Thanks for the Truths & Dares ya'll

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"Who's ready?" Sym asks and I shrug.

"Will you just start already woman." Daniel says and Sym chuckles.

"Fine. Cal, truth or dare." She looks over and Cal groans.

"Why me? Fine, truth." Calum answers and Ashton laughs.

"Weeeaaak!" Ashton teases and Cal shrugs.

"Okay. Did you think about any other girl but me while you were in California?" Sym asks, smiling.

"Yeah."

"Wow. Ouch." Sym feigns hurt and Cal laughs.

"Not like that. Most of our fans are female babe, and I think about the fans a lot." He explains and Syms smile returns.

"Oh, okay!"

"Now, since you questioned me, Ash, truth or dare?" Calum grins at his buddy, who just grins back.

"Dare."

"I dare you to swing as high as possible on the swing the jump off yelling like you're Tarzan."

"Dude I could break my legs. Also, someones house is right there, its pretty late so they're probably asleep." Ashton tries to talk himself out of this and Calum shrugs.

"And its only getting later so you better hurry." Drake laughs and Ashton groans.

"Fine but if I go to the ER, I aint payin the bill." Ashton gets up and clambers over to the swing. He takes a running start and jumps on, before swinging back and forth. He finally gets about nine to ten feet in the air and jumps. He's yelling hoarsely, and I can't help but grin at the sight. He lands, groaning, but I dont think he broke anything.

"Nice job Ashton!" Sym encourages him and he just laughs in response before groaning again. We wait for him to finally zombie-walk himself over to us.

"Drake. T or D?" Ashton says, sitting back down.

"Dare dude." He grins.

"Shoot uhhhh... Do a backflip? I dont know." Ashton struggles to find a dare and Drake shrugs before standing up.

"Does it have to be just an on-your-own backflip or can I use something?"

"You can use something." Ashton allows the use of objects and Drake runs a hand through his hair.

"Way too easy." He grumbles before taking a running start at the tree. He puts a foot on it and uses it to vault himself backwards into the flip.

"Okay. That was too graceful. Have you been practicing?" Daniel laughs as Drake walks over.

"Nah. Just gotta show off for the girls." Drake winks at Daniel and I grin.

"You mean Dove. Im your niece, and you have never shown off cause of me in your life." That makes my face turn red hot. Drake just shrugs.

"Maybe so. Anyway, Dove, Truth or Dare." Drake looks at me and I mull it over. There are some questions I'd also hate to answer. I stick up two fingers, feeling dare would be much safer for my mental health.

Drake grins and rubs his chin like an evil villian conjuring up a plan. The minute or so seems to drag on as I worry about how much hes thinking about it.

"Kiss me." Drake gets real close and my face starts burning brighter than a Christmas light.

"Aw gross dude no one wants to see that."

"Shut up Daniel, its a dare." Blake grins at him before turning back to me. I quickly lean over and kiss him before pulling away.

"Aww, see that wasn't all that bad." Drakes grinning ear to ear and Syms giggling.

"I ship it like FedEX!!" Sym suddenly yells, throwing her arms up in the air. (Credit to my friend for that joke xD) My face somehow burns even more, even when I didnt think that was possible. I look around at the faces surrounding me, expecting them and their laughter to be mocking like Im on the bad end of a cruel joke, but there doesnt seem to be any malicious intent behind their laughter, just pure teenage fun. Im reminded once again how lucky I am to have crossed that border on that fateful day.

"Dove, you're so red! Was that your first kiss?" Cal asks and I'm instantly mortified.

"Aww looks like it. Well that wasnt a very fitting first kiss. Lemme fix that." Drake smiles at me slightly before gently leading me by the face into another kiss. I hear Sym chuckling after.

"Is this what yall feel when me and Cal get all cute together?"

"If youre talking about the vague displeasedness and wanting to puke, then yeah." Daniel responds, I think it was him anyway. Im trying hard to focus instead of thinking how pretty Drakes eyes are.

"Nah I was thinking more like the want to go both 'awww' and to kiss someone." Sym disagrees with Daniel and I see Ashton nod in agreement.

"Oh guess it's just me then." Daniel mutters before getting up.

"Dude you bailin on the game?" Drake asks, almost accusedly. Daniel just shrugs and walks over to the tire swing. "Aw man he's pissed. Great."

'Why would he be pissed?' I text out on my phone.

"Cause I kissed his girl." He says nonchalantly and my face flushes.

"His girl?" Ashton asks exactly what I'm thinking.

"Yeah. Daniel has a major crush on little bird here." Drake just shrugs off the question. Nah, he's wrong. Daniel doesn't like me, he's just my friend.. Right?

"Damn. I couldnt tell." Ashton laughs.

