The Games of No Feelings [extremely fucking temporary title this sucks I know]

""Let's have sex." I looked up at him, surprised. I had heard him say it before, many times, when we were joking around, but this time it felt different. Maybe it was the look in his eyes, that intense gaze boring into me, or maybe it was the way his voice sounded a bit choked, hoarse. No matter what, it still felt as if this was more serious than the other times. As if this was not in the slightest just joking around, as if it was a genuine request. I didn't know what to tell him. I stared at his face for a long time. His lips, his strong jaw, his usually pale but now intensified eyes and his straight nose. Forehead slightly crinkled, an unsure frown resting on his face, as if he was bracing himself for an impact. A slap. A punch. Eyebrows furrowed, neck tensed. He was nervous. Finally, I broke the unbearable silence that felt like it had lasted for hours." Rhea Lamb had been in the same circle of people for as long as she could remember. They all lived on the same street and had known eachother since kindergarten. But when a guy in her class (one that she had never really payed much attention to) slowly made his way into the group, she got this feeling that it would all change, and she was not entirely sure that it would be for the better. And boy, was she right, because not long after the boy with the name of Colby Shepherd joined her group of friends, the two got thrown into a the craziest school tradition you could imagine - The Game of No Feelings, where they have to fight to stay just Friends with benefits and not fall for eachother to avoid expulsion.