Lessons learned

Chapter 22

'Lets all go down to the beach!' Indiana exclaimed happily, a wide smile crossing her face. I groaned and looked around the group for approval. 'You do realise that it's raining right?' Her smile faded as she moved towards the window in my cabin, she sighed as her eyes scanned over the dreadful weather.

'Oh.' Jasmine moved to stand next to her and placed a comforting arm over her shoulder. 'It's okay Indi we can all hang out here, right Nic?'

 Everyone looked up at me and I shrugged, just as long as I'm not here alone with Megan I'm fine. 'And what are we supposed to do in here?' Indiana huffed. 

'We could play some games, like truth or dare?' Calli suggested and I watched the colour return to Indi's face.

'Yeah that always reveals some interesting things.' Logan said smirking at me.

'Like how you're a manwhore? Yeah I'm not really into knowing all the dirty details of all the women you've been with.' I sarcastically smiled at him. He shifted uncomfortable wanting to say something but being too much of a coward.

'Okay so anyway... lets play that! Everyone get into a circle.' Jas gently demanded, I sat down on the hard wooden floor first allowing people to sit around me. Calli sat on one side of me and Logan the other, I leaned over onto Abby's bed and grabbed a pillow to make myself more comfortable.

'Who's first then?' Calli asked eagerly, Abby volunteered and looked around the circle. 'Megan, truth or dare?' Abby's eyes wandered to mine and I realised that she had asked Megan on purpose. 'Erm, truth?' Abby's wicked smile grew.

'Okay, what's up with you and Peter, details?' Megan's cheeks flushed and she looked at me before averting her eyes away. I sat silently watching her waiting for the answer.

'Nothing is going on! I don't know why you guys think that there is!'

The fuck is this bitch talking about?

'Oh really?' I challenged and she nodded.

'So that kiss that you too shared, that was nothing then?' Her eyes widened but she quickly recovered, a few gasps were heard around the room but I ignored them.

'Well...' I pushed tapping my fingers impatiently on the floor.

'We never kissed.'

I pushed myself up from the circle with her following shortly after.

'How can you lie straight to my face?' I yelled. Everyone else was just staring up at us in awe and possibly embarrassment, none of them helped me even though I knew they had things to say.

'I'm not lying to you, honestly.' She stepped closer to me trying to make me believe her. 

'Do you think I'm stupid Megan!' I asked her in a sadistic tone.

I can't believe that she's lying to my face after I saw them kissing with my own eyes.

'I don't think you're stupid Nic please believe me.' I cast my eyes down to the floor where we're being intently watched I take a deep breath in before I loose my shit.

'I saw you Megan, I fucking saw you.' My voice is deep and the words leave my mouth slowly. I watch as the colour drains from her face as she realises that she's been caught, a single tear escapes from her eye and I almost slam her stupid blonde head into the floor boards.

'Nic I...' I've had enough of her bullshit and lies, I raise my fist ready to punch her where it hurts.

'Woah Nic, come on babe sit back down and finish the game.' Logan laughs grabbing my arm and pulling me back down, I rip myself away from him but sit on the floor anyway.

The circle is quiet for a moment as they all wait for Megan to resume to her seat. 'Anyway...' Indiana begins trying to bring some civilization to the group. 'Erm, Calli do you want to go next? She nodded quickly taking a survey of everyone sitting down.

I was breathing heavily as I tried to calm down, I was immensely angry, I stared at her from across the circle watching her. The way that she wiped the unwelcomed unjust tear, the way that she refused to look up from the floor. The way that her hand was slightly shaking.

She is a liar.

'James.' His head shoot up at the mention of his name and a charming smile graced the group calming me down. 'Truth or dare?' He thought for a moment before giving us his answer. 'I think I'm going to go for a dare.'

Calli looked mischievously between Jasmine and James an idea planting in her head.

'I dare you to kiss Jasmine.'

I laughed slightly at the idea while Jasmine shook her head to try and fight her smile. 'Gladly.' He said moving towards her and delicately placed his lips on hers. He stayed there for a couple of seconds before pulling away and kissing her nose. She giggled as he moved away and her cheeks had turned a nice rosy red.

'Okay, Indiana truth or dare?' He asked Indi and she answered quickly. 'Truth, I don't really want to go kissing anyone tonight.'

'Do you like anyone at the moment?'

'Nope.' She answered without thinking almost as if she had been planning this answer for months.

'Nic.' Indiana said slowly as if she were testing my waters. 'Indi.' I replied in her same tone. 'Truth or dare?'

'Dare.' I glanced at Megan for a second before returning to Indiana. 'I dare you to drink eight shots.' My ears perked up. 'We have alcohol here?' My voice was a little high pitched with excitement. 

'Well not exactly.' She reaches behind her and pulls out a vodka bottle. 'Gimme.'

She hands me the bottle and four shot glasses. I pour the first shot and let it flow down my throat, although it doesn't burn nor does it make me feel any different. I look between the bottle and Indiana.

'Is this water?' She laughs loudly before nodding.

'Water? Really Indi? How am I supposed to drink away my sorrows with this?' I hold the bottle out to her. 'Well I thought that maybe you could wash away your sorrows instead.' She started to laugh harder and I realised that I'm done with life.

The rest of the night carries on like this but under the surface I'm still pretty pissed and Megan still refuses to look at me.

Lesson learned; sometimes you have to deal with shit you don't want to. That's it, that's all I learned. Fucking shit.