Hidden Secrets - A Beau Brooks Fanfic

Chapter Twenty-Four

Bryony finishes doing my make-up and when I go to look in the mirror the reflection I am met with shocks me. This wasnt the old depressive Dahlia I normally saw. This new Dahlia I liked. She looked confident, she looked independent and most of all, she looked sexy. I never look sexy.

"What do you think?"

I grin at Bryony and run over to give her a hug.

"You like it then?" she laughs and fixes a loose curl out of my face

"Do I? Bryony I bloody love it!" I squeal and she hugs me again.

When we walk back down stairs I notice several heads turn to look at me and I try to hide the smile that spreads across my face, though when I notice Leo staring at me I cant help but grin.

"Wow. You look.....hot" he says biting his bottom which makes me laugh and I give him a friendly slap on the shoulder. He was acting just like the old days. I see Ben out of the corner of my eyes and I go over to speak to him.

"Dahlia, hey, I'm sorry if you felt I was suffocating you earlier....... I see you found Leo" he adds in a low tone. Obviously he wasn't to keen on me spending time with him. I feel someone take hold of my hand I turn around to see Bryony. I grab hold of Ben's arm as she leads me away to a couch at the end of the room where Leo and some of the old group are sat. There are people dancing and grinding against each other all over the place but I try to act casual. Someone hands me a red paper tumbler and I sniff its contents warily. Leo laughs at me and snatches it out my hand to take a swig, his eyes on me the whole time. When he hands it back still fine I take the smallest sip. It tasted better than I had expected and I eagerly finish the whole cup so it could be topped back up again. I had never had a proper drink before. I used to be given a small glass of brandy out of Grans bottle at Christmas but that was it. I know what your thinking. "But you live in a house of alcoholics!". Tell me something I dont know.

"This is the group" Leo waves his hands around at the people sat with us. 

"Hi I'm Rocky, you must be Dahlia" a tall brunette lad sticks out his hand which I politely shake. I noticed he was wearing a pair of trousers that were to small for him as he sits back down for they were pinching his bum. Leo then introduces me to a short green haired call named Amy, Callum and Finn whom I remembered from the old group and a few other girls who I dont think Leo actually knew.

"Oh my god we should totally play 'truth or dare'?"

I look at the drunken girl who had said it and everyone in the circle nods their head apart from me. I always thought 'truth or dare' was some kiddies game you used to play in pre-school so when I heard a group of 'mature' young adults asking to play I began to doubt a lot of other things to.

"Are you gonna play Dahlia?" Ben trys to seductively say in my ear, his hand moving further and further up my thigh. I slap my own hand down quickly on to his to stop him going any nearer. I didnt need anyone trying to hit on me.

I am about to decline their offer when I am reminded about my new found confidence and nod my head.

"Yeah I'll play" I say but my voice is uneasy and a few people snigger which I frown at.

"You sure?" Bryony asks and I nod. What could possibly go wrong?

"Okay you start Rocky, truth or dare"

The circle falls silent as we wait for Leo's answer. I quickly scan around to see who was playing. There was me, Bryony, Ben, Leo, Amy, the drunk girl and what I think was her posy of 3, and then Callum and Finn. 

"Truth"

"Oh c'mon, your not gonna pussy out are you?"

"I said truth"

"Hmmm" Amy takes a swing out of the vodka bottle beside her and then hands it to Ben. 

"Who would you most want to have sex with out of everyone in this circle?"

A grin spreads across Rocky's face and he brings his hand up to his chin pretending to be in deep thought. So these were the sort of questions that were going to be asked? I am so going to regret this.

"I would have sex with Dahlia" Rocky cracks his fingers as if proud of his answer. Everyone including me looks at him wide eyed. I note the very pissed off expression on Ben's face. Clearly he hadnt quite understood what I had said to him earlier. 

"Okay Ben your turn" Leo says "Truth or dare"

He ends up being dared to down the rest of the bottle followed by Bryony who is made to have a full on make out session with Callum which then leads to the drunk girl admitting to having sex with her geometry teacher. Then it was my turn. 

"Truth or dare"

"She's obviously going to pick truth"

"Look at her, she's to frigid"

"Hurry up, you're taking forever!"

Leo trys to get everyone to shut up and I can't help but feel embarrassed.

"Dare" I firmly say and I make quick eye contact with Leo who smiles. I wasnt about to give up now. Not on this new Dahlia.

"I dare you to make out with Bry" 

I could slap that smirk right of Leo's face right now. Dick. 

"I'm not doing that, no offense Bryony" I add giving her an apologising look. No way was I going to make out with anyone, especially not Bryony. 

"yeah, I'm in with you on this one, I'm not doing it either" she says crossing her arms over her chest. Finn whispers something in her ear and she gives him a dirty look. 

"C'mon guys, your both drunk, well kinda, what happens here, stays here" Callum grins. I look at Bry again and she raises a penciled eyebrow at me.

"Fuck it!" I shout and lunge for Bryony. I hear the others cheer and someone wolf whistles. I go to shout something rude at them but Bry's lips are already on mine. It felt weird, different. Her lipstick keeps sticking to my lips and the more she gets in to it the more uncomfortable I become. 

"Go Bry!" Rocky shouts from behind her and I pull away awkwardly. 

"No, get back in their Gray!" Leo tries push me with his foot but I dodge and he grabs my arm pulling me on to him. He stares at me for a few seconds and I almost forget where I am.

"Leo truth or dare, go go go!" Finn interrupts  and I hear Ben try to protest.

"Hey no, its not Leo's go-"

"Dare!"

"I dare you to now make out with Dahlia"

I feel my chest tighten and he looks at me and gently runs his thumb over my lips. Before I have time to say no Leo crashes his lips to mine and my mind is no longer in control. What was this? I had only ever kissed three people in my life. One was Ian, but he didnt count. The second was Ben, but I didnt know my feelings towards him. And the last, Beau. When I kissed Beau, I couldnt even explain the sensation. I surely couldnt have feelings for Leo? Not the Leo one was continually acting like a dick. Not the Leo who bullied me. Certainly not the Leo who made my life hell. What was happening?

His hands move up my back and fiddle with the clasp of my bra through my dress. Just as I go to stop him someone else grabs me by the arms and pulls me of Leo's lap.