The Rumor

Part 14

    Trevor's POV

      If I knew they were gonna be playing Truth or Dare I wouldn't have brought Kelsey. I know Shelly and shes a bitch so I can just imagine if Kelsey chooses Dare. "Who wants to start?" Sam asks as he hands me and Kelsey drinks and she refuses to drink. I lean over to her. "Just hold onto it and he'll leave you alone." I whisper to her and she grabs the drink from him paling it on her lap. "I'll start." Cory a member of the football team says raising his hand. "Luke Truth or Dare?" "Dare" "I dare you to take three tequila shots straight up." Luke rolls his eyes. "Thats baby shit." He says as he takes the shots. "Lilly Truth or Dare?" He asks one of Shelly's friends. "I choose Truth." She gets boos from some of the guys. "Fine, Whats the worst thing your parents caught you doing?" She thinks for a second. "They've walked in on me and a guy having sex before." She shrugs like its nothing.

      We go on doing random dares. "Trevor I dare you to take two shots with Kelsey." Luke says. "She doesn't like to drink." I tell him as he hands us glasses. "If she doesn't drink it you can." He tells me and Kelsey grabs the cup. "I'll drink it. Its not a lot." She tells me and I nod along. We down our drinks. "Sam, Truth or Dare?" "Duh Dare." I dare you to streak around the pool twice." I smirk as he rolls his eyes. "Fine." He says as he takes his shirt and shorts off and then boxers. He gets whistles and woos from everyone and I look over to see Kelsey covering her eyes. "Never seen a guy naked before?" I whisper to her and she glared at me. I laugh as she sees a naked Sam and she yelps closing her eyes again.

      "Ok. Shelly, Truth or Dare?" Sam asks her as he puts his shorts back on. She takes a sip of her drink. "Dare." She tells him and he looks shocked by her answer. "Ok. I dare you to sent a dirty message to the last person you texted that wasn't your family or your girls." "Ok." She grabs her phone and texts someone showing the message only to Sam and he nods. "Thats funny." He says as he looks away from her phone. Shelly places her phone back down and she looks around the circle of people as she locks eyes with me and smiles, then she looks over to Kelsey and I visibly tense.

       "Kelsey." "What?" Kelsey asks. "Truth or Dare?" Shelly challenges her. "Truth." Kelsey says in an I-don't-like-you tone "Are you a virgin?" She asks Kelsey and I can feel the tension as Kelsey tenses and takes a deep breathe. "No. I'm not." She states and we all look at her shocked. 'How could she not be a virgin if she didn't have any friends.' I think to myself. "Really?" Sam the dumbass breaks the silence. "Who was he?" Shelly asks not really believing her. "Thats another question and I only have to answer one." Kelsey states relaxing a little but not enough for me to be comfortable. "Well I think we all want to know you he was?" Shelly doesn't take a hint and shut up. "I think I'm done with this game." Kelsey says as she gets up and I follow after her.

       When we get away from everyone I pull Kelsey away. "Whats wrong?" I ask worried. "Nothing. I just want to go home please." She pleads. "Ok. Lets go." I grab her hand and walk towards our car ignoring my friends calling after me.

    "Are you ok? I'm sorry Shelly had no right to open her mouth." I try to make a conversation as she has been quite the last 10 minutes and its a 30 minute drive to her house. We pull up in the driveway and as soon as the car stops she opens her door and I run after her. I grab her shoulder and she flinches back. "Woah. I'm sorry." I quickly apologize. "No I am. I have to go. I'm sorry for ruining you time at the party." "Its fine. i told you if you felt uncomfortable we would leave immediately." "I know." She walks to the door and then turns back to me.

     "I don't think we should continue what we've been doing." She tells me. "What do you mean?" I ask confused. "I mean i don't think we should be hanging out or dating or whatever we've been doing." She tells me and I try to ignore the pain I feel in my chest. "What Kelsey it was a party, Its not something to end this." I argue with her. "This? What is this?" She points between the space between her and I. "I don't know but I know that I like you and I know that you like me too." "I just need a break. I'll talk to you later." She tells me as she walks into her house and leaves me alone on her door step wondering what had happened.

         Kelsey's POV

      I walk into my house and see my Uncle and Grandfather sitting in the living room. "Hey Kels, How was the party?" Uncle Mark asks me and I walk over to them. "Bad." "What happened?" Grandpa asked me. "Shelly" "Who the fuck is Shelly?" He asked. " A bully, Now continue Kels." Uncle Mark tells me and I take a seat and tell them everything that happened.   

      "What do you guys think?" I look at the two of them and they have shock and confusion on their faces. "What the hell happens at these parties now days." Grandpa states as he drinks his whiskey. "Forget him. What did Trevor say in the car?" Uncle Mark dismissed Grandpa. "He tried to make conversation, but I kind of didn't respond." I say quietly. "So, You just basically ignored him and broke up with him when he dropped you off." "We were never dating." I remind him and he rolls his eyes.

      "He likes you and you like him thats obvious." Grandpa tells me firmly. "I'm scared ok." I plead with them and they nod in understanding. "We can understand why but, that boy has been trying his hardest to break down our walls an-" "Maybe he shouldn't" I interrupt my Uncle. "Maybe I don't want him to break my walls down." I add. "You can't live with them up forever." Grandpa tells me sternly. "No, I can't. But I'll try." I say and get up walking to my bathroom looking in the mirror.

     "No one will ever love you. All you are is a piece of ass for my friends. Your mother would be disgusted by you." He tells me. "And she would be proud of you! Your my father you should be keeping me safe not destroying me!" I shout at him and he turns to look at me with cold eyes. "Did you just talk back?" He says taking his belt off of his jeans. I back up placing my hands before me to keep him away. "Please, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it." I beg letting the tears run down my face as he lifts his belt in the air and hits me in the face with it.

     I look at myself in the mirror. "Hes right. No one wants this baggage." I splash water on my face washing the tears away and changing into my pjs and go to sleep.