Unexpected // Why Don't We

Chapter 29

Hayden's pov

"Truth or dare, Daniel?" I asked him.

He thought for a second.

"Truth," he answered.

"Who was your last girlfriend?" I raised an eyebrow.

"I've never had a girlfriend," he replied.

"Aww!" I squealed. "That's so cute!"

He gave me a confused look.

"Because Taylor would be the perfect first girlfriend for you, and you won't even want or need to break up with her. She's literally the best girl in the universe for you," I explained.

"Hayden," Taylor mumbled, clearly embarrassed.

"Right. Sorry," I remembered that we were playing a game.

Everyone laughed.

"Truth or dare, Eben?" Daniel asked him.

"I'll go with dare," he said bravely.

"I dare you to chose one person in this room to slap you," Daniel smiled innocently.

"I pick Hayden," Eben looked at me.

"This is going to be fun," I smirked.

I stood up and walked over to him.

"Oh no. I regret this. Can I pick someone else?" Eben looked worried.

"Nope. You already picked me," I rubbed my hands together.

"Slap him as hard as you can," Zach encouraged me.

"Countdown," Eben told me.

"Okay. One..." then I slapped him really hard.

"Oooooh!" everyone winced in pain except for Taylor because she knew how hard I could hit.

"Dude, there's a mark on your face!" Jonah laughed.

"Yeah, no kidding. That hurt like a-" I didn't let him finish that sentence.

"Don't you dare," I glared at him. "I'll slap you again."

"Butt cheek on a stick," Eben finished his sentence, referring to that one vine.

"Watch yo profanity!" Corbyn yelled.

Everyone busted out laughing. I went back and sat down in the recliner.

"Zach, truth or dare?" Eben asked.

"Truth," Zach answered.

"Lame!" Eben yelled. "What's the best prank you've played on the guys?"

"This happened over a series of weeks. Every other day I would take something and hide it, and it'd be so random. Like I took one shoe from a pair and hid it, but the guys ended up finding out," Zach explained.

"Yeah because one day you took my charger, and I knew I had left it on my bed. So I set you up, and that's how I found out," Corbyn laughed.

"You better not do that to us," Taylor told Zach. "I will actually throw you out of the house."

"I won't, I won't," Zach held his hands up in defense.

"Good," Taylor laughed.

"Truth or dare, Taylor?" Zach asked her.

"Umm... truth," she answered.

"Who was the last guy you went on a date with?" he asked.

She thought for a second.

"I don't really know if it was a date or not, but like a week before we went to your concert, Hayden and I went to dinner with these two guys we had met at the park," Taylor shrugged.

"I don't even know if we called it a date or not," I laughed.

"Yeah. It was weird. Oh, by the way, I ran into Jace at Dunkin Donuts when I was out looking for you the other night," she informed me.

"Really? What'd you talk about?" I asked.

"Nothing really because I was in a rush trying to find you," she explained.

"Ohhh," I nodded, understandingly.

Corbyn cleared his throat. Taylor and I both looked at him.

"Oh, right," I laughed. "We were playing a game."

"It's your turn, Taylor," Zach told her.

"Oh, yeah. Um... Jonah, truth or dare?" she asked.

We continued playing truth or dare until around 11:00. My dress was starting to ride up in the back, and I kept having to pull it down. It was really beginning to get on my nerves. That's what I get for wearing a short dress, though.

"I think I'm going to go change. This dress is starting to become uncomfortable," I announced.

"Yeah. We have to change, too," Daniel told Taylor and I.

"Okay. How about we will all change, and then meet back in here after ten minutes?" Even suggested.

We all agreed. Taylor went to her room, and I went to mine. The guys stayed in the living room. I shut my door behind me. I had already taken a shower before we left, so I didn't worry about doing that. I took off all of my makeup except for my mascara and my eyebrows. Then I changed into a navy blue t-shirt with red Nike shorts, aka the outfit that I had worn for only a few minutes earlier that day when I was doing my makeup for dinner. I took out my hoops for my first piercings and put in diamond studs because I never slept with hoops in. Then I ruffled my hair some so it looked messy and cute at the same time. Once it had been about ten minutes, I walked back out to the living room. The guys were spread out across the living room in their joggers and t-shirts, and Taylor had just walked out of her room as well.

"Great. You're back," Zach smiled at us.

"It's getting late, and I have work tomorrow," I told them. "I don't want to be up too late."

"Okay. We will only stay up for another hour," Jack said.

I sat on the couch in the only open spot, which was between Eben and Corbyn. Eben put his arm around me like he always did. I was used to it by now. That left Taylor with nowhere to sit until Daniel pulled her onto his lap like he had done before.

"Remind me to take the rest of my makeup off before I go to sleep," I said to no one in particular.

"Okay," everyone said at the same time.

Everyone laughed. We all talked about Taylor going on tour, which tomorrow would be in two days. Then we talked about me going to Germany. Finally, we talked about the guys staying here or going back to L.A. and what their plans were for the next year. I saw the clock hit midnight.

"I really need to go to sleep," I yawned.

"Okay. See you in the morning?" Eben asked me.

"Of course," I nodded as I stood up.

"I think I'm going to hang out for a little longer," Taylor told me.

"That's fine," I said.

I walked to my door and started to open it.

"Hey, Hayden," I heard Jonah's voice.

I turned to look at him.

"Don't forget to take the rest of your makeup off," he reminded me.

"Thanks, Jonah," I smiled. "Goodnight."

"Goodnight," he said back.