Chapter 33: Just a friendly game of truth or dare

Kelsey's POV

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"Let's play truth or dare!" Jake suggested after we had spent a while talking and laughing about a bunch of nonsense.

It was getting late and Noah and May decided to go in to the games room and play some video games. Ethan was skeptical in leaving them alone, certainly thinking the worst of his brother, but he allowed them after I told Noah to leave the door open, and after sending one of my best glares towards Ethan's way.

"Oh no, not truth or dare," I said, shaking my head at the idea.

I hated truth or dare, I didn't have any good memories from that game. The last time I played it, I ended up scared of the game, and I certainly did not want to go through any of that again.

"Kels, I know that truth or dare has never been your favourite game, but we're all friends here. It's just a friendly game of truth or dare," Meg assured me.

She was with me the last time we played, and she couldn't seem to stop apologising after the party was over, feeling responsible for everything that happened. I didn't want to go to the party, there wasn't going to be anybody I knew, and Aaron and Leah had just moved away, the wound they left in my heart still fresh. Meg wanted me to go out and have fun, and after a lot of convincing, I finally gave in-only, I wished that I hadn't.

"If I go to jail again it's on you!" I said, making Meg look down guiltily.

"Jail?!" The boys both said at once looking at me like I had just grown two heads.

"Long story," Meg and I replied.

After that night, Meg and I swore that we would never talk about it ever again. I was not proud of what I had done, and Meg wasn't proud of the fact that she was the one who dragged me to that party, where all everybody else wanted to do was make a fool out of me. They gave me a dare, thinking that I would fail at it, and they were ready with their phones out, but I was too upset about my break up with Aaron and one of my best friends leaving, and so I didn't think about the consequences and just did it. Everyone was impressed by the guts I had shown that night, but they all instantly fled when the police showed up. All except for Meg.

"Damn, my good girl isn't so good," Ethan said. "I like," he continued before winking at me, making my cheeks burn bright red at his comment.

"Shut up!" I glared, not wanting to talk about the topic anymore.

"Alright who starts asking?" Meg asked to try and change the subject, knowing how edgy I got whenever that story was brought up.

"I will" Jake said as he looked at me with a grin. "Kelsey, truth or dare?" He asks.

"Truth. You can never go wrong with truth" I continued.

As soon as I saw that dangerous flicker in his eyes, however, I knew that I had probably made a huge mistake. There were two questions which I imagined him asking, and neither of which was one I wanted to answer.

"Tell us that long jail story," he smirked, making my eyes widen.

I was slightly angry at the question, especially since I had made it clear from the start that I didn't want to talk about it, but I couldn't blame him for asking anyways. I had always been portrayed as someone innocent, who wouldn't even dare to break the rules, and in a way, that was true. That one night was simply an error of judgement, and all I wanted was to push it further down my brain as much as I could.

"Dare, I choose dare," I said, changing my mind.

"Alright, in that case, I dare you to kiss my boy Ethan here," he smirked as as he put his hands on Ethan's shoulders with a smack.

I coughed as soon as he said those words, the water I had been drinking making me feel as if I were choking. There was no way I was going to kiss Ethan in front of our friends like that. I was more of an intimate person, and I hated feeling as if I were being watched whenever doing something personal-even if it was just a dare.

"Alright so jail story," I started off, feeling as if getting the story out of the way was a better option.

"Oh come on why won't you kiss Ethan?" Jake asked.

"Yeah, why won't you kiss Ethan," Ethan asked as he put his arm around me, making me roll my eyes at him.

"I thought you guys wanted to listen to my jail story," I replied.

Everyone stared at me, making it very evident that they did not want to hear my jail story, and they would have much rather preferred me to kiss Ethan, him included. I certainly wanted to kiss Ethan, but I didn't feel comfortable doing it in that particular moment, especially since I would have only been doing it because I was feeling pressured, and Ethan deserved more than being kissed just because somebody was forcing it.

"Fine, I'll kiss Ethan," I said before pecking Ethan on the cheek, hearing a disappointed groan from him.

"That was not a kiss," Jake said.

"You never specified where," I winked, knowing that there was no way he could argue with that.

"Smarty pants, I really thought that my ship was going to finally sail," Jake said with a pout, turning the atmosphere into an awkward one once again.

