16 Dares

I, Skyler Jones am not going to prom

I awake to the ground shaking. Oh my gosh it's an earthquake! Sitting up quickly, I'm relieved to see Riley, jumping on my bed. "Riley what the heck!? What are you doing?!" I yell in suprise. "Trying to wake you up!" Riley answers, flopping down next to me. "Why?" I demand. "Cause I wanna ride in your jeep" Riley states as if it's the most obvious thing in the world.rolling my eyes, I push myself off the bed, and shuffle into the bathroom to take a shower. Finishing my shower I wrap a fluffy towel around me, I grab the first clothes I can find, which happens to be a worn-in-looking American flag crop top, a pair of distressed shorts, and my white converse. Leaving my bathroom, I grab my backpack, and head downstairs where Riley is eating a muffin. "Are you ready yet?" Riley asks, with a mouthful of blueberry muffin. "Yup" I say popping the 'p'. Grabbing my keys from the counter, I make my way to the garage, with Riley on my heels. Opening the garage door, I pull myself into the drivers seat of my jeep, while Riley climbs into the passenger seat. "No crumbs in my car Riley!" I warn, before turning up the music, and rolling the windows down. A moment later, Riley whips out her phone, and begins texting someone. "Hey Mackenzie, Joey, and Ethan want us to pick them up" Riley tells me. Groaning, I make a U-turn and head towards Mackenzie's apartment, knowing Joey would be there too. Pulling up to Mackenzie's apartment, I honked the horn, not caring that I would piss off some neighbors by honking horns at 6:30 in the morning. Less than a minute later, Joey and Mackenzie come barreling out of the apartment. Throwing the passenger side's door open, they climbed over an annoyed looking Riley, and into the tiny backseat. "Well hello to you too" Riley grumbles, shutting her door. Mackenzie and Joey laugh, telling her they missed her so much, in an over dramatic way. Rolling her eyes, Riley turns the music up louder. Making my way into Ethan's neighborhood, Mackenzie asks "Who's excited for prom?" Nearly choking on my spit, I cry out "Are you actually going to prom?!" "Well ya aren't you?" Mackenzie asks in a 'duh' tone. I shake my head rapidly. "I'm NOT going to prom! Never in a million years!" I declare. "Skyler! You should the rest of us are going!" Mackenzie whines. WHAT? Swinging my head towards Riley, I raise my eyebrows at her. Your going to prom? Pressing her lips into a thin line, she slowly nods her head. You've got to be kidding! Prom? So overrated! Sighing, I run my fingers through my hair,. "So are you gonna come?" Joey asks. What did I just say? Pulling into Ethan's driveway, I park the car and spin around in my seat. "Let me break it down for you. I, Skyler Jones, am not going to prom." I state slowly, hoping that'll get through their thick skulls. Before anyone can say anything more, the passenger side's door get thrown open. "Well hello there!" Says an over excited Ethan. "Not again!" Riley groans. Ethan grins evilly, before crawling over Riley to the over-cramped backseat. And with that, I pull out of his driveway, and head to school.

*****************

School went by quickly today. Maybe it was because I threw spitballs at my 1st period teacher, with Josh. Or that I texted Blake all of 3rd period. It could've been that I had a paint fight with Rocky during 5th period art. It was possible it could've been stealing Tess's fries at lunch. Overall, today wasn't terrible. I made my way throughout the parking lot, wanting to go home and take a nap. As I got to my car, I saw a familiar looking yellow sticky note on my car door. Peeling the sticky note off the car I read my stick note. I held back a groan. On the sticky note the words 'Go to prom' were scrawled across the paper in black sharpie. This could only be one person. Mackenzie.

*****************

Grabbing my bowl of popcorn from the microwave, I pop a movie into the DVD player, 'Friday the 13th', and flop down on the couch. Less than two minutes later, the doorbell rings. Pausing the movie, I push myself off the couch, and shuffle to the frontdoor. Swinging g the door open, I see a very excited Tess. "Hey Tess" I greet. "Hey" she says. "whats up?" I ask. "Wellll, I was thinking we could go to the grocery store, raid it, and come back and watch movies or something, you know the usual" Tess suggests. Every month, Tess and I would raid the grocery store if all it's junk food, and have a movie marathon. "Heck ya!" I yell. I run upstairs, grab my wallet, phone, and keys, before running back downstairs. Slipping on my converse, I skip out the door, through the yard, and to the car. Luckily, I didn't park my car inside the garage. Climbing into the car, we make our way through town, until we get to our favorite grocery store. "Let's go!" Tess cheers, as soon as I park the car. Laughing, we run through the parking lot, enter the store, grab two shopping carts, and set off to find junk food. We grab tubs of icecream, bags of chips, bags of candies, liters of sodas, marshmallows, boxes of Oreos, cookies, brownies, bottles of spray candy, chocolate syrup, packs of gum and mints, tons of gossip magazines, and lots of Nutella. This is what we call perfection. We were gliding down one of the isles on the carts, when I jumped off and turned the corner, I ran into someone, and began to fall, until someone caught me by my waist. Brushing some of my hair out of my eyes, I look to see who I ran into. Blake. He smirks. "We've got to stop meeting like this" I state with a laugh. "I don't know I kind of like it" he whispers. And I'm pretty sure I blushed for the first time, right then and there. "your cute when you blush" he says. "I'm not cute!" I pout. " I'd like to disagree" he claims. Before I could say anything, someone cleared their throat. Whipping my head around, there stands a smirking Tess. "Well what do we have here?" she asks tying to look innocent. Blake chuckles, helping me stand up straight. "I'm Blake" he says offering her a hand to shake. With a sly smirk she shakes his hand and says "I'm Tess. So have you two met before?" Blake and I exchange glances, before Blake chuckles and says "oh ya, we have." He sends me a wink. Oh my gosh all we did was kiss! "I see, well I forgot to get the animal crackers! I'll be right back!" she declares before disappearing down an isle. What? She doesn't even like animal crackers! Blake broke the silence, "So what school do you go to?" He asks. "Ridgewood High" I reply. "That's great!" he exclaims. "Why?" I ask curiously. "Well two weeks ago my family moved here, and that's what school I'm going to go to!" He tells me. Yes!!! "That's awesome, when do you start?" I ask. "Monday" He answers. "That's great! Well I guess I'll see you then!" I say. "Hopefully" he says with a wink. I laugh and tell him I'd text him later, before braving my cart, and finding the isle Tess disappeared down. An there she is frowning at the animal crackers. Haha I knew it was and act!

********************

Tess to the side >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>