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Broken Bones and Shattered Hearts
Truth or Dare?
Chapter Three.
Alex, Bam and Ryan had been at high school for the past five years, during which they had spent an unusual amount of time in detention for their constant rule breaking and lack of respect for authority. The three of them were at the bottom of the class, but this was purely down to their behaviour. Alex could easily get good grades if she applied herself, or at least that’s what her report card said every year, and Vivian was relentless in her attempts to get her to knuckle down and study. According to her mother, she could get into the best colleges in the country if she stopped being such an idiot and did some work. Alex had no idea if she wanted to go to college but she still had plenty of time to think about it. Ryan and Bam on the other hand were lost causes. Bam was intending to drop out of school that year and get signed by a skateboard sponsor so he could live his dream of becoming a professional skater. Ryan wanted to get an apprenticeship to become a mechanic.
One afternoon when they had not long turned sixteen, the three friends were sitting in the park after a particularly long detention, smoking a joint when Bam’s phone began to buzz.
“Novak’s having a house party!” Bam announced, reading the text on his phone.
“Nice one.” Ryan grinned.
“I hate Novak.” Alex whined about Bam’s older friend Brandon Novak. He was really into drinking and drugs and she recalled the numerous times he had tried it on with her.
“We’re going, and that’s it.” Bam decided, ignoring Alex’s complaining.
“I hope there’s gonna be some hot girls there!” Ryan exclaimed.
Alex shook her head and punched him on the arm. Ryan and Bam were at the age where all they could think about was hot girls. Alex found it highly amusing that neither of them had had girlfriends. They were good looking, she had to give them that, but they were the unpopular kids at school. “The issue is, how are we gonna get our booze?” she sighed.
“You could just steal it Bam, you dirty thief.” Alex exclaimed after Bam had grabbed the joint from her. He simply laughed and took a long drag. Alex launched herself at him and the full force of her body knocked him backwards, causing the joint to fly into the expertly placed hands of Ryan. He put it to his lips and watched, only vaguely interested, as Alex and Bam proceeded to wrestle each other.
“Booze guys.” Ryan shouted eventually, in order to break up the brawl.
Alex removed herself from Bam’s chest and returned to her original position, snatching the joint back from Ryan. The three sixteen year olds looked at one another. Alex scratched her head. Her hair was now dyed dark black with platinum blonde streaks and she had her lip and left nostril pierced. Needless to say her drastic transformation over the past few years had not gone down well with Vivian. Bam and Ryan on the other hand had simply let their hair grow a little too long and were not accustomed to showering.
“Rake and Dico are nineteen. They might be able to get served.” Dunn pondered, referring to two of their older friends.
“Yeah but Raab has a fake ID.” Bam reminded them. After a quick phone call it was settled. Raab would supply the alcohol for the evening’s event.
Alex pulled on a pair of tight jeans and a ripped black vest before back combing her hair for added volume. She liked to stand out from the crowd. She had been with a few boys but she wasn’t really into dating, she still preferred the company of her close group of friends. Many of the girls at school thought she was either plain weird, or dating Bam as they were always so close. This never failed to make Alex and Bam laugh. The thought of dating each other was so absurd that it was hilarious. Bam was like a brother to Alex, and when they weren’t getting into trouble they were constantly fighting with one another. There was a certain tension between them, highlighted by all of their friends, particularly Novak who thought they would make a lovely couple, but Alex always wrote it off and hit Novak rather hard when he said this.
Novak didn’t live far away, so Alex and Ryan met up with Bam before heading to the party. When they arrived they immediately sought out Dico, Raab and Rake who were already considerably intoxicated. Alex took a seat beside Bam on the sofa and stole his can of beer the second he looked away. The house filled rapidly with people Alex had never seen before. The majority of the guests were outside, but Alex, Bam, Ryan, Novak, Dico and Raab were sitting in a circle on Novak’s living room floor.
“Let’s play dares.”
Alex groaned. She used to love playing dares, but now that they were older it was becoming more and more focused on stripping and kissing people. Novak grinned. Trust it to be Novak.
“I’ll go first.” Dico decided. “I dare Ryan to lick Raab’s nipple.”
Sure enough, the nakedness ensued. Alex waited apprehensively for her turn and was less than impressed when it was Novak who set her dare.
“I dare Alex to make out with Bam!”
The words hit Alex like a punch in the stomach. “You have got to be kidding me!?” she looked at Novak in disgust. This time he had gone too far. He simply smiled. Alex’s mind was racing. She could not kiss Bam. It was just...wrong. Alex stared across the circle at Bam. He grinned awkwardly, clearly sharing the same thoughts as Alex. The others were shouting and chanting their names now, the pressure was on. Forfeiting was not an option; both Alex and Bam knew this.
