Heartbreakers

-4-

"I'll go." Says Elliot. "Umm Jase, truth or dare?"

"Dare!" He says cheekily.

"I dare you too... uh... jump from that window on to that tree out there!" Elliot grins.

We all look over to the widow and size up how far away the tree is. I'd guess it's four feet away. If you reach out the window you can't touch it, but a tall guy like Jase could probably make the jump.

"Totally!" He says, and it's immediately apparent he's had at least a cup of beer and a few shots of crappy tequila. I'd urge caution, but honestly, I bet he can do it. He opens the window and climbs through sitting on the window sill. He takes a deep breath, and all the guys get out their phones ready to take a video. He then launches himself at the tree with his arms and legs outstretched, and attempts to grab at the branch. He manages to latch on to it, then hoist himself up on top, and shoots his arms up victoriously. Everyone starts clapping and people out in the yard below cheer. But the way the tree is formed, it has all of its branches at the top, and it's very tall with the bottom being just a bare trunk. He looks down warily.

"Guys?" He calls out, "Ummm how am I supposed to get down?" He asks. They all laugh and Elias walks over to the window. He shoots him a smile and then closes it. The boys all chuckle and faintly I can hear Jase yelling to help him get down. They ignore him- because they're guys- and keep on playing the game. Ava looks at me in horror, and I just shrug.

"I don't doubt he can figure out how to get down. He's smart... Ish." She rolls her eyes but I can hear the voice inside her head decide he probably could get back down.

"Who's next?" Carter asks, looking around the circle.

"I'll go." Says Elias. "Elliot! Truth or dare?"

"Dare."

"I dare you to.... Sexily remove Carter's shirt! Wait- with your teeth!" He adds and I start to laugh, Ava looks at me with an amused-shock face (if that's a thing). It appears that things are getting a little steamy for poor innocent Ava...

"Hey!" Carter exclaims with a laugh. Elliot mumbles some light hearted curse at Elias, then laughs and moves over to Carter. Slowly he grabs the hem of Carter's shirt and struggles to bring it upwards.

"I said sexily!" Elias grins at them, "More sexy!"

Carter and Elliot glare but he begins to dramatically make noises. Ava was laughing, and I couldn't stop smiling at how ridiculous this was. Slowly I could see tan abs peek from underneath his shirt. Carter caught me looking and he blushed, which I swear was the hottest thing. Elliot was really struggling to get it over Carter's head, and I grinned. Ava started laughing really hard and Elliot gave her a playful glare.

"Hey!" Said Elliot through a mouthful of shirt, "Stop laughing! You'll be next!" We all laughed and Ava turned very red. Elliot finally got the shirt over Carter's head and sat down.

"Im thirsty!" I announced.

"Are you now..." Elias said with an eyebrow wiggle. "Like what you see?" He said motioning towards Carter.

"Not that kind of thirsty you perv! I want some water. Ava? Can you go get us all some drinks?" I ask, sending her puppy dog eyes.

"Sure." She says with a sigh.

"Oh and Elliot? Could you go with her, she might need help finding the kitchen, and I doubt she can carry all those drinks by herself..." I say, and shoot him a wink. Ava elbows me hard and gives me a worried look. I smile.