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Chapter 38 *Truth and Dares*

~Sophia

“Wh—What?” Draky asks, a confused expression on his face.

“I said I like you,” Andre says slowly, as if he's talking to a child.

Andre likes Draky?

Since when?

Pfft. As if I believe him. I have to admit though, that I believed him for a second. I'm too shocked to speak at first because we're all speechless at what Andre said. He's so serious!

He starts to move towards Draky and puts his arms around him.

Draky squrims away from him quickly and pushes him away.

Meanwhile, Driana and I are laughing our heads off as we stare at the two of them: Draky elbowing Andre while the latter does everything he can to be near the former.

“Oh Drake,” Andre gushes, “I’ve waited a long time to tell you that I like you.”

Draky looks at his best friend with disgust. “Get away from me!”

“You’re the love of my life,” Andre continues, grabbing Draky’s hand and putting it on his chest. “My heart screams your name everytime you're near. Will you marry me?”

I’m clutching my stomach because I can’t stop my laughter from coming. They are so funny! If you don't know Andre, you might think that he really likes Draky.

Draky looks annoyed and disappointed because he knows that Andre is just doing this because he doesn’t want to tell who he really likes.

And that's just make us more curious.

"Okay, okay," Andre says between laughs. "You have to let me explain."

Draky stops punching Andre's shoulder and glares at him. "You have twenty seconds."

"Twenty only?" Andre asks, looking horrified.

"Nineteen, eighteen."

"Fine," he grunts.

"Seventeen, sixteen. . ."

"You have to stop now!"

Driana and I look at the two of them with huge grin on our faces.

"Fifteen, fourteen."

"I answered your question correctly," Andre says quickly. "You asked me who do I like."

"And?" Draky prompts.

"And I like you," Andre says obviously, "you said like, and I like you. As a friend. And you're always the one saying that like is different from love."

He's so smart to think of that. He followed the rules. He didn't lie. Very clever.

Now Draky's throwing daggers at his way. It's his problem to generalize his question.

"What if I were a girl?" Andre asks amusedly, nudging Draky on the side. "Would you like me Drake?" He smiles at him seductively, which makes me want to vomit.

Just the mere thought makes me want to puke.

Draky hits Andre’s head lightly. "Don't be stupid."

"That hurts!" he says, feigning he's broken hearted. "I thought you would like me."

Draky rolls his eyes and about to say something when Driana interjects, "I'm curious. Imagine Andre as a girl." She turns to her twin. "Would you like her?"

"Of course not," Draky says indignantly. "I'm not into guys."

"I said if he was a girl,"Driana says impatiently.

"Still no."

"Why?" Driana asks.

"She's not my type."

"What is your type then?" she asks, tilting her head to the side.

Draky glances at me and smiles slowly.

Driana and Andre catch that and they both turn their heads at me. Driana smiles slyly while Andre smiles mischievously.

Good job Draky, to put the spotlight on me!

When they stop bickering, I suggest, "Maybe we should stop playing now."

"Not fair," Andre disagrees, "it's my turn."

"And besides," Draky chimes in, "you haven't been pointed yet."

Busted!

"No wonder you want to stop the game," Andre says wryly. He gets the bottle and spins it slowly.

I'm just about to pray not to make the bottle point at me when it stops in front of me.

See? That’s why I don’t want to play anymore! I have a feeling it will stop at me, and it does!

Draky chuckles softly. "And that is interesting."

"Truth or dare?" asks Andre. There’s amusement flickering in his green eyes.

Ugh! If I say truth, he might ask me something I can't answer, and if it's dare, he might make me do something I'll regret later.

In the end, I tell him, "Truth."

He pretends to think for a moment. If I know, he already makes a couple of questions ready for me.

Finally, he asks, "Do you think Drake is attractive?"

That's it? What kind of question is that?

"No," I answer.

Draky looks like he has been slapped on the face.

Andre snorts.

Driana laughs uncontrollably. She's even slapping the floor. "Your face!" she says to her twin.

"It's priceless," Andre finishes for her.

Draky ignores them and looks at me instead. "Why?" he demands.

Pursing my lips, I say, "I don't know. I just don't find you attractive."

"At all?" he asks dubiously.

"At all," I lie.

No need for him to know that I find him attractive. His ego will just get big, and it's already huge as it is. Moreover, he will get the idea that I'm falling because of his physical features. Not that I am.

"I don't believe you," he mutters.

"That's not my problem," I say smugly.

"You can't accept someone is immune to your charm?" Andre says, feigning he's surprised.

"Shut up," Draky snaps.

"Bro, not everyone thinks you're handsome," Driana chimes in.

"Not talking to you," he says furiously.

"So full of himself," Andre mutters to Driana.

They both laugh and then Draky hits Andre's head.

"Hey, why are you always hitting me?" Andre asks, checking his head with his hands.

"He's offensive," Driana says, "because it's true."

"Why are you teaming up against me? You're my best friend," he says to Andre, and to Driana, "You're my twin."

"That doesn't change the fact that you're wrong," they say simultaneously.

"Why do I have a feeling there's something going on between you two", he says suspiciously, narrowing his eyes at them. "You both act weird when you're together."

"We're not acting," they say at the same time.

"See?" Draky asks.

That shut them up.

Before it becomes an uncomfortable silence, I mumble, "It's my turn."

When I spin the bottle, it stops in front of Draky. Just my luck. I bite my lip to stop the smile threatening to form on my mouth.

"Truth or dare?" I ask not too eagerly.

"Truth," he answers.

Now it's my turn, I forgot what to ask him. All the questions I save for this moment vanished from my mind. Therefore, I ask the first thing that comes to my mind. "How many girlfrieds have you had?"

"Zero," he says, his mouth twisting at the corner, forming onto a smirk.

