TRUTH OR DARE

Chapter 2

Chapter 2.

"You know that you don't have to." Mela tells me with pleading eyes.

I know she thinks that I can't do it.

I hate Carson,but this is a game. After two weeks, I'll fake marry him and all this will be over.

How I will make him fall in love with me, I don't know.

That, I'm sure is going to be a hard task.

Carson is a rude guy. He is boastful and I just can't stand him. Just because he has a good body, he has numerous tattoos, he is the best swimmer the school has, ladies kinda worship him, he has the coolest three bedroomed condo and, he studies law, he thinks he is some type of a god.

Goodness! These are going to be the hardest weeks of my life.

"Any rules?" I ask Elise.

"There must be rules baby girl." Note the sarcasm. "One, you should do everything that normal couples do. That means being together a hundred and one percent of the time. Two, you have to make it believable. Everyone should talk about your relationship. Three, the wedding will be real. As in, you meeting his parents, engagement, a bachelorette party and the wedding-"

"You don't have to do this Alexa!" Carson cuts her.

"Let her finish."

"Four, get babies if you want to. Oh, the last one, I will be watching your every move."

"Are you done?"

"I am!"

"You're crazy!"

"I am?"

"You are insane!"

"That too?"

"But I'll play your game!"

"You will?"

"This is a game. I will play it. Because I am the queen after all, and I am not afraid of all your stupid rules. The game is on! I will do all that Elise. Don't think for a moment that you've put me on the spot. You've failed this time."

"It's nothing personal!" She answers in a mocking tone.

"Oh, yeah sure! You're annoying. It's nothing personal!"

"Okay girls that's enough! Alexa you're sure about this? You will do all that?" Nolan asks.

"Why, Nolan, are you jealous that I will be marrying your best friend in two weeks?"

"Not at all. I'll be the best man anyway!"

"I think Billy should be his best man!"

"What? Me?" Billy speaks for the first time.

"Is there another Billy here?"

He shakes his head and I can see Melanie trying to suppress her laughter from the corner of my eye.

"Going on with the game. Elise, Truth or dare?"

"Dare!"

"Go have s*x with Billy for ten minutes. Come back with proof. I recommend a video!"

"What?" She yells.

"That's gross!" Billy adds.

"Yes, I know! Your time starts in three minutes. Disappear now, unless you want to do it here with us watching!" I answer with a straight face.

"Seriously, Alexa?" I can feel anger in her voice.

"You can't do it?"

She stands up, shooting me a death glare.

"I thought so!"

"Billy!" She shouts at him and he follows her to hell knows where.

She thinks of Billy as a nerd, and she openly says that he is not her type. What better dare could I have given her?

"You two are something!" Nolan comments and I chuckle.

An eye for an eye!!

She chose the wrong person to play with.

*****

"That was the most awkward party I've attended in my two years of being in college." I complain to Ava once I get home in my drunken stupor.

I didn't stay there long because things got super awkward between Carson and I.

When Elise and Billy came back more than fifteen minutes later, she gave Mela the proof she had. A video! As gross as that sounds, she watched all of it.

We were all drunk at that time.

That didn't give me any peace because Elise started saying that we should act like a couple right away, and I had to sit next to Carson.

He drove me home. Like a boyfriend should do.

The drive was the longest-short drive I've had in forever. We didn't say a word to each other the entire journey.

When we got to my place, he surprised me by getting out of the car first, to open the door for me.

"Sorry, I forced you to go!" She apologizes.

"Don't sweat it. Melanie explained."

"She didn't give me a choice!"

"I know! That's how she is."

"So, what happened? I didn't expect you this early. You always come back in the morning."

I explain everything and the look on her face is just laughable. She is so appalled you'd think she is the one who was given the dare.

"You're going to do it?" She asks when I'm done explaining.

"Why not? I got this Ava. It's just two weeks anyway."

She shakes her head in disbelief. "I don't know what to say."

"Don't say anything!"

"I'll help you to your room!"

"I'm not drunk. I can handle it."

Before turning to go to my room, someone knocks on the door and we exchange a questioning look.

It's ten minutes past midnight and we're not expecting anyone.

Ava goes to get the door, and a furious Sam enters the house shouting for me.

"Coming to my house at this hour while shouting at me is disrespectful Sam."

"What is this I'm hearing about you being in a relationship with Carson?" He asks, his voice full of rage.

"What?"

"Here, take a look at this!"

He gives me his phone. Carson just updated both his i********: and f*******: profiles stating that he is dating me!

"What the f**k!" That's the first thing that comes out of my mouth.

"And you know what's worse, I thought we were a thing. I thought we were in a relationship Alexa!"

"Being dramatic doesn't suit you Sam. We were just having mutual sex."

"We both enjoyed it."

"s*x is meant to be enjoyed."

"We confessed how much we love each other."

"People tend to talk a lot of nonsense when having s*x!"

"Are you serious right now? You never loved me?"

"You know what Sam, I am drunk and tired. Chances of remembering this conversation tomorrow are at zero. Just go home and come back when I am sober."

"Now you're kicking me out in the middle of the night?"

I scoff. "Didn't you just come in?"

"Alexa, I love you. Just tell me what's happening I swear I will understand."

"What's happening is that, Carson and I are in a relationship. I just realized that we both love each other and Voila, here we are."

I see him swallow hard and his eyes begin to turn red.

"You're hurting me Alexa!"

"It's not my fault that you love me this much!"

"You're hurting me, babe!"

"Take some painkillers and don't call me that again!"

"I'll assume that you're talking under the influence of alcohol. Tomorrow we're going to have a very long chat."

He kisses me briefly on my lips before telling me that he loves me and storming out of my house.

Poor guy!

He was probably hoping for forever with me.

I'll just break up with him tomorrow, and come back after two weeks to explain everything.

I might be a lot of things but I'm not a two timing slut. I can't be with two guys at the same time.

I hope that, when all this dare is over, he will still be waiting for me.

I am not selfish.

"Alexa, you should just tell him it's a game between you and Carson!" Ava tells me squeezing my shoulders.

"That will jeopardize the whole plan. I play by the rules Ava!"

"This is a stupid game."

"I know!"

"Just think about it. I'm sure he'll be here in the morning to talk to you."

"I know! He is stubborn."

"He loves you!"

"I know that too, Ava. I know he does."

"Wait, do you even love him?"

"He wouldn't be my boyfriend if I didn't."

"Yes or no. Do you love him?"

"I don't know. He is fun to be with, he loves me, he treats me well, he makes me feel all giddy and excited when I'm with him, he satisfies me in bed, he is actually the best in bed and-"

She cuts me off.

"You're drunk. Go to sleep now!"

Ava doesn't talk about s*x. She gets uncomfortable you'd think she'll die without doing it.

Someone should tell her how much she is missing.

"Okay Virgin Mary!"