*25 Years Ago*
"Ooooooooo, it's your turn, Mary." Beau said, crossing his fingers.
"Ahem!" Fred raised an eyebrow at Beau as he caught him and Beau nervously chuckled.
"Spin it! Spin it! Spin it! Spin it!" The group chanted and Beau came in late as he looked away from Fred.
The red head sighed as she spun the root beer bottle in the center of the circle. It landed on Gash and as the group cheered, Mary and Gash crawled toward each other, stealing a small kiss from one another. "Okay, Gash! Your turn!" Tall Boy said with excitement when Mary moved back to her spot between FP and Hermione.
"Spin it! Spin it! Spin it! Spin it!" They all chanted again as he did so. The bottle stopped on Alice who rolled her eyes with a grin, crawling into the circle to kiss Gash.
"Woooooo!" The group clapped and laughed.
"Ooooo, who's it gonna be?" FP winked at her and Alice rolled her eyes again before spinning the bottle as hard as she could.
The anticipation ate away at Penny as she watched it rotate, passing her several times before it began to slow down. Her heart began to pound as she feared it would or wouldn't land on her. But the one she feared the most....happened.
"Pennyyyy!" Half of the group cheered when it stopped on her. The freshman internally screamed.
"She doesn't have to if she doesn't want to, guys." Alice said in her usually protective tone. Penny had been biting the nail on her pointer finger for the passed fifteen minutes and Alice came to know that it was her nervous habit. She was surprised, however, to see Penny look around at the other teens before letting her finger nail go from her mouth. She crawled forward, feeling her face growing warm and red. When she finally made it to the center of the circle, she locked eyes with Alice and her heart jumped. "Well?" Alice asked in her sweetest voice. "Are you gonna kiss me?" Alice wondered with a small smile and immediately, Penny leaned forward, locking lips with Alice Smith, the girl who saved her from bullies and introduced her to friends, claiming her as a part of their family.
"Woo Woo!" The group cheered and the kiss abruptly stopped when Penny pulled away, remembering the others were there.
"Your turn now, Penny." Hermione told the youngest of the group.
"I don't wanna play anymore." Penny admitted and the others agreed, switching to a fun game of Hide and Seek.
"...and my mother told me that you are it!" Naomi sang, choosing Hermione to be the Seeker first.
"What am I counting to?" Hermione Gomez asked.
"We usually do 50, but I always feel rushed." Tall Boy admitted.
"Yeah, let's do 100 this time." Beau jumped in.
"Okay." Hermione sat up on the conveyor belt and covered her eyes. "One! Two! Three!"
As she continued to count, the rest of the group frantically fled to find their hiding spots. While Mary followed Fred everywhere and he tried his best to jokingly shoo her away, Gash stole a good spot from Tall Boy, who had to find somewhere small to squeeze into. Naomi and Beau found their own place between two machines and Alice went into her own usual spot even other hiders failed to discover. FP found his way underneath one of the other conveyor belts and Penny followed him.
"Seventy Three! Seventy Four! Seventy Five!" Hermione continued to count.
"FP." Penny whispered when she made herself as comfortable as possible.
"Shh!" Forsythe the Second put his pointer finger to his mouth.
"You said that I can trust you with anything, right?" She felt her stomach churning inside from nervousness. "There's something I really need to tell someone and I know that you'll be okay with it, cause you're my best friend." She scratched her head. "Well, my second best friend."
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Broken Promises
FanfictionDefinition of "Promise": A declaration or assurance that one will or will not do a particular thing or a particular thing will or will not happen. Rated M Falice and more