Truth or Dare

[DapperDiaperDude]

Hey everyone! I started a story called "Baby of the Class" a couple years back. A few of you have asked if I am going to finish it. I fully plan to finish it but I have been having a hard time. I haven't written in a while so I thought I would write this story to get back in the groove before finishing that story. 

I am still a very new writer so I would greatly appreciate any feedback both good and bad. I don't mind criticism as it will only help me get better!

 

Truth Or Dare

 

Chapter 1 – Getting Older

 

Kyle was looking at himself in the mirror as he was getting ready to go over to his friend’s house. While still in relatively good shape, he noticed that his body wasn’t as firm as it used to be. Now that he was thirty-one years old, he was starting to observe that his body had a harder time keeping up to his lifestyle. His pecs were not as rock hard as they once were and his tummy was starting to get a bit of flab on it. While you could still see the outline of his abs, they were not as defined as they once were. He was five foot eleven, and still at least tried to keep himself in relatively good shape.

“Getting old sucks” he muttered to himself. It wasn’t just the physical aspect that made of him brood over this idea, but also his life in general. He was working an office job that he didn’t particularly like and he noticed that he could not just go out and ‘party’ like he used to. He felt that his life was slightly muted from where it was only 5 years ago. In the past, he could go out with his friends to the club, hook up with some girls and then get ready for school the next day. Now, he noticed that he could not go on a bender lest he be unable to perform at work. Hell, even hanging out with friends was different. Gone were the days were they would be carefree while playing video games and talking about pointless stuff. Now when he hung out with his friends, it felt that they only discussed more heavy, serious issues. The topics would always range from politics to mortgage or rent payments to talks about marriage or the state of the world.

Kyle realized that he was running a bit late and quickly threw on a pair of jeans and a casual collared shirt. He ran out to his car, adjusted his mirrors, turned on the music and drove off for his friend’s house. Though music was playing, Kyle didn’t hear anything as he was lost in thought. As he was driving to his friend’s house the sun had finished setting leaving darkness in its absence. Thankfully, the air was still warm this time in August. His thoughts were shifting between his student loans, his job that he felt trapped in, his strained relationship with his family and his lack of dating life. “Shit I can’t even enjoy a car ride without feeling anxious. When did life start getting so tough” he thought miserably, “hopefully I can enjoy one night with my friends”. Deep down he knew he was going to be disappointed. Deep down he knew that this night out would make him more depressed that life would never be fun again.

Kyle started pulling up to his friend’s house. His friend Stephen was waiting for him in the driveway with a big grin on his face. Stephen was Kyle’s oldest friend. Kyle’s mom babysat Stephen when he was three so him and Stephen being the same age obviously became friends. Kyle was always the happy go lucky one of the two and Stephen was always the more serious type. While Kyle was always out going to parties and trying to get laid, Stephen was always making sure to get good grades and volunteer at various charities. For these reasons Kyle looked up to Stephen, Stephen always delayed having fun for hard work and now in his thirties it seemed that it was paying off. Still, Kyle had never known Stephen to have such a care free grin on his face like the one he had right now.

 

“What’s with the shit eating grin?” asked Kyle as he approached Stephen to give him a hug. “Dude, I have the best night planned for all of us tonight!” responded Stephen as he quickly embraced Kyle back.

“All of us? It’s not just me and you tonight?”  

“No, I also invited Charlie, Noelle, Stacie and Jennifer,” Stephen replied, “for what I have planned tonight, more people are going to be better. Besides I’m sure that you and Stacie have a lot to discuss.” Stephen shot Kyle a wink after the comment.

