Taming Sawyer (editing)

Chapter 31

Peyton's POV
We continued on playing the game that night. We all ended up in our underwear, ready to call it quits. That was until one of the girls decided to take it a step farther. They suggested we play all dares. Whoever chickens out of a dare, they had to skinny dip into Ricky's pool out back. I was all down for little games, but not so much for showing my birthday suit to everyone here.

"I think I might sit this one out guys," I said quietly as I scooted back to stand up and get my clothes.

"Oh come on, Peyton. Don't be a chicken," Tucker said in a whiny tone.

"Don't be such a child and maybe we could talk," I snapped back. A round of "oh's" went around the circle.

Ricky got up off the floor as I put my sweater back on. "I know he's a dick, but how about we finish this one game. I promise I won't let it be you,"

"How exactly could you do that?" I smirked, interested in what he had to say.

"Just wait and see," he winked.

We all put our clothes back on, and formed our circle. One of the girls started it all.

"I dare Tucker to go downstairs and grind on his ex Dani," she giggled.

"I'm not doing that," Tucker made quick eye contact with Sawyer and bowed his head.

"Why the hell not," she whined.

"I'm not okay with th-"

"Shut the fuck up and do it," Sawyer said annoyed. He didn't seem to care about it all, just annoyed at the fact he was being over dramatic about it.

"I don't thi-"

"I said shut the fuck up and do it," This time Sawyer slowed down his words as if Tucker didn't understand him the first time.

"Okay," Tucker stood up with the rest of us. The girl who dared him would go down to where this Dani girl was, with him, and video it to show us all up here.

I walked up to Sawyer slowly, not sure how he was feeling at the moment. "Hey, you good?"

He turned around with a slight smile on his face covering up pain, "Yea, I'm fine,"

"Are you trying to speak girl to me? Girl code of 'I'm fine' is 'I'm not fucking fine'," I laughed.

"No, I'm not trying to speak girl to you," he chuckled, this time showing a genuine smile. "Just tired," he sighed, looking down. "Do you have a ride home?"

I knew this was an odd way of getting to ask to drive me home, but I drove myself here tonight. "Yea, I drove here myself. Do you?"

"Actually, no I don't," he laughed. "I came here with Elijah, him being the DD, but he's the one who got smashed and hid his keys,"

"If you needed a ride you should've just asked me," I playfully pushed his shoulder to tease him a little more. "No need to beat around the bush,"

"I didn't want to bother you. I know I kind of pushed myself back into your life, so I'm trying to keep my distance so I don't annoy you,"

"You are pretty annoying," I nodded while trying my best to contain a laugh from bursting out of my lips. "Come on. How about we ditch this whole skinny dip dare game, and I drive you home?"

He smiled back at me with a glint in his eyes, "Yea, let's do that,"

Sawyer and I made an excuse of going downstairs to go get some drinks. We got some odd stares from Ricky and Rein, only being because I just got done crying over him and now I'm letting him back in. Letting him kiss me. Letting myself drive him home. I don't know exactly why myself. I know he's going through a rough time with his biological dad, and the fact that we're not together. I shouldn't care, but I cant help myself from caring about someone I love. I hate to see him hurt, even when he's the one who hurt me.