"I don't see what's so lucky about it!"
"Just pick, truth or dare?"
"I'm feeling adventurous, I'll pick dare."
"Hmm... okay, I can't think of a good one right now, just sing the next song that comes on the radio!"
That's not too bad, AJ thought, but when he turned on the radio, Intensity's first single, Your Love Is Intense, blared out. The members of the band started screeching and screaming things like, "Oh my god! That's our single!" and "I can't believe it! Aahhh!!!" No one was paying any attention to AJ so he quietly watched, in hope of them forgetting.
When the screaming and screeching died down, it was still in the middle of the song. Sky remembered the dare and said, "Well come on AJ! We're waiting!"
"No way am I singing to that! You guys will completely make fun of me!"
"Aww come on AJ! We promise not to laugh... until the end!"
"Haha, very funny!" he said sarcastically.
"Don't be such a wimp!"
"I am not a wimp! Fine, I'll sing the song!"
With that, he began singing the remainder of the song. It was funny for Intensity to watch someone sing their song. At the end, everyone clapped and cheered and AJ bowed.
The next round Brian won. "Okay cuz, I'm gonna pick you! Truth or dare?"
"I'll take truth."
"Okay," Brian read the first question of the list, "Where's the strangest place you've ever done it?"
"Hmm... oh that must have been yesterday, when Kat and I were at the museum, we did it behind this giant whale exhibit."
Kat blushed while everyone cracked up laughing. Lucy spoke up, "Well, well! You two are the 'mature adults' of the group and you go doing it in public museums? Tut tut!"
Suprisingly, Mandy won the next game. "Okay like, um... Sky! I like totally, pick you!"
"Okay, dare."
"Hmm..." Mandy was determined to stir up trouble and also determined to keep anyone away from Nick. "Okay, like I totally, dare you to like, kiss AJ. With like, tongues too, for like, ten seconds!"
"EWW!!!" AJ and Sky both said at the same time.
"That's disgusting! It'd be like kissing one of the group!" Sky said, thoroughly grossed out.
"Yeah," AJ said, just as grossed out. "It'd be like kissing one of the guys!"
The rest of them got grossed out too. "Okay, do you have to gross the rest of us out too? Just get the stupid dare over and done with so we can all forget about it!" Howie said, on behalf of everyone.
"Okay okay, I'll pretend your David Boreanaz or something!" Sky said.
"Yeah, and I'll pretend your Sarah Michelle Gellar!" AJ said back.
"I'll like, time ten seconds!" Mandy said, thoroughly enjoying their discomfort. "Okay start!" AJ and Sky began kissing, and when they had finished, everyone cheered, while they bowed.
Howie won the next round and decided to pick his girlfriend, Roxy. "Okay, Roxy," he read the question off the list, "Are you still a virgin?"
Roxy laughed. "As you can tell, this is obviously a teen magazine. Howie, in answer to your question, you should know as well as I do, that I'm not a virgin!" Everyone laughed at her remark.
Lucy won the next round. "Hmm... who hasn't been picked yet? Nick, truth or dare?"
"Hmm... dare!"
Lucy wanted to help her best friend out and get back at Mandy at the same time so she said, "Okay, I dare you to kiss Sky, with tongue, for ten seconds!" Mandy didn't say anything and glared at Lucy, as did Sky. "Why is everyone kissing me tonight?" she asked. "I completely object to all these kissy dares!"
"Aww come on Sky! It's only a dare! I mean, you did it with AJ!" Lucy said. She knew about her crush on Nick, as did the rest of Intensity and AJ.
"Okay fine!"
Nick didn't say anything and just wanted to get the dare over and done with. After all, he thought, it was only a stupid dare and nothing could come out of it, right? He was dating Mandy anyway. The two started kissing, while Lucy timed. When they stopped, the two looked at each other for a second before sitting down again. They had both felt something in the kiss, something Nick never felt with Mandy and something Sky had never felt with any of her boyfriends before. Both were confused and didn't know if the other had felt it. Neither of them knew whether to act on the feeling or not.
After a few more rounds, and a few uneventful truths and dares, everyone
began to get tired, so they decided to go to sleep. It was a little difficult,
but soon, everyone was beginning to drift into dreamland, each dreaming
of their girlfriend or boyfriend. All except Nick and Sky. No matter how
hard they tried, they couldn't fall asleep, both were thinking about the
kiss. Their thoughts were both the same, did the other person feel that
thing that was in the kiss? They were also trying to think whether or not
to act on this feeling.
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