“Let’s get this over with.” She sighed, giving into the peer pressure and crawling across the carpet towards Bam. The most outrageous thing about the whole situation was that she didn’t feel grossed out by the idea of kissing him. She did however, feel embarrassed and nervous, which she put down to the copious amount of alcohol in her bloodstream.
“Sorry.” She mouthed to Bam, adjusting her position so that she could reach him.
“Fifteen seconds!” Novak demanded, tapping his watch in an authoritative manner.
Alex screwed her eyes shut and leant forward slowly, hoping for the best. The next few seconds seemed to pass in slow motion. She felt her lips connect with Bam’s and was surprised by how soft and warm they were. Ignoring the pain in her knees and the countdown being chanted by her friends, she started to kiss him. He kissed her back and suddenly she forgot where she was and what was happening. She had become lost in the kiss. After what seemed like a life time, the countdown reached zero, and Alex pulled away. She avoided making eye contact with Bam as she clambered back to her seat in the circle.
The guys were whooping and cheering and the game continued. Novak was stark naked before the game ended and he remained that way for the rest of the night.
Later on, Alex bumped in to Bam in the kitchen. There were a couple of girls passed out on the floor, but other than that, they were alone. She wasn’t sure if she should feel awkward or embarrassed around him, so she pretended nothing had happened.
“Yo Bam Bam.”
“You got any beer left?” he asked, peering into the fridge.
“Nah, but I found some vodka.” She replied, holding out the bottle to him as he turned around to face her.
“Nice one!” he grinned, taking a swig from the bottle. She laughed as his face contorted into disgust at the harsh taste of the spirit.
“Let’s get out of here.” Bam whispered, turning away from the drunken men that had just entered the room. Alex followed him, vodka in hand, as he made his way into the garden. They sat at the end of Novak’s garden on a swinging chair and Alex started to drink from the vodka as Bam rolled a cigarette.
“Pretty good party huh?” Bam grinned, trying to concentrate on the task at hand.
Alex felt as if she should say something about the kiss, but she didn’t want to make things awkward. Bam seemed content to sit drinking and smoking with her, and they talked about everything but the kiss. So that was how it would be. They would pretend it had never happened. That was fine with Alex, as it was not something that she wanted to dwell on.
“Dude I’m so fucking wasted.” Bam laughed, dropping the cigarette on the ground.
Eventually both the vodka bottle was empty and Alex and Bam had both passed out on one another. Alex woke early in the morning to find the garden deserted and that Bam was snoring loudly on her shoulder. She laughed and nudged him awake.
Alex, Bam and Ryan had been at high school for the past five years, during which they had spent an unusual amount of time in detention for their constant rule breaking and lack of respect for authority. The three of them were at the bottom of the class, but this was purely down to their behaviour. Alex could easily get good grades if she applied herself, or at least that’s what her report card said every year, and Vivian was relentless in her attempts to get her to knuckle down and study. According to her mother, she could get into the best colleges in the country if she stopped being such an idiot and did some work. Alex had no idea if she wanted to go to college but she still had plenty of time to think about it. Ryan and Bam on the other hand were lost causes. Bam was intending to drop out of school that year and get signed by a skateboard sponsor so he could live his dream of becoming a professional skater. Ryan wanted to get an apprenticeship to become a mechanic.
One afternoon when they had not long turned sixteen, the three friends were sitting in the park after a particularly long detention, smoking a joint when Bam’s phone began to buzz.
“Novak’s having a house party!” Bam announced, reading the text on his phone.
“Nice one.” Ryan grinned.
“I hate Novak.” Alex whined about Bam’s older friend Brandon Novak. He was really into drinking and drugs and she recalled the numerous times he had tried it on with her.
“We’re going, and that’s it.” Bam decided, ignoring Alex’s complaining.
“I hope there’s gonna be some hot girls there!” Ryan exclaimed.
Alex shook her head and punched him on the arm. Ryan and Bam were at the age where all they could think about was hot girls. Alex found it highly amusing that neither of them had had girlfriends. They were good looking, she had to give them that, but they were the unpopular kids at school. “The issue is, how are we gonna get our booze?” she sighed.
“You could just steal it Bam, you dirty thief.” Alex exclaimed after Bam had grabbed the joint from her. He simply laughed and took a long drag. Alex launched herself at him and the full force of her body knocked him backwards, causing the joint to fly into the expertly placed hands of Ryan. He put it to his lips and watched, only vaguely interested, as Alex and Bam proceeded to wrestle each other.
“Booze guys.” Ryan shouted eventually, in order to break up the brawl.
Alex removed herself from Bam’s chest and returned to her original position, snatching the joint back from Ryan. The three sixteen year olds looked at one another. Alex scratched her head. Her hair was now dyed dark black with platinum blonde streaks and she had her lip and left nostril pierced. Needless to say her drastic transformation over the past few years had not gone down well with Vivian. Bam and Ryan on the other hand had simply let their hair grow a little too long and were not accustomed to showering.
