Simple Games

Chapter 5

I placed down my controller as I watched Zach drop his head in defeat.

"Third time man. That's more than one win. Are you sure you want to keep going?"

He sighed.

"No. You're right. I can't handle anymore of this."

He looked up and held a hand up.

"My time is slipping away. I've lost... too much."

He let his hand fall down on him and he fell back.

I laughed at his whole display.

"All right, all right. Get up. You're making me feel bad."

"That was the point."

"Okay, okay. I'll play one game of yours. Only because I feel bad from you loosing so many times by my hand."

Immediately after saying that Zach sat up and a smirk grew on his face making a small chill run down my spine.

"How about good old "Truth or Dare"?"

I rolled my eyes.

"Really? How old are you?"

"Old enough to know how to really play this game."

His smirk played on his lips making my stomach do flips.

He may be my friend but I couldn't help thinking he was a little hot. I mean, he is the hottest guy in school.

"Okay. Since this game is for me, I'll go first."

He readjusted his position and looked at me dead in the eyes.

"Truth or dare, Jess?"

I leaned back from his look feeling like saying dare would be the worst idea possible.

"Truth."

"Oh, you're no fun."

I looked to the side not wanting to change my choice.

"Fine. Are you interested in anyone?"

I felt heat rise but for who, I don't know.

"Ah, I see that as a yes. Who?"

I looked up not wanting to meet his gaze.

Why don't I want to meet his gaze?

"No one."

"That's not true. You blushed when I asked."

"Yeah well I reacted because I've been single my whole life so the idea still makes me blush. I'm like a middle schooler. Get over it. Not all of us have had their first kiss let alone loose their virginity."

He winced at my words.

"Ouch. No need to get all defensive."

"Whatever. Now it's my turn. Truth or Dare?"

"Since I'm not a wuss how about dare."

I sat up and started thinking of something good to make him do without seeming like a five year old.

"I dare you to..."

C'mon, think me. What could I possibly do to make him regret saying dare?

"Okay. I got it. I dare you to drink ranch."

He grimaced at the sound of the dare and did something like a gag.

"Really? Do I really have to do that?"

He hates ranch.

I count this as a win.

"You said dare. Now get up, and do it."

He groaned and then got up and walked out of my room to the kitchen. I got up and followed him with a dumb smile on my face as he slowly walked over to my fridge. He got to it and then opened the fridge, groaning again when he saw the bottle of ranch. He looked at me with a pleasing look.

"Do I really have to? I mean, it's, just so... gross."

"No take backs. Do it."

He whined and grabbed the bottle closing the fridge. He placed it on the island right beside us and just looked at it as if trying to gain the courage to actually drink it. I couldn't help but laugh a little at how stupid he looked right now.

He glanced over at me and sighed.

"You owe me a dare."

I rolled my eyes.

"Fine."

I pulled out my phone ready to record this and saw that it was already a little past one in the morning.

He saw my phone and took it out of my hands.

"Hey! That's mine!"

"No recording. That's just way too much power for you."

I folded my arms and pouted like a kid.

"Meany."

He put my phone in his pocket and then went back to staring at the bottle of ranch.

"We don't have all night. At this rate it'll be time to go to school when your done."

"Oh shut up. I'm concentrating."

I sighed and went over to grab the bottle. I opened it and shoved it in his face forcing him to drink it.

"Hey! That's cheating!"

"Too bad! Drink it!"

He grabbed the bottle from my hands and then took two sips before putting it back on the island making vomiting sounds.

I couldn't help but laugh uncontrollably at his reaction. I held my stomach as I laughed almost falling to the floor.

"That's not very nice."

"What does it matter? You drank it!"

"Yeah but now you have to do a dare. You owe me."

I froze at his words remembering I'd let him do a dare for me.

"Oh no."

He stood up a smirk growing on his lips.

"Oh yes."

He walked up to me and grabbed my hand.

Please don't make me do something gross!

"I dare you to give me your first kiss."

I looked at him shocked.

"No."

His face fell.

"Its a dare. You have to."

Why did he ask this? This isn't like him. He wouldn't have asked such a thing. What does this mean?

"You have a girlfriend. If you're that horny to suck someones face, go to her house."

I yanked my hand away from him and walked over to where his stuff was. I started getting his stuff ready to kick him out of my house.

"Why are you taking this so seriously? It's just a simple dare. Just a peck."

"No."

I shoved his stuff into his arms and started to push him to my door.

"Jessica. Please don't be mad at me. I was kidding."

"I don't care. You took the dare too far."

He stopped making me bump into his back. He turned around and faced me but I looked away not wanting to face him.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you mad."

"Well you did and now I want you out of my house."

"Jessica. Just calm down. I didn't mean it like that."

I frustratingly sighed and pinched the bridge between my nose.

"Just go. Let me sleep the anger off. Tomorrow is Thursday and you have practice again. You need your rest too."

He sighed and looked to the side.

"Don't hate me okay? It was just a stupid game."

"You aren't making this any better. Leave before you make this worse."

He didn't say anything else as he walked to my door and walked out. I stayed where I was and just waited until I heard his car drive off to the few houses away we where from each other.

Why did he have to live so close by? It only made things worse.

I sighed and shuffled over back to my room, turning off the light as I plopped down onto my bed.

Why did I have to snap like that? It was just a dumb dare. But for him to ask me of that was a little too much.

I touched my lips, softly rubbing them thinking about if I actually did the dare.

"It would've been my first one."

I sighed again and rolled over to the other side of my bed.

I can't imagine us being more than friends.