“Fine,” Karl sighed. He seemed a little irritated which meant that he must’ve had a good dare waiting for some unsuspecting victim. “Is it true…..that you cried when we lost the championship last year?”
Randy turned red and frowned before admitting it. “Yeah…..but it was only because we would’ve won if you guys hadn’t played like a bunch of frickin’ idiots that day.” The room exploded with laughter. “Shut up! It was only cause I was mad!” When the laughter didn’t cease, Randy glared at Karl and went on with the game. “My turn. Deanna. Truth or dare?” He glanced at Karl before looking back at Deanna.
“Mmmmmm…….Truth,” she replied.
Randy rubbed his hands together and smiled devilishly. “Ok. Is it true that you had a crush on me before you hooked up with Karl?” Randy looked at Karl while he waited for Deanna to answer.
“Well, I guess I’d have to say true,” she admitted.
“I knew it!” Randy yelled and then turned to Karl. “How does it feel knowing that your girl secretly wants me?” He said as he stood and turned in a circle slowly.
“I’m talking about the crush I had on you in fifth grade, stupid,” Deanna amended. “Get a life. Moving on. Chris. Truth or dare?”
“Dare,” he said in a confident voice.
“Great! I dare you to go upstairs……and tell Karl’s mom that you wanna make sweet love to her while she’s wearing that old Barney costume Karl’s dad has in the storage room. And you can’t tell her that it’s a dare either.”
“What? No way. I’m not doing it,” Chris protested.
“Ok…..fine. You know the rules for refusing a dare,” Deanna said while smiling.
“Aw man, come one,” Chris pleaded, making me curious about what the consequences were.
“Nope. You’d make me do it,” Deanna insisted. “Assume the position.”
Chris sighed and stood to his feet. Shock crossed my face when he pulled down his pants and began to sing a very monotone rendition of the theme song to The Fresh Prince of Bellaire in his tighty whities.
“And look!” Deanna yelled in the midst of Chris’ solo. “He even wore his clean underwear this time!” She pointed a finger and nearly fell on the floor when she doubled over. I didn’t know whether to laugh right along with everyone else, or to turn my head. I quickly made a mental note to never refuse a dare.
Chris finished and had turned beet red from embarrassment. “Leila. Truth or dare?” Chris asked coldly. I felt my body go rigid when he said her name.
“Truth,” she answered confidently.
“Fine. How many guys have you had sex with? And tell the truth because we’ll all know if you’re lying,” he warned. It was clear that Trevor didn’t appreciate Chris’s prying when he rolled his eyes and let out a sigh.
Leila looked in AJ’s direction with a hint of longing in her eyes and answered boldly, “Just one.” There was an awkward silence that let me know that I wasn’t the only one who this was making uncomfortable. I couldn’t understand how Trevor could be so blind to Leila’s advances and blatant attraction to AJ. Everyone else was aware of it. Did he think that it was a coincidence that she’d chosen to be with him, the only other Asian boy in their circle of friends?
“Whatever, Leila. You’re a liar. There’ve been at least 10 that I know of!” Chris exclaimed. Deanna grabbed a pillow from the couch and threw it at him. Leila sat there with her eyes fixed on AJ, completely ignoring Chris’s comment.
“Leila it’s your turn,” Karl interrupted.
She snapped her head toward me. “Sarah. Truth or dare?”
“Her name’s Samantha,” AJ corrected her.
“Whatever. Truth or dare?” She repeated I hesitated and tried to see what her intentions were. Reluctantly I responded “Truth.”