Upon hearing Stacie’s name Kyle started to get a little excited. Everyone growing up has had ‘the one that got away’, the crush or relationship that didn’t go the way that it should’ve. For Kyle, his was Stacie. In all of high school he had become good friends with Stacie.  While Kyle, Stephen and Stacie all hung out together constantly (Stephen’s little sister gave them the nickname of ‘the three amigos’), Stacie and Kyle had started developing something a little bit deeper.  One day Stacie had even written Kyle a note laying out her feelings for him, stating how she wanted to be something more with him and left it in his locker. Kyle, foolish as he was, panicked when he saw it and decided to just ignore the not and pretend that nothing had happened. He even decided to date a cheerleader a couple of weeks later. After that, Stacie and Kyle’s friendship changed. They didn’t seem to be close anymore. A few months later still and Stacie had gotten a boyfriend of her own. It was at this moment that Kyle realized that he had made a mistake. He started longing for his lost friendship with Stacie and was kicking himself for taking her up on her offer. He even called her one night, admitting his mistake to her. She had told him that it was too late. She had told him that she had moved on and didn’t want to relive the pain that she had felt earlier in the year and that she had a boyfriend that she couldn’t leave. For his whole senior year, Kyle longed to have Stacie but it was never meant to be. Now she was here! After thirteen years of not seeing her, he would finally have another chance.

“How is Stacie? I haven’t seen her in ages,” Kyle tried to ask as though he didn’t care. “She’s great man, also she is currently single!” he stated as he put his arm around Kyle’s shoulders as they were walking towards the front door, “she and everyone else are just inside waiting for us. It seems they are all better at showing up on time than you are.” He shot Kyle a toothy grin with that last comment. “Dude, I am only 10 minutes late.” “First, you are 25 minutes late, and second it doesn’t matter because I have a wild night in store for us.” “You keep saying that, what did you have in mind?” asked Kyle suspiciously. “I don’t want to spoil the surprise but just get ready for a good time.”

As they walked in though Kyle’s front door, Kyle took off his shoes and rounded the corner to find the other four friends waiting for them. Kyle eyed Stacie sitting on the couch with her light brown hair pulled back into a ponytail. “God she still looks beautiful!” thought Kyle. Charlie, Noelle and Jennifer were all standing in the middle of the room talking. The room they were was spacious and had big windows in which you could look out to see the night sky. It had thick, brown, comfortable leather couches a dining table with six seats around it. On top of the table was a wide, but not overly tall wooden box on top of it.

“Would you all please take a seat around the dining table please,” Stephen instructed. The six of them all sat around the table with Stephen sitting in from of the wooden box. Kyle made sure to sit opposite of Stacie so they would be able to look at one another. Stephen cleared his throat once they were all seated and looked at them all with the same grin that he had earlier when Kyle first arrived.

“When each of you arrived, you all asked me the same question,” Stephen said in a hushed but almost practiced tone. “You all asked why I have such a big grin on my face and what I have planned for tonight. What I have planned for tonight is for us all to be young and carefree once more, even if it is only for one night. I am sure you all have felt the same way as I do, that getting older is tough. We all have more responsibilities; we all have more obligations. We have to focus on debts, getting married, our families, if we want kids later, taxes and so on. I always felt that growing up, I never had as much fun as I should have and now that I am thirty, I feel that I have missed out. Tonight, I say, we forget all of that and just have fun like we used to. I say we play a game that we all played when we were younger. I say that we play ‘Truth or Dare’ but with a twist!” Stephen practically shouted the last line with excitement.

“Truth or Dare?” asked his friend Charlie, “that is what you are so excited about? Man, I had higher hopes for tonight. I thought we were going to drink, or get high or something. Not play some dumb children’s game.”

Kyle didn’t know Charlie couldn’t help but agree with him. Stephen had gotten his hopes up that tonight would be an adventure and now he wanted to sit around and play a children’s game. However, Stephen was still Kyle’s friend and he was going to stick up for him.

“C’mon guys,” interjected Kyle, “let’s hear Stephen out. You said there was twist?”

“Yes! I am sure you are all aware of the rules of ‘Truth or Dare’. That when it is your turn, you pick between performing a dare or truthfully answering a question. The person giving out dare to be performed or asking the question will be determined by random draw. Now, when we were kids, you could always lie to the question asked or chicken out from performing the dare. The twist comes from within this box here.” Stephen opened the box and slowly pulled out an old book. “This book, has mystical power. It has the ability to ensure that we truthfully answer the questions asked of us or perform the dare given to us. We will cast a spell from this book to begin the game. The spell will give power to whoever is asking the question or giving a dare to also give out a punishment should the person lie or chicken out. The punishment through magic will be carried out.”

