usually so much more discreet about checking me out. “You’re gonna be breaking hearts tonight!”

“That’s the plan,” I laughed along with him. “Get me the regular, and a couple of shots for me and my friends,” I called as he walked back around the bar and I walked up to my friends. He winked to let me know he heard. About an hour later, we were all pretty tipsy, and I was ready to start dancing.

“Let’s get our dance on!” T said reading my mind and grabbing my hand pulling me to the dance floor. “I know how much you love Luda girl!”

I laughed as I started to get into the music. Ludacris is my favorite, so it wasn’t that hard. After about a half hour of dancing with my girls they were pairing off with their guys and I was getting ready to walk off the dance floor when someone pulled me back to them.

“Truth or dare Gabrielle?” I heard Noah whisper so close to my ear I could feel his breath on my neck. Suddenly the hand resting on my waist seemed to be burning a hole through the fabric that clung to me, and the sweat dripping down my neck was for a different reason. I hated the effect he had on me! Remembering the dare I had made with T earlier, I decided to just try and get it over with, and move on with my life.

“Truth,” I turned around facing him so that we were body to body on the floor and his hand was now on my lower back. I glanced up through my eyelashes, and was once again caught off guard by how green his eyes really were.

“Um,” he said licking his lips and staring into my eyes. “Were you waiting for me to show up tonight?”

I seriously hate his questions. It’s like I can’t not answer honestly because then winning would be a cheap win, but I didn’t want him to know how cute I really thought he was. This is all I feel, I just think he’s cute, that’s it.

“Yes,” I answered honestly not looking into his eyes. I didn’t want to see how he thought he had finally gotten the best of me. So, I went with full disclosure. “Torie and I were playing Truth or Dare earlier, and she dared me to go to first base with you. So you see, I can’t really fulfill my dare if you aren’t here.” I finished looking up at him. I thought I saw a mix of longing and disappointment all at once. Pushing it out of my head I took a breath, “So, you know how much I hate to lose Truth or Dare, and it wouldn’t mean anything. Just kissing,” for some reason I couldn’t stop rambling. “Of course I don’t want you to do anything you dont' want to do….and don’t worry, I wouldn’t think more into it than just a little make out season. And I know you won’t look into it either…”

“Shh, it’s fine,” Noah said putting a finger over my lips, and I swear everything stood still. How badly I wanted to just grab his head and make it his lips on mine, but I was not going to embarrass myself like that. No way did I want him to think I wanted anything from him but his make out skills. “Yea, I know how you feel about truth or dare, and of course I want you to win. So, let’s just start yea?” he asked waiting for permission.

“Well, she said something about first base…” I mumbled thinking really hard and trying to remember exactly what that was.

“You don’t know what that is do you?” Noah asked with amusement glinting in his eyes.