"Seriously?"

"Yup."

"How do we know you're telling the truth?" Driana asks suspiciously.

"Why would I lie?" Draky returns.

"I don't know," she retorts, "that's why I'm asking."

"It's true," Andre says, backing Draky. "He's a member of NGSB."

"NGSB?"

"No Girlfriend Since Birth," he explains. "It's a society for group of people."

I know he just makes that up. There's no such thing as NGSB.

But I'm confused. Draky's a playboy. He's popular. Why did he never have a girlfriend?

Before I can ask him, Driana asks, "Why?"

"Because I've never fall in love yet," he answers, as if it is the most obvious thing in the world.

"What about those girls?"

"They're just flings," he says, shrugging his shoulders.

Who would have thought? Hah. I never expected it. Perhaps it's a good thing I asked him that question.

WAIT.

Why do I care? As if the news is important. I don't care about him. I don't. Really.

And so, our game continues.

When Draky spins the bottle, it stops in front of Andre. He chooses dare. He really doesn’t want us to know who the mystery girl is.

Draky commands him to dance for us. It’s entertaining to watch because Andre isn’t good in dancing department. No wonder that’s what Draky impose him to do. Maybe he’s doing it to provoke him.

Poor Draky.

When Andre spins the bottle, it stops in front of Driana. Like him, she picks dare. Andre orders her to hug her brother. She complains at first, but because she’s the one who make the rules, she have no choice but to follow.

She goes to where Draky is and puts her arm around him. Draky does the same. Sometimes it’s easy to forget that their twins because they have a lot of differences and I don’t know, I can’t explain it.

And in this instant, looking at the two of them, I can’t help but miss my little brother.

People don’t know what they have until it’s gone. Many people take things for granted. They don’t know that some things can’t be replaced.

When Driana spins the bottle, it stops in front of Andre. He chooses dare and Driana asks him to bring us drinks.

"Slave?" Draky says amusedly.

Andre ignores him and goes to the kitchen to get some drinks. He comes back with four coke in can. I gulp mine and that's when I realize I'm thirsty. This game makes me nervous!

Draky's next, and he picks dare.

Hah. It's as if we're playing dare or dare. No one wants to say truth anymore. Maybe afraid of spilling their secrets.

Andre orders him to sing Love Story by Taylor Swift.

I can't believe it.

I want to strangle Andre in this instant! Why is he doing this to me?

Draky scowls at him and then he takes a deep breath and sings the chorus of Love Story. I know, he has a good voice. Great, even. But I'm furious with Andre. He's even glancing between Draky and me as if he's seeing something entertaining.

Ugh! Why can't he leave that name alone?!

When Draky stops singing, Driana yawns suddenly.

I don't know why but when someone yawns, someone will do too. Like me. It's like a chain of events.

Soon enough, Andre and Draky does the same.

Then we all laugh while looking at each other.

"Let's just stop this game," Driana says, putting the bottle away.

You can practically hear our sigh of relief.

"I want to sleep now," she continues, lying on the floor.

"Me too," I agree, glancing at the clock. It’s 11:30 in the evening already. Time moves fast when you’re having fun.

"You two can sleep here if you want," Andre says to the twins.

Draky shakes his head. "Mom's alone in the house," he says, "and besides, there's school tomorrow."

"You can wake up early," Andre suggests.

Driana rolls her eyes and says, "Thanks for the offer but I doubt I can sleep on a bed besides my own."

"Okay," Andre says with a sigh.

We're all silent for a moment. I wonder if Driana remembers that tomorrow's my birthday. I wonder if Draky knows my birthday is tomorrow. He and Andre seem curious about it. I wonder what will happen if they know--

"Time to go home," Draky says, snapping me out of my reverie.

Stopping me from wondering.

Driana sighs. "Okay," she murmurs.

"I'll walk you to the door," Andre offers.

"Me too," I say.

Outside, Driana and I hug each other and then she slides in Draky’s car. I don’t know what he’s doing because he’s waiting and looking at me expectantly.

“What?” I ask finally.

“Aren’t you going to give me a goodnight kiss?” he asks.

The thing that bugs me is he looks serious. As if I’ll just kiss him when he wants!

“In your dreams,” I say, putting my hands on my hips.

He smirks. “That’s okay; you’re always in my dreams. And you know, there are more things you do there than in real life.”

I can feel the heat rushing to my cheeks. Stupid Draky! He’s so cocky!

“Good night,” I say, walking away from him and standing beside the door.

“Good night Honey,” he says sweetly.

Honey yourself, I think.

When he starts his car, I turn around to see Andre studying me carefully.

“Do I have dirt on my face?” I ask.

“No,” he says, shaking his head.

We both enter the house and then he locks the door behind us.

“You didn’t answer Draky’s question earlier,” I point out.

"Who knows, it could be anyone," he says, with a sly smile on his mouth. And then he walks away without a backward glance. When he rounds the corner to his room, he turns his head and winks at me.

I've never been confused in my life. What does he mean by that?

I make my way to my room and lay on my bed. Unfortunately, my mind doesn't want to shut up. Because my birthday is tomorrow, it's excited. More than me. Weird.

This is such an interesting night. I think I will not forget it for the rest of my life.

It's unsettling to find that a single event can change your life and can make you think about things you didn't mind before.

The loud ringing of my cell phone startles me. Looking at it, the words: Happy Birthday flashed on the screen.

The time shows that it's 12:01 AM, October 19, 2010. I'm officially seventeen year old. I'll be a legal adult next year.

I don't even know that I saved my birthday on my cell phone. I probably forgot about it. I wonder what will happen tomorrow. I want to think of different scenarios in my head but my eyes are slowly drooping in and out of focus.

Before I fall asleep, I greet myself, "Happy Birthday."

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