“Stephen, you know magic isn’t real right?” asked Noelle. Noelle was a small kind looking blond girl. She almost seemed embarrassed for Stephen. “Yeah, Stephen” Jennifer added, “I am not sure how much you spent on that book, but I think you got ripped off.”

“Do you all feel this way?” asked Stephen to everyone. Everyone nodded in agreement. “Then tell you what, why don’t we all play one round? If I am wrong, and this book does not work then we can all do something else. Hell, I will personally pay for any other arrangements that we come up with. Sound fair? Do you all want to play one round?”

“For you buddy, anything!” Kyle said wanting to defend his friend. Kyle had no idea what he was getting himself into by agreeing to his friends proposition.

[Pierry Louys]

Good beginning!!!

[DapperDiaperDude]

 

Hello I am always looking for advice on how to make the story better or if there are any elements that you enjoy that you would like to see more of. I am a new writer and am looking for advice to improve!

 

Chapter 2 – So It Begins

 

“Alright Stephen, enough foreplay. How does this ‘magic’ work then?” asked Charlie, adding emphasis on the word magic in such a way that he wanted it known that he thought the entire concept was bullshit. “Am I going to have call up Harry Potter to help us cast the spell?”

Everyone, including Kyle, couldn’t help but snicker at that comment. Kyle did not know Charlie aside from the fact that he seemed like he could be a real asshole, however, he found himself liking him. Charlie was six foot two and had a very athletic build. He seemed like he probably played University basketball or something. He didn’t look incredibly strong but he was lean. Charlie had red hair with a red well-kept beard. You could tell that Charlie was the sort of person that had all the confidence in the world and probably had a very easy time picking up women.

“Laugh all you want, but I think you will all owe me an apology later tonight!” Stephen exclaimed in a friendly flamboyant manner. “But you’re right Charlie. Enough foreplay and on to the main event!” Stephen raised his two arms to chest level palms face down beckoning Charlie and Jennifer to grab his hands. Jennifer and Charlie exchanged bemused looks to one another before following Stephen’s lead and grabbing his hand. “May we all now join hands so that we may partake in this ritual.”

Kyle shrugging grabbed Jennifer’s and Noelle’s hands. He couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed that he could not grab Stacie’s hand for this but at least he caught her smiling at him over the ridiculousness of the situation. “Why are you being so theatrical right now?” Noelle asked Stephen, “I thought I would get into the mood that the situation calls for.” Stephen briefly let go of Jennifer’s hand to open the mysterious book. Kyle looked at the book and couldn’t help but feel underwhelmed. It had an old leather cover and no title. Once Stephen flipped the cover open, Kyle observed that the pages seemed almost ancient. The pages were still in relatively good shape but they seemed that the slightest amount of force would make them rip and tear.

Stephen re-clasped Jennifer’s hand and then started reading from the ancient book. “We call on the ancient spirits and magiks that reside in this tomb,” Stephen said in a slow rhythmic chant. “We desire to participate in the ancient ritual found in these pages. We implore for the power and wisdom of the ancient spirits that preside over this ritual.” As Stephen continued to chant, Kyle thought he saw the lights slowly dimming. “I must be losing my damn mind,” he thought to himself, “there is no way this is actually happening.” Stephen continued to chant; his voice started to crescendo until he was bellowing the words. “WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND HUMBLY ACCEPT THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS CEREMONY. WE WILL ALL NOW BY OUR OWN FREE WILL DECLARE OUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE RITES. I WILL BEGIN: I, STEPHEN, BY MY OWN FREE WILL ACCEPT THE RULES LAID OUT FOR THIS CEREMONY AND ACCEPT THE REPERCUSSIONS THEREOF.” When Stephen finished, he looked at Jennifer nodding for her to repeat what he had just said. Kyle noticed that he could now see his breath. He felt cold and felt the hairs on the back of his head start to stand up; he almost felt that something of great significance was happening.

