The week flew by fast. I didn't see Hal very consistently at school, but when I did, she never saw me.
Friday night, 7:03pm, Ashton called me.
"Lucas, get your ass down to Calum's. We're driving to the Roseby from there. Plus, there's a surprise here for you." He giggled into the speaker.
"You all better not be drunk yet, mate," I teased and hung up with no further questions.
When I arrived at Cal's I didn't bother to knock and preceded through his front door. His parents were never there on the weekends so I knew he had the house free to himself tonight but he never kept it that way. I found them all in the living room with four girls playing a childish game of truth or dare.
"Hey, it's Luke!" Mikey jumped up from his seat to give me a pat on the back. The girls all stared at me, and I recognized one of them, the one who none of the boys had their arm around. It was Talia.
"You wanna join our game?" Calum asked, surprising me in the fact he wasn't mad at me like everyone had been saying he was.
"Sure," I sighed. What else had I to do but to play some stupid game of truth or dare since I wasn't hanging with Hal tonight like I usually did on weekends. I hadn't even been talking to my mother these past few days, just blowing past her on the stairs on the way to my room every afternoon.
"There's a spot next to Talia," Ashton obnoxiously pointed out. I almost rolled my eyes for everyone to see while obediently taking a seat next to her. But not too close.
"Luke can go first since he just got here," Mikey insisted. "Lizzie, it's your turn to give the truth or dare question," he said to a petite brunette girl with Ashton's arm around her.
"Okay," she spoke. "Truth or dare?"
"Truth," I sighed, not really up for any type of stupid dare at the moment.
A smile tugged at the corners of her mouth. "Who was the last girl you fucked?" Fuckin Lizzie. I gulped. What was I going to say? Not only had Hal been the last girl I had sex with but the only.
"Actually, I meant dare." I sputtered causing the group's suspicion in my sex life to rise.
"No, you can't do that once the question has been asked," the girl with Calum chimed. I wish she would shut the fuck up.
I looked around at everyone staring at me. Had I really gone this long without actually having sex with anyone but Hal? Sure, I had gone to clubs and got drunk or high and met girls whom I made out with. But I had never considered taking any of them home because I always went back home with Hal.
"No one," I finally lied. "I'm a fucking virgin, okay?" There was a long pause.
"...Alrighty then, who's next?" Mikey piped, and I mentally thanked him.
We played the game for about two more rounds in which I chose two more truths having to tell the group about my first kiss and my guilty pleasure which is Lady Gaga, by the way.
Finally, we all hopped in Ashton's van to get to the club. Talia tried to sit on my lap, but I scooted away before she could. I just hoped there'd be lots of good alcohol where we were going.
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the promise ➳ hemmings
Fanfiction| Promises are just very sincere lies. We make them thinking that we'll keep them. But in time, our motivation to keep them fades-- just like the hope and trust others had in us that they wouldn't. It's just sad to think that's what our relationship...