“Rake and Dico are nineteen. They might be able to get served.” Dunn pondered, referring to two of their older friends.
“Yeah but Raab has a fake ID.” Bam reminded them. After a quick phone call it was settled. Raab would supply the alcohol for the evening’s event.
Alex pulled on a pair of tight jeans and a ripped black vest before back combing her hair for added volume. She liked to stand out from the crowd. She had been with a few boys but she wasn’t really into dating, she still preferred the company of her close group of friends. Many of the girls at school thought she was either plain weird, or dating Bam as they were always so close. This never failed to make Alex and Bam laugh. The thought of dating each other was so absurd that it was hilarious. Bam was like a brother to Alex, and when they weren’t getting into trouble they were constantly fighting with one another. There was a certain tension between them, highlighted by all of their friends, particularly Novak who thought they would make a lovely couple, but Alex always wrote it off and hit Novak rather hard when he said this.
Novak didn’t live far away, so Alex and Ryan met up with Bam before heading to the party. When they arrived they immediately sought out Dico, Raab and Rake who were already considerably intoxicated. Alex took a seat beside Bam on the sofa and stole his can of beer the second he looked away. The house filled rapidly with people Alex had never seen before. The majority of the guests were outside, but Alex, Bam, Ryan, Novak, Dico and Raab were sitting in a circle on Novak’s living room floor.
“Let’s play dares.”
Alex groaned. She used to love playing dares, but now that they were older it was becoming more and more focused on stripping and kissing people. Novak grinned. Trust it to be Novak.
“I’ll go first.” Dico decided. “I dare Ryan to lick Raab’s nipple.”
Sure enough, the nakedness ensued. Alex waited apprehensively for her turn and was less than impressed when it was Novak who set her dare.
“I dare Alex to make out with Bam!”
The words hit Alex like a punch in the stomach. “You have got to be kidding me!?” she looked at Novak in disgust. This time he had gone too far. He simply smiled. Alex’s mind was racing. She could not kiss Bam. It was just...wrong. Alex stared across the circle at Bam. He grinned awkwardly, clearly sharing the same thoughts as Alex. The others were shouting and chanting their names now, the pressure was on. Forfeiting was not an option; both Alex and Bam knew this.
“Let’s get this over with.” She sighed, giving into the peer pressure and crawling across the carpet towards Bam. The most outrageous thing about the whole situation was that she didn’t feel grossed out by the idea of kissing him. She did however, feel embarrassed and nervous, which she put down to the copious amount of alcohol in her bloodstream.
“Sorry.” She mouthed to Bam, adjusting her position so that she could reach him.
“Fifteen seconds!” Novak demanded, tapping his watch in an authoritative manner.
Alex screwed her eyes shut and leant forward slowly, hoping for the best. The next few seconds seemed to pass in slow motion. She felt her lips connect with Bam’s and was surprised by how soft and warm they were. Ignoring the pain in her knees and the countdown being chanted by her friends, she started to kiss him. He kissed her back and suddenly she forgot where she was and what was happening. She had become lost in the kiss. After what seemed like a life time, the countdown reached zero, and Alex pulled away. She avoided making eye contact with Bam as she clambered back to her seat in the circle.
The guys were whooping and cheering and the game continued. Novak was stark naked before the game ended and he remained that way for the rest of the night.
Later on, Alex bumped in to Bam in the kitchen. There were a couple of girls passed out on the floor, but other than that, they were alone. She wasn’t sure if she should feel awkward or embarrassed around him, so she pretended nothing had happened.
“Yo Bam Bam.”
“You got any beer left?” he asked, peering into the fridge.
“Nah, but I found some vodka.” She replied, holding out the bottle to him as he turned around to face her.
“Nice one!” he grinned, taking a swig from the bottle. She laughed as his face contorted into disgust at the harsh taste of the spirit.
“Let’s get out of here.” Bam whispered, turning away from the drunken men that had just entered the room. Alex followed him, vodka in hand, as he made his way into the garden. They sat at the end of Novak’s garden on a swinging chair and Alex started to drink from the vodka as Bam rolled a cigarette.
“Pretty good party huh?” Bam grinned, trying to concentrate on the task at hand.
Alex felt as if she should say something about the kiss, but she didn’t want to make things awkward. Bam seemed content to sit drinking and smoking with her, and they talked about everything but the kiss. So that was how it would be. They would pretend it had never happened. That was fine with Alex, as it was not something that she wanted to dwell on.
“Dude I’m so fucking wasted.” Bam laughed, dropping the cigarette on the ground.
Eventually both the vodka bottle was empty and Alex and Bam had both passed out on one another. Alex woke early in the morning to find the garden deserted and that Bam was snoring loudly on her shoulder. She laughed and nudged him awake.