It Was Supposed to Blossom

CHAPTER TEN

Lilly POV

Of course, I wasn't stupid. I knew that Ryan must have liked me a little to kiss me and all that. But love was stretching it too far. I knew it. I was just afraid Ryan didn't. The extent of a guy's feelings towards me couldn't stretch further than a romantic interest.

They never did.

I just have to be more careful.

We squish around on the sofas, smiling, laughing, exchanging jokes. Once the banter dies down, Ryan signals to the camera.

"...Welcome back to another episode of-" Ryan caught his breath, and we shouted in unison, "I. Dare. You!!!"

"And our very special guests are Liza and David, and back again by popular demand...Lilly!" Shawn pointed to us. "Hi! It's me!" I waved into the camera excitedly.

"Can't escape you, can we?" Shawn joked. "Sure can't," I heard Ryan say quietly, his eyes trying to snag onto mine. I turn away, uncomfortable, while keeping my smile in place.

"Anyway, in this episode we will be writing out our own dares and putting them in this hat." Ryan said, holding it up. We got our paper strips and pencils and got busy writing, all in different positions. I was curled up on one end of the couch writing on the kitchen countertop, Liza and David were writing on the other end, Greg was on the floor and Ryan and Shawn were at the coffee table.

When we were done, all the papers were put into the hat and jumbled up. David went first and dug out a strip of paper. "I dare you to prank call the first Youtuber in your phone without hearing them!"

He waved it in the air mock-angrily. "I did this challenge with Zane and Jason already! Is there someone here who isn't a fan of me?"

"Me. Mostly because I give you all my subscribers." Liza shrugged. We giggled.

"OK, OK. Let's cut to the chase." David sighed and pulled out his phone. We decided that me and Liza would mime what the other person was saying.

He scrolled down and announced, "Gabbie."

"What about me?" Liza smacked David's shoulder. "After Liza. But she's here already, so Gabbie's next." He put an arm around Liza and she leaned into him. It was so sweet I almost got a cavity from the sight.

Greg willingly volunteered his phone, while Ryan offered his iPod. We put the headphones on David and pressed play on a heavy metal song from some obscure band. "Can you hear me David?" shouted Liza.

"What?" His confused expression set us off. He dialed the number on Greg's phone and waited for the call to connect. "Hello?" Gabbie's familiar voice asked." Who's this?"

"Good afternoon, ma'm." David suddenly spoke in the harshest, raspiest voice I've ever heard. I clapped a hand over Liza's and my mouth to muffle our laughter. It was a cross between the sound of death and an actual Russian Mafia member: perfect.

"Um, who are you?" Some cynic came through from Gabbie's voice.

Liza and I motioned that she had asked how are you and let's get lunch sometime shall we? We couldn't wait to see his reaction.

"Ma'm, our relationship is strictly professional. Though lunch is obviously most welcome. I'm calling to tell you that there's an outstanding invoice for your surgery. To the area from your waist down, particularly your buttocks." David kept his death metal voice in place and his deadpan expression made me double over.

"I didn't say anything about lunch!" Gabbie's voice rose higher in disbelief. "And who are you? I've never gone for butt surgery!"

I mimed her words, shrugging my shoulders with a questioning look in my eyes.

"You most certainly have. At the DD Beauty Services last Monday at 7.40pm." David insisted. "Remember? I'm Jeffer."

"Jeffer? What the actual hell..." Gabbie muttered.

"DD stands for DoubleDeal by the way. You get bigger cheeks, we get shorter weeks." Liza almost fell from the couch, and I held her in place, laughing into her shoulder. "Can we meet up soon, Miss Hanna?"

"Creep," And she rung off. Finally, we were able to howl as loudly as we could, and even David was suppressing a smile.

Greg took back his phone with a massive grin, while Shawn patted his back. "That, my friend, was incredible."