"Alright Megs, truth or dare?" I asked her, wanting to deviate the conversation away from Ethan and I.

"Truth," she replied.

"What's going on with you and Jake?" I smirked.

I knew that by asking that question I was being slightly hypocritical. I didn't want them talking about Ethan and I, but I wanted to talk about Meg and Jake. The latter, however, was much different than the former. Both of them knew what the situation was between Ethan and I, meanwhile, we didn't know where the two of them stood. I could see Meg's face grow slightly red, something which didn't happen much unless she was truly flustered about something.

She looked at Jake and then back at me, surprising both me and Ethan as soon as she stated that her and Jake were frequenting each other, a youthful smile radiating on her face.

"How did this happen?" I asked, happy for my best friend.

Meg had been through a lot, and seeing her with someone who made her happy automatically made me happy. She deserved the best, and I was certain that Jake could give her just that. Simply by seeing the way he was around Ethan, I could tell that he was thoughtful when it came to those he cared about.

"Well we went to the movies two days ago and I kissed her, then asked her to be my girlfriend," Jake said as he intertwined his fingers with hers, making the redness in her cheeks more evident.

"That's my boy," Ethan said, clearly proud of his best friend.

"Why didn't you tell me?" I asked Meg, slightly offended that she didn't share the news with me before. I knew that she liked to be reserved, but we always shared the good things in our lives with each other, that was how our friendship worked.

"Or me?" Ethan asked Jake.

"We thought you wouldn't be fine with it," Meg said, her words surprising me slightly.

I could see the genuineness in her features, and I was confused as to what could have possibly made her think that I wouldn't be fine with her happiness. Ever since we met when we were younger, all I wanted was for her to be happy.

"Megs, I was the one that planned for you two to stay alone when we went to the fun fair, did you really think I wasn't going to be okay with it?" I asked with a small smile, wanting to prove that I was more than okay with it.

"Well, yeah, but with all that was going on with Ethan I thought you wouldn't have wanted me to be with his best friend," she continued.

I couldn't deny that I felt hurt at her words. She knew me better than anybody else, and that was exactly why she should have known that I would never want her to be unhappy because of me.

"Megan, you're my best friend, your life is completely yours, I wouldn't have the right to anyways," I told her, making her smile.

"Aww thanks Kels," she replied as she hugged me.

Her words made me feel horrible. I never thought that she would ever feel as if I wouldn't accept her relationship with Jake because of my relationship with Ethan. Even the thought of that made me feel as if I wanted to cry. Even if Ethan was my arch enemy, I would never not be happy for her.

"Come on stop with your mushy friendship and let's continue the game," Ethan jokingly said, making both Meg and I roll our eyes at him.

"Wow, since when are you so kind?" I sarcastically said before he stuck his tongue out at me like a little child.

"Alright, Ethan, truth or dare?" Meg asked.

"Dare," he daringly said, seemingly full of confidence.

"I dare you to let us lock you in a room with Kelsey for a whole hour."

A/N: Hey guyssss, please don't kill me I feel sick enough already I don't want you to throw knives or furniture #StopFurnitureAbuse2k17

I'm so sorry if this is late but I have been really sick yesterday so I had to write the whole chapter today. I was still sick in the start of the day and I'm still not fully recovered but I'm feeling slightly better then yesterday....Hopefully.

I'm sorry if it was a horrible chapter, again I'm not feeling so good my stomach is just off right now and I wasn't fully concentrated, but I tried my best. Hopefully I'll be better by Wednesday so you guys can have an amazing chapter, though I might also update a bit late on Wednesday as I'm going to a dodge ball game in the morning with my friends and I won't have time to update then but I'll try to not skip the update and write when I get back, if I feel better by tomorrow I'll start writing the chapter tomorrow.

Anyways, hope you guys enjoyed it and that it did not leave you disappointed in me, hope you have a super fantabulous day..Or night and I'll see you guys on Wednesday.

Stay perfect

I love you,

~M

Oh BTW, because I almost forgot, I was going to publish the books yesterday but since I got sick I wasn't able to but I might publish them sometime this week if you're interested. The first chapters are all written, there are 3 books in all all that's left is for me to read through it and make sure it's not boring and they will be good to go!