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Mrs. McGhee
General English III
25 February 2015
Truth or Dare
Corinne had been my best friend since preschool and her 10th birthday party was a sleepover. I counted down the days to the party for two weeks, and when I finally arrived at her house, most of the other girls in our class were already there. They were all eating pizza and getting ready to play “Truth or Dare.”
“Lesley! Yay, you finally got her,” screamed Marla. “We’ve been waiting for you to start the games. Grab a piece of pizza and come sit by me.”
I took the last piece of pepperoni and sat down between Marla and Corinne. “We’re gonna play ‘Truth or Dare,’ Les. You can call on the first person,” Corinne informed.
“Okay,” I said, “Sarah, truth or dare?”
“Dare! I know the kind of truth questions you ask, and I’m not giving away any secrets,” Sarah said sheepishly, “but go easy on me, okay?”
“Alright, I will.” I looked around the room and saw the phone sitting on the end table. “I dare you to call Tommy Bloom’s house and ask him what he’s doing tonight.”
Sarah sighed, “Are you serious? He’ll think I’ll like him.”
“A dare is a dare, Sarah, and you chose it,” said Corinne. All the girls laughed.
Sarah walked over to the phone and dialed Tommy’s number. It rang four times before his mom’s voice sounded on the answering machine. “Aha!” shouted Sarah with glee. “I got the answering machine; he’s not home. Now, it’s my turn—Leah, truth or dare?”
Leah, the most daring of our group, rolled her eyes. “Truth!”
Sarah, “Did you ever really kiss Frank Wilkinson? And, remember, you have to tell the truth!”
Leah rolled her eyes again, “No, I did not; he just told everyone we did because he was afraid the guys would make fun of him. I just went along with the lie because I felt bad for him. Are you girls happy now that you know?”
“Yeah, I guess so,” sighed Sarah, “but I still can’t believe you let people think that. I would never want anyone to think I kissed someone I didn’t.”
Again, Leah rolled her eyes and laughed, “Well, I guess you’re just not as thoughtful as I am.” All the girls started laughing again.
“Well, I wish you would have been that thoughtful last week in biology,” complained Corinne, “when I got busted cheating on the test when it was really you who dropped the cheat sheet.”
“I apologized for that, and besides, you didn’t get detention for it anyways,” said Leah.
“Yeah, I know, but it was still very awkward,” said Corinne. “Next time, do your homework and you won’t have to cheat.”