"Dude did you SEE the way he looks at her? Its so obvious it almost hurts." Calum shoves Ashton and the conversation quickly becomes too much to handle. Obvious? No.. Theyve gotta be wrong right? Things get kinda hazy and next thing I know is I'm standing next to Daniel by the tire swing. I decide to sit down before I fall over and Daniel looks at me, concern lacing his eyes.

"You okay Dove?" He asks and I shrug.

"Theyre all talking about how you.. like me, or something. Crazy, right?" I look at him, curiousity bubbling in my chest. I want to know, but he looked back down at the ground. "Daniel?"

"I dunno.. No. I don't." He answers, but he still won't look at me.

"Then why do you keep getting upset any time me and Drake get anywhere near close?" He just shrugs and I start to get irritated. "Daniel. Answer my question."

"I don't.. Just I want to.. Nevermind." He seems to get irritated as well.

"How can you be so controlling and not at the same time? Either you like me and watch out for me, or you don't! Figure that out first before you come telling me who I can and can't talk to. It's not fair to me; and until you figure it out, leave me alone!" I storm away, knowing I said some things I'm going to regret. But my need to be free from any control overrides all of my possible guilt and hurt.

I guess I like Daniel, no, I know I like Daniel, and what he said hurt. I need to know if he's going to fess up to the fact that we could be something, or if he's just going to let me slip out of his fingers when potential happiness was in our grasp. Besides, he's not the only one who can hurt the other. I want Daniel to hurt, and I know exactly how. I march back over to the group and try not to lose my nerve.

"Hey Dove whats wr-whoa!" Ashton moves away as I almost tackle Drake.

"Can I kiss you?" I ask, almost demand, really.

"Sure." He says yes but he sounds off guard, like he didn't expect any of this. I kiss Drake at full force and someone in the group whistles. Before I can pull away though, someone is dragging me away by the back of my shirt. I get lead pretty far away before they finally let me go.

"What in the hell do you think you're doing?!" Sym puts her hands on her hips as she slips into protect mode.

"Having fun. Living life." I shrug and Sym grabs my hand in both of hers in a comforting way. I swear she's like a mother.

"Okay, Dove darling, you know I support your happiness more than anyone else in this world, but are you sure this is how you want to do it? With my uncle who just got out of the slammer?"

"Well.. Yeah. I like him, and he seems to like me. Besides, I thought life is all about unforgettable experiences."

"Yes, but honey, kissing some person and crossing that line into romance the same day you meet them isn't exactly a recipe for a good experience. I just want to make sure you're not rushing into a potential regret."

"I said I wanted unforgettable, never said it had to be the good kind." I remove my hand from hers and she just sighs.

"Okay.. But I did warn you." She moves out of my way and we walk back to the group.

"So, uh, may I ask what that was all about?" Drake grins at me and I shrug before pulling out my phone.

'I decided I enjoy kissing you.' Drake laughs.

"That's fair enough.. And we should do that again sometime." I turn beet red at his words but smile anyways. I sit down by Drake and he slings his arm around my shoulder.

"So are ya'll dating or what?" Calum asks and I bite my lip before looking at Drake, just to find him looking at me.

"I'd say so, yeah." Drake smiles at me and I come to realize that Lisa is literally screaming fot joy in my head.

'FINALLY YOUVE BUCKED UP AND GOT A BOYFRIEND' Lisas happiness is contagious, and kind of annoying. Im used to her being constantly pissed off.

'Hey I'm not ALWAYS pissed off.. And who you callin' annoying?'

You. Duh.

"Earth to Dove?" I snap back to reality as Ashton waves his hand in my face.

"Where was your head at little bird?" Drake asks and I shrug. I see Sym stand up.

"Well I'm bored and our game of T or D kinda went off the rails. Im dippin, ya'll comin with?" She hooks her thumbs into her back jean pockets.

"I go where you go babe." Calum stands up with her and Ashton gets up as well. They eye me and Drake.

"Yeah Imma head out too. You should probably go with them doll, things might get pretty ugly between me and Dannyboy, you shouldn't have to see that." Drake gets up before giving me a hand up. He kisses my forehead before walking off to his truck where a pissy Daniel sits with his earbuds in.

"Okay! But Im actually starving so we're getting Sonic." Sym claps gleefully before we all start the trek back to the car.

"Why is it we didn't just drive up and park on top of the hill like he did?" Ashton asks as we finally get to the car.

"Well, one, because that's private property and I have this tiny little thing called respect, two, because I could get towed away for that and no one touches my baby, three, I don't have all-terrain tires, and four, the excercise is good for us." Sym sticks up a finger for each reason before getting into a starting the car.

"Okay okay, fair points." Ashton puts his hands up in surrender before getting into the car as well. We drive around town for a while after getting our food and I just relish in the happiness that today has brought, except for that little, okay medium bump with Daniel. We get home around one A.M and I pass out on the closest couch with a smile on my face.