Chapter 121 - Never Have I Ever

Lance.

Jack walks back to me with his phone in my grip. I raise a brow at him in question, still feeling very lightheaded.

''Trick is stopping by if that is okay.'' He informs me like I would have a problem with that. I don't know what the bartender put in this drink, but I am already starting to feel drunk. This is not a good thing. Slowly, I push the drink away from me and the man that gave it to me walks back to us.

''More?'' he asks with a faint wink. I look at the glass and it is pretty obvious that I still have a lot left. This seems very suspicious to me. Makes me wonder why he is intent of giving me more.

''No, I am fine.'' I look away from him and Dylan is watching me with a smile on his face. 

''Not a fan of alcohol?'' he asks. 

I shake my head; this has nothing to do with alcohol. I need to be in the right frame of mind. Especially since it involves Lisa. That girl is vindictive, and God knows why she brought me here. 

''I am not in the drinking mood,'' I tell him a half-truth.

He nods, I look at Jack and he has a bored expression on his face. usually at parties, he ends up mingling with people. He always has a bottle of beer in his grip but now all he wants to do is leave. I am so uncomfortable in this situation, but I also don't want to do anything to get on her nerves. 

I feel her grip on my shoulder which makes me jolt up from the surprise ''A bunch of us are playing never have I ever. You in,'' she asks me with that same chirpy smile on her face. 

''Cool can I join?'' Dylan asks.

I haven't even agreed to this, but this also seems like another situation where I wouldn't have a choice in this. 

''I am fine,'' I brush it off, in hopes that she wouldn't force me into this. This just seems ridiculous to me. Why the fuck will she force me to do something like this. I already made a vow to myself that I wasn't getting drunk tonight. It seems like that is her intention. To get me fucked up and I will not succumb to her. 

''You can't say no,'' she smiles.

I frown. 

''Like hell he can't, there is no way you will force him to do this. he said he is fine, so why don't you just back the fuck off,'' Jack glares at her angrily. I know this whole situation is pissing him off. He hates controlling people—I mean who doesn't but the fact that she is just toying us around must be pissing him off. 

Lisa raises a brow at him and then we both watch her and wait for her response. Slowly, she struts over to Dylan ''Do you want to say a cool video I just came across?'' she asks him with that cutesy expression plastered on her face. He furrows his brows in confusion and I watch her as she brings her phone out of her purse. 

''You will be shocked to see who is in it,'' she says.

Dylan shifts his eyes from her to me. he can sense something weird but he also remains quiet. 

''I'll play,'' I give in to her pressure because I am not ready for the outcome of disobeying her.

She jumps away from him and straight into my arms. My arms stay limb because I don't even know how to react to a hug from her. It doesn't feel nice. I hate contact with her. 

I grab my phone from my jeans pocket and check to see if there are any messages or calls from Ford. I need him right now. Of all the times to go silent on me, he chose this moment to do that to me. 

How do I get out of this?

''Come on, we are all in the next room,'' she grabs my hand and I look at Jack. There is still a frown on his face. 

I am sure, he regrets coming along to this party. Being a fucking puppet is not the best thing out there. I wish there was a way I could get out of this. I have the least to lose from Lisa outing us at this party. These are all of Ford's friends. I don't even care what they all think about me, all I care about is Ford and he wouldn't like his friends to find out about this. 

We walk out of the upstairs living room and Dylan whispers into my ear ''What's her deal?'' he asks probably curious by what happened.

''She is a bitch,'' I whisper back to him. 

I can tell that he knows there is more to the story but he doesn't push and I am thankful for that. we walk down the halls and she doesn't stop until we get to a room. Once the doors are open, all eyes peer up at us. there is a total of seven people in the room. I know three of them. I don't know the rest. Nate, Carla, and Jason are in here. The rest of the faces are unfamiliar to me. 

Not like Ford's friends are familiar to me. they are basically just strangers to me too. 

Carla jumps up from the floor and runs into my arms. From the side of my eyes, I see Dylan looking at us. he raises a brow at me and this leaves me in confusion. 

Is he jealous?

''Yay, Lance is here,'' she screeches so loud that it almost deafens me. 

I grab unto her waist to steady her and she plants a soft kiss on my cheek. ''Say cheese.''

We both look up at the same time and Lisa has her phones in our faces. She is fucking taking a picture. I let go of Carla immediately but all she does is giggle in amusement. I know how this can look. Here I am, at a party with a girl. I don't think Ford will have that kind of reaction from the picture, but I just don't want to be involved in that kind of situation, especially with his friends. 

''I brought Lance and his best friend Jack to play with us,'' Lisa informs them.

Most of them have uninterested expressions on their faces. It is not like they even give a shit about me and jack. 

''What happened to your face,'' a girl asks jack. 

He looks at her and then shrugs nonchalantly ''Got beat up?'' 

She raises a brow and he sits down next to her crossing his legs. ''Did you at least get a punch in?'' she asks him. 

He shaekes his head ''Nope,''

The conversation is awkward, but everyone's attention is diverted from me. at least that is a good thing. I sit in-between Carla and Dylan. Lisa sits opposite me. there are bottles of alcohol in the middle of us and shot glasses. Everyone grabs a shot glass and I watch, unsure of how I feel about this game. 

I don't want to get drunk. 

I have to be honest. 

''So I'm sure everyone knows the game?'' Jason asks all round which gets nods from everyone. 

''Who wants to go first?'' he asks. 

Lisa raises her hand, my heart freezes in my chest. I don't know what her plan is but I just hope it doesn't have to do with me and Ford. There must be a reason why she wants me to partake in this. maybe to scare me. 

Yeah, I am scared but she won't win. No one will know if I am honest or lying. So all I have to do is lie when it doesn't pay me. 

''Never have I ever had sex in a public place,'' she says, her eyes fixed on me. this bitch is out to get me and she isn't even blinking. Her intent was to call me out on this.

I look around as two people from the crowd take shots of whatever is in their cup. I remain fixed on lying. There is no point revealing myself. She cant possibly call me out on it. 

''Really, Carla, when did you?'' Nate asks chuckling in between his question. 

Carla chuckles and pushes him playfully. This is all fun for all of them. The fact that I cant play this as a fun high school game because of Lisa stings. Why won't she just leave me the fuck alone?

''I know someone that is lying right now,'' I hear her voice. Everyone faces her and she has that smile on her face. her eyes are still fixed to me. They all follow her eyes and now they are all looking at me. 

''Drink up Lance. you are not allowed to cheat,'' she smiles calmly. 

My hands are trembling. ''You can't just assume that he is lying. That is not how the game works.'' Jack tries to defend me but I know whatever he does will only make things worse. 

''You're right… sorry for that,'' I grab the glass and gup down the spirit in the shot glass. It stings in my throat.. The burn totally getting my mind off what is happening.