Mansion Chaos (ST+IT CASTS)

Chapter 5

The group had spent the majority of the day getting everything unpacked, since the day before they spent most of it swimming. Everyone had finished by about eight o'clock and Chosen and Jeremy had called everyone downstairs.

"Alright guys, we have a game for you guys tonight. The game is spin the bottle mixed with seven minutes in heaven," Chosen said, lifting the empty root beer bottle up. Some of the group was excited, while others seemed nervous, but they all agreed to play anyway.

"We only have a couple of rules. If the bottle lands on you, you and the person who spun it have to go into the closet by the front door for three minutes. We're shortening the time limit so we don't get that bored waiting. In there you can do whatever you would like, but the catch is that we won't tell you when your time is up. We will just quietly sneak up to the door and open it quickly, but we won't be listening outside your door at all. Also, we might catch you doing whatever you're doing in there, so let me just say that you all have been warned," Chosen stated, winking before he sat down.

He gave the bottle to Jeremy, since he was the other person who helped him set this up. Jeremy spun the bottle and it landed on Noah. The group laughed and said their goodbyes to the two while Chosen set a timer.

"Wow, this is not that big," Noah said.

Jeremy nodded, they were awkwardly face to face with each other. The two really didn't know each other, so this was kind of like an odd couple pairing. "You're not going to kiss me, right?"

Noah laughed. "No, I'm not going to."

"Good. I really didn't want to be kissed by anyone tonight. Good thing kissing is an optional thing, or this would've been awkward as hell."

"True." They had an awkward silence for a bit.

"So, any crushes yet?"

"Nah. Of course everyone here is good looking, but I'm not really crushing on anyone quite yet," Noah said.

"Oh, I was just talking about the girls."

Noah sighed. "Sorry. I don't really know what's been going on with me lately. I guess I'm kind of figuring out my sexuality."

"You don't have to apologize, that's fine."

"I don't really know why I shared that with you. I guess it's easier taking about it with someone you barely know as opposed to a friend. If you could keep this between us, I would really appreciate it."

"Yeah, totally."

"Thanks." Noah let out a sigh of relief.

They stayed quiet for a bit until they heard a timer from far away quietly go off.

"I guess that means our time is up. But thank you for sharing that with me, and I hope you know that you can talk to me anytime."

"I know that now, thanks Jeremy," Noah said, smiling.

The door swung open fast and revealed Caleb and Sophia behind it.

"Times up!" Caleb yelled. The four of them walked back to the rest of the group.

"Noah, you can pass the bottle to anyone," Chosen said.

He gave the bottle to Sadie. The group yelled and laughed as she spun it, and eventually landed on Finn.

"See you in three minutes," Millie said, winking at the pair as they walked off.

"So, what do you want to talk about?" Sadie asked.

"I don't care."

"Okay, then I have a question for you."

"Alright, shoot."

"Out of everybody here, because you obviously know everybody, who are you the least close with?"

"Good question," Finn said. "I don't know, maybe Chosen or Jeremy I guess."

"Now you ask me a question, because I don't want to be in silence in this cramped closet."

"Uhm, would you consider dating anyone in this house?"

"I don't know, it probably depends."

"What do you mean?" Finn asked, looking her straight in the eyes.

"Well, first I have to be really good friends with them. Like best friends. Like as close as Millie and I are."

"Would you consider us good friends?"

"Probably, I mean we've worked together for a while now."

"Good," Finn said. There was a moment of silence.

"This is exactly what I didn't want to happen."

"What?"

"The silence! It feels weird just being in silence with one other person."

"Sorry, I promise not to do it again."

"Thank you," Sadie replied. Finn looked at his shoes for a second before taking a deep breath.

"Sadie, I have to tell you something."

"Sure, what is it?"

"I don't quite know how to say it."

"Okay, you can't just say that you have to tell me something and then just not say anything. That's like breaking the law," Sadie said. Finn laughed at her comment.

"That's what I like about you."

Sadie stared at him with wide eyes. "Wait, are you-"

Finn inched forward a bit and looked at Sadie's lips. He then leaned in for a kiss. She was caught off guard for a moment, but then kissed him back.

They were interrupted by the door loudly swinging open.

"Your time is up-"