Bad Boy's Baby Girl

Truth or Dare

*Monroe's POV*

We hand out the drinks and Xander informs us that we will be playing truth or dare. I snort, “What is this, elementary school?”

He looks at me with a raised eyebrow and says, “You clearly haven’t played this game with us before.”

His comment piques my curiosity but makes me a bit nervous at the same time. I say nothing so he continues, “So the rules are, if someone picks you, you choose truth or dare. Once you’ve heard your truth or dare, you can opt out by taking a shot. Then it becomes your turn to choose someone. Clear?” We all nod our heads and then he says, “Alright, I’ll start. Cade, truth or dare.”

“Dare.”

“I dare you to take a body shot off of Monroe.” Cade gives him a look I can’t decipher and then looks to me as though he’s asking my permission. I just nod my head once. I get up, roll down the top of my skirt so that my belly button is exposed and lie down on the ground. When he kneels down beside me I feel my heart rate go up a notch.

My body tenses when the cold liquid touches my belly and some drips down my side. He leans over but instead of going for my belly button, he starts at the trail down my side, licking upwards towards my belly button and he leaves a trail of fire along my skin wherever his tongue touches. When he reaches my belly button he sucks gently and dips his tongue in and I suppress a moan. Calm down Monroe. Jesus, it's just a game and there are literally 5 people watching you. My logical brain, however, is unable to control the heat that pools in my belly. 

He stands up and offers me a hand. I stubbornly ignore it when I see the smirk on his face. I stand up and return to my seat, fixing my skirt on the way. 

“Monroe, truth or dare.” Of course he picks me. I’m not sure which is worse, but I’m picturing all the things he could make me do as a dare and I can’t think of any way it ends well for me, so I say, “Truth.”

He smirks at me. s**t. This is what he wanted. “Who, in this circle, are you most attracted to?” 

No way in hell am I going to admit that it’s him so I look at Xander and say, “Give me the bottle.” I take a shot from it and glare at Cade. As I hand the bottle back to Xander, he gives me a questioning look. I ignore it. It’s my turn to choose someone. “Maddy, truth or dare.”

She hesitates before saying, “Dare.”

“I dare you to go push that guy into the pool,” I point to some dude standing very close to the edge. She laughs and then stands up, walks right over to him, pushes him in and is back to her seat before he even knows what happens. We all burst out laughing. 

“Alright, my turn. Monroe, truth or dare,” she says. 

“Wow, you guys are really out to get me tonight. Alright, dare.”

“I dare you to make out with Xander for 10 seconds.” Wow she had that one lined up didn’t she? I look at Xander and he shrugs and says, “Why not? It’s just a game.” My eyes flicker involuntarily to Cade and he’s shooting daggers at Maddy. What the f**k is his problem? His strange unfounded claim over me is starting to get annoying.

If anything, his reaction makes me wanna do it even more. I smirk at him and then walk over to Xander. I sit myself on his lap and then pull his face into mine. I feel one of his hands on my thigh and the other one wrapping around the side of my throat. I can hear people counting down in the background. I swipe my tongue on his bottom lip, requesting access, which he willingly gives me as I feel his hand drift a bit further up my thigh.

I hear the counting reach zero but I intentionally keep going, trying to prove my point to Cade. The thought that this might be a bit unfair to Xander crosses my mind but I shove it down. I finally break the kiss and remove myself from Xander’s lap. 

I give Cade a look and then walk back over to my seat and Maddy gives me a pointed look to which I roll my eyes in response. I mean don’t get me wrong, Xander is an incredible kisser. But I definitely noticed the absence of the heat that I felt from Cade’s tongue. Regardless, it still felt good to demonstrate to Cade that he doesn’t get to choose who I do or don’t hook up with.

We go through a few more rounds without anything too dramatic coming up and we decide it’s time to call it quits. Besides, I’ve had enough to drink that I also want a cigarette. I walk through the house and out to the front porch to smoke in peace.

I light one up and as soon as I take the first drag, I hear someone walk out and say, “Smoking is bad for you, you know.” Of course it’s Cade. I snort and look up just as he’s pulling out a pack of cigarettes and say, “It’s just as bad for you as it is for me.” I turn around to lean my back against the railing and look over at him. He just nods and takes another drag. “So,” he says, “did you enjoy your little makeout session with Xander?”

“I mean, yeah I can’t lie, he’s a good kisser.”

I watch as various emotions play across his face before he clenches his jaw and then before I can react he’s in front of me with his hands on the railing on either side of my body. His face is so close to mine that our foreheads are almost touching. I should be scared, but I’m not.

His lips find mine and my body reacts before my brain can and I find myself kissing him back. His hands find their way to the back of my thighs and he lifts me up so that I’m sitting on the railing. My legs wrap around his waist as one of his arms snakes around my back holding me tight to him and the other fists in my hair.

My entire body feels like it’s on fire and I feel the heat pooling in my core again. I’m not even close to being done with this when he pulls his face away and says, “Do you still think he’s a good kisser?” I shake my head. I don’t think I will ever in my life have a better kiss than that.

Before I can say anything else, he turns around and walks away, leaving me sitting on the railing with my confusion and a wasted cigarette. I hope down, adjust my skirt and attempt to clear my head. I have never in my life been this confused and attracted to a person. What is he doing to me?