Celebrate the Way the Night Hides Scars

~Max arrives, they start playing truth or dare, round 1 is over (don't worry, round one wasn't that interesting)~
"Max, truth or dare?" Jaime asked.
"Truth,"
"Trust me when I say this, this is chosen at random. Have you ever skinny dipped?" Vic asked.
"What? No!" I said.
"Tony, you don't have to sit on Vic's lap anymore,"
"Tony, truth or dare?"
"Truth please!"
"Have you ever had a crush on a teacher?" I asked.
"Nope. Most of my teachers were guys and the girls were old so,"
"Haha okay," I laughed.
"Jaime! Truth or dare?"
"Dare!"
"Give me a piggyback ride!" Tony said.
Tony hopped on Jaime's back and rode around.

~ several rounds are played~
"Vic. Truth or dare?" Jaime asked.
"Let's go with truth," Vic said.
"Do you have a crush on Maxie?"
There was a long awkward silence.
"Well, she's beautiful, sweet, good-natured, so why not?" Vic said.
I blushed.
"Ok, Maxie. Truth or dare?"
"Truth," I said.
"Do you have a crush on Vic?" Jaime asked.
"Well, why not? I'm not really looking for a relationship just yet. Maybe in a month or so. But that doesn't mean I can't have a crush," I say looking at Vic. He was looking at me.
"Ok, that's enough awkwardness for one game! Moving on," Jaime said breaking the silence.
"We are going to make a fort that we're all gonna sleep in," Tony said.
"No matter how awkward it is," Jaime says.
"Okay I call helping make the fort stick together," I say.
"I call pillows!" Tony said.
"I'm for blankets," Jaime said. "Oh sorry for more awkwardness, but we need 1 person to help keep the pillows together and 1 person takes care of the blankets, so Max, Vic is also doing your job,"
"Unless you want Vic and I to swi--"
"No thanks Tony. But I appreciate the offer," I said cutting Tony off.
"Okay well then let's go!" Vic said.
We successfully built a pillow/blanket fort in 15 minutes.
"Okay now for a movie," Tony said.
"The Conjuring or The Possession?"
"Which ever is fine, I love horror movies!"
"The Conjuring it is!" Jaime said.
We watched The Conjuring for about 30 minutes until Vic started to look really alone. I scooted over to him.
"Hey," I whispered.
"Hi," Vic whispered back. "I thought you weren't ready for a relationship yet,"
"I'm not,"
Jaime and Tony were now looking at us.
"Ooh do I sense chemistry?" Jaime asked jokingly.
"No," I said as I laughed.
"Mmhmm," Tony said.
We watched The Conjuring without any breaks. I shruddered at every thought. After The Conjuring, we decided to go inside the fort and just talk.
"So what's it like being a girl?" Jaime asked.
"Oh my god. I don't even want to answer that question."
"Why not?" Jaime asked.
"Okay, well, we'll be here all night,"
"Nevermind then," Jaime said reluctantly.
"What's it like not being hurt?" I asked aloud.
"Everyone's gonna get hurt at some point in their life," Vic said.
"Oh. What's recovery like?"
"It gets better. You'll be okay. I promise." Vic said.
"Question for Tony and Jaime,"
"Leaving me out I see," Vic said jokingly.
"It's about tattoos,"
"Shoot," Tony said.
"Did it hurt a lot to get a tattoo?" I asked.
"It hurts for a little but then it's all worth it,"
"What's it like to get snakebites?"
"Well a piercing is a piercing, it's gonna hurt but you'll have it,"
"Thanks,"
"Ooh let's do would you rather!" Jaime squealed.
"Tony! Would you rather be a Ninja Turtle or Obi Wan?" Vic asked.
"hmmm... I'm going with Ninja Turtle,"
"Max! Would you rather find true love or $10,000,000? This is a random question, I swear," Jaime asked.
"True love because finding someone that cares and loves you for who you are is better than finding someone who only likes you for your money. True love is my definition of happiness," I said. I could feel Vic looking at me. "Although $10,000,000 is a lot of paper."
"Okay, Vic! Which do you prefer- boobs or butt?"
"Are you sure this is a random question?"
"Yup," Tony said as he laughed.
"Okay, well, butt,"
"Really? I'm a boob guy," Jaime said.
"Okay moving on, Max! Would you rather be able to fly or read minds?"
"I'd like to be able to read minds because then I can see people's true feeling in a non-stalker-ish way," I answered.
"Tony. Which is cuter- baby penguin or baby monkey?"
"Please! Baby turtle!"
We played for a while and then we decided it was lights out.
We all had to sleep next to each other, it was a rule of the fort. And since I'm a girl, I have to sleep in the middle. I was in between Vic and Tony. It wasn't too cramped.
"Does anyone here snore?" I asked.
"Tony does," Jaime said.
My back was to Tony (not to be mean I just can't sleep on my right, back, or stomach. I had to sleep on my left.; but Vic was on my left.
"Hi," he said so quiet I could barely hear.
"Heyy," I said.
"Vic, the reason I'm not ready for a relationship is: 1, we just met. 2, I'm scared you'll hurt me. My other abusive boyfriends always said they would never hurt me. They lied."
"Maxie, I'm not going to hurt you. I promise."
"I know but we just met the other day,"
"I understand. Maybe after a few weeks to months?"
"Okay,"
Hours go by. I'm a natural insomniac.
"Vic, I can't sleep."
"Neither can I."
"Vic, I don't mean to hurt you by not being ready. I like you back."
"Maxie, I'm not hurt."
"Are you sure?" I asked reluctantly.
"Positive,"

Notes

what happened in the first round of truth or dare: Max gets six ice cubes down her shirt, Tony had to sit on Vic's lap for one round, Jaime got makeup put on all over his face, and Vic said he likes the way girls smell good. that's it. nothing grand really.


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ooh romance!!!