Staples And Statistics

Kisses

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"Ugh." I groan, rolling over onto my side to try and get comfortable, but instead of comfortable I feel something squishy. I open my eyes to see what it is and everyone, and I mean EVERYONE sprays me with silly string for about 3 minutes.
"You done yet?" I ask, glaring at Vi.
"Noo!" Michael shouts, running in with a bag of flour, but just as he's about to tip it over my head, I grab Ash's wrist, roll out the way and pull him into the space where I was.
"ROSE!" He screams as I run away.
"Shh. Ash! It's like 1AM! And there's a 3 year old next door!" Vi whisper screams.
Once Ashton's calmed down and washed up, we all settle back down, just talking and telling stories.
"Anyone want to play Truth or Dare?" Luke asks.
"Yeh!" Everyone but Sarah answers.
"I'll sit this one out guys, I'm exhausted so I'll just watch." There's a chorus of groans and 'spoilsport's but Sarah just lays down anyway.
"So," I start, "who's going first?"
"I will!" Michael shouts.
"Okay, Truth or Dare?"
"Dare!"
"I dare you to eat a spoonful of hot sauce!" Calum says, before running to grab the sauce and a spoon. Michael huffs before getting a heaped spoon out and shoving in his mouth. He then screams and runs into the kitchen to drink some milk whilst we all burst out laughing.
"The neighbours are gonna think we're being raped!" Vi exclaims inbetween fits of laughter.
We carry on playing for ages, when Michael says he wants his first dare since the first one.
"I've got an idea!" Ash whispers it into Luke and Calum's ears and I give him a weird look. Vi's fallen asleep and so did Sarah. It's just me, Michael, Calum, Ash and Luke now.
"That's a good one," Luke starts, "Mikey, we dare you to kiss Rose, on the lips." I glare at Ash, knowing that this is some scheming way to get us together.
"Okay." Michael shrugs it off but is blushing and looks embarrassed, "How long for?" He asks.
"5 seconds."
He turns to me and gives me the 'is this alright?' look, and I nod in return.
We lean in until our lips touch, and Michael actually kisses me. We don't sit there with our lips just touching, he actually kisses me.
"5."
It feels so right, and all I can feel are butterflies in my stomach.
"4."
My lips move with his and my eyes flutter closed.
"3."
I just can't explain it.
"2."
Something I've never felt before erupts from my stomach and spreads through my chest.
"1."
I don't want to pull away.
"0."
And we don't. We just sit there kissing for another 30 seconds before Calum coughs, and we turn to see them laughing.
"It worked!" Ashton shouted, high fiving the other two. I put my head down, biting my lip and blushing.
And then Michael puts his arm around me. And pulls me closer to him.
When the others have stopped laughing and high fiving, it's Luke's turn.

Ash's POV
"Luke, Truth or Dare?" Calum asks him.
"Dare." He says, wiggling his eyebrows and trying to look somewhat sexual but only succeeding in looking like a pedo, and we all laugh at him.
"I know!" Michael says, "Kiss Vi on the cheek!" I tense up and my eyes wander to Ro who shakes her head at Michael and whispers something into his ear.
"Actually, no! That's crap! Don't do it!" Mikey says and sends me a sorry look.
"No! I think that's a good one!" Calum counteracts and Luke nods.
"But she's flipping asleep! That's like taking advantage of her!" I exclaim and the others look at me, surprised.
"It's not like I'm raping her Ashton, what's gotten into you? It's only a kiss on the cheek!"
"What Ash is trying to say is that Vi won't like it. I've known her for so long and I just don't think she'd agree with it!" Rose butts in.
"If you guys don't like it then don't tell her. It's a dare and I'm not going to back out like a wimp."
I send Luke a glare. Ro is the only one that knows that I fancy Vi. It sounds like such a middle school thing but I like her so much. I just don't have the guts to tell her.

Rose's POV
I sigh and look over at Ashton.
"Go to the bathroom." I mouth at him and he excuses himself and retreats.
"Go on then Luke, get it over and done with." I say, with not the happiest look on my face.
He scoots over to her and presses a quick kiss on her cheek.
And then she wakes up.

Luke's POV
Oh crap. I just woke Vi up. With a kiss. She looks up at me with a shocked look on my face before I move back over to my sleeping area where I lay down.
"I think that's enough Truth or Dare for now." I grumble before shutting my eyes and blocking everything out.
She didn't respond well to the kiss.