Truth or Dare

"Hey guys! who wants to play truth or dare?" my best friend, Quinn, asks beside me at the dinner table where 3 of my other friends are also sitting. We are all seniors in high school and we are having a Christmas party at my house and so far we have ate a grand total of 3 pizzas and each had a few shots of fire ball.

"Is this sixth grade?" James asks from across the table. James is the jock of our friend group who looks like your typical surfer dude with his shaggy blonde hair. 

"What are you.... Scared?" Quinn says back. This whole thing looks pretty funny from where I am sitting because Quinn is about 5'2" and James is 6' so he looks like he could crush her but she still challenges him every time...... and always wins.

"He's totally scared" I fake whisper to my side and Quinn mouths 'Oh yeah' and nods her head. I fist bump her and we both lean back in our seats and cross our arms over our chests with smug grins on our faces.

"Come on Jamesssssss, it'll be funnnnnnnnn" my other friend , Nat, says from the end of the table. Quinn motions her hand to Nat and nods her head once. Quinn and Nat are twin sisters.. Well fraternal twins.

"Fine, yes, okay." James says with a smile on his face. Without looking at each other Quinn and I high five each other. I take out my phone and get my truth or dare app out.

"Okay so pretty much whoever the spinner lands on is asked truth or dare and the person opposite of them has to ask the question, got it?" I say in a very game show like way. 

"Yes ma'am!" Trevor says and salutes me. 

"Thank you soldier. For that, you get to spin first!" I say and set my phone in the middle of the table. Trev spins my phone and it lands on James so I get to ask it since I'm across from him.

"Okay James-cakes, truth or dare?" I say is a very mysterious tone. 

"This might be all that fireball but I'm only doing dares." He says while flexing his arms. 

"Watch yourself, tiger. You might regret that later." I laugh and hit the dare button. "Give a lap dance to the person to your left... While being recorded." James looks to his left and gives Nat an evil grin.

"Wait let me get my dollar bills!" Nat says laughing. The other 3 of us start recording as James gives a.... not so bad lap dance. 

"You're welcome." James says as he gets back into his seat and blows a kiss to Nat who swats it away and sticks her tongue out while laughing. James spins the phone and it lands on me.

"Alright my little lesbian goddess, truth or dare?" He wiggles his eyebrows. Hm.... This could go very good or very bad depending on what I choose....

"Balls to the wall I'm going for dare." I say seeming very proud of my decision. Quinn punches my arm, "Dork."

He clicks on dare and starts laughing immediately.... shit. He shows the phone to Nat and she looks from me to Quinn and then holds in every bit of herself trying not to laugh...... SHIT. James then shows it to Trevor and he just says "YIKES" and starts smiling.... SHITSHITSHIT.

"Alright, Lez-babe, your dare is... You have to kiss the person to your left for at least 10 seconds" oh shit.

Quinn and I both stop moving and I can feel my face getting red immediately. This is very bad for a few reasons. 1) I had a crush on Quinn for a solid 3 years and just recently stopped and she knows that so that is probably stressing her out. 2) Quinn is asexual so she's probably gonna get grossed out. 3) She's my best friend.... my hot best friend.... BUT STILL MY BEST FRIEND.

I swallow very loudly and  say, "Alright." I am dreading even looking at her but I know I'll have to eventually. I can hear the 3 others giggling and that's some reassurance that this is no big deal so I take a deep breathe and turn to her. She is looking at me with big brown eyes.

"Fletcher I-" She says in an all-over-the-place tone.

"Hey... It doesn't have to mean anything, okay?" I say trying to get her to calm down while I'm freaking out at the same time. 10 seconds..... that's a long time.

She nods her head and we look towards everyone else. They all had their chins resting in their hands and started laughing some more. Nat got out her timer and said, "Whenever you guys are ready but guys... don't get too carried away." She winked at us and we both threw whatever we could at her.

"Balls to the wall?" I say to Quinn, raising my eyebrow and rubbing the back of my neck. 

"Balls to the wall." She says and I put my hand on her neck and kiss her. 3 years ago I would have begged for this moment and now that it's happening... It is still pretty damn awesome. She doesn't move for a second but then she loosens up and puts her hand on my arm and.... pulls me closer? She starts kissing me back and then before I know it Nat says, "Okay love birds...time is up."

I pull away and remove my hand from her face. We look at each other and I say in a playful voice, "See? Wasn't so bad now was it? We're okay." She gives me a playful shove and says, "Whatever, dork."