“I, Jennifer, by my own free will accept the rules laid out for this ceremony and accept the repercussions thereof,” Jennifer repeated, however lacking the same conviction that Stephen had. She seemed to have a look saying: what the fuck have I gotten myself into. Everyone around the circle one by one started to repeat the same words until it was Charlie’s turn. Charlie was looking down, then suddenly snapped his head up with a big toothy grin and started to mockingly shout: “I” pause “CHARLIE, BY MY OWN FREE WILL” dramatic pause, “AND CHOICE ACCEPT THE RULES LAID OUT FOR THIS CEREMONY”, long pause and then as quickly and sarcastically as he could quickly said, “and accept the repercussions thereof”. Everyone was rolling their eyes by Charlie’s rendition and Charlie was trying his hardest to not snicker but was ultimately failing to hold back his laughter.

“GREAT ANCIENT SPIRITS BY OUR ACCEPTANCE TO THESE RITES WE BIND THY MAGIKS AND SPIRITS TO ENFORCE THE RULES AS WE NOW COMMENCE!” As Stephen finished his chanting one of the doors leading outside blew open and a rush of wind blew in. The lights began flickering and the room was colder than ever. Kyle never believed in the supernatural but in this moment, for the first time in his life, he started to believe. Then all of the sudden everything went still. The wind stopped, the lights went back to normal and the room suddenly became warm again. Everybody was silently looking at one another with half bewildered and half frightened looks. Of course, Charlie was the one to break the ice, “Stephen, my man, that was wild! I have no idea how you did all of that but bravo! Ill admit you had me going there for a second but now can you just tell us how you did that?” “I didn’t do it the spirits did,” Stephen said flatly. “RIIIIIIIIIGHT,” Charlie said in an unconvinced tone. “So, what now?”

“Now,” Stephen said with a wolfish grin, “we play Truth or Dare! Who wants to go first?” Everyone looked around at one another waiting for someone to volunteer. Kyle raised his hand, “what the hell. Ill go first.” For the first time in a long time, Kyle realized that he was having genuinely interesting time. He had not thought about responsibilities or his troubles at all. Kyle felt younger again and so for that reason he felt that he had to go first. “So, Kyle, would you like to pick truth or dare?” Stephen asked. Kyle thought about it and looked at Stacie and said “Truth”.

Stephen reached under the table and took out a Tupperware container with 6 folded up pieces of paper. “In this container are pieces of paper with all of our names on them. Whosever name you pick, will be the one to ask you a question that you must answer truthfully and cannot omit any details. If you pick your own name, then you get to pick who will ask you a question. If you answer falsely, then the spirits will make it known, also if you answer the question without giving all the details you will be beckoned to keep answering the question until the spirits are satisfied. If you lie or refuse to fully answer the question the person asking the question will be allowed to pick any sort of punishment of their choice.”

Kyle up this point could not tell if Stephen really believed in these spirits or not but decided to play along. Stephen held the Tupperware container above Kyle’s head and reached in and grabbed a piece of paper. He unfolded it and read aloud, “STEPHEN.” “Of course, Stephen’s name gets picked first. Hey Stephen are you sure that every piece of paper doesn’t have your name on it?” Charlie guffawed. “I’m quite sure, now gimme a second while I think of a question for Kyle.”

As Stephen was thinking, Kyle could not help but feel a little excited. “I GOT IT!” Stephen exclaimed, “What is your most embarrassing sexual fantasy?” Kyle gave Stephen a double take. “What the hell man? I am not answering that question!” Kyle exclaimed. “Stephen what kind of gross question is that? I thought we were here to have fun!” Noelle asked, “I thought we would ask fun questions like: ‘When did you lose your virginity?’ or ‘Who was your first kiss?’ not asking perverted questions that are invading our privacy.” “Guys, I just wanted to make the game a bit more exciting, we are all adults and I thought we could ask actually interesting questions rather than questions that you would ask someone in junior high,” Stephen answered defending himself.

“Well fuck that dude, I am not answering,” Kyle said flatly. “Are you refusing to answer the question?” Stephen asked in a warning tone. “Absolutely, and what’s more, what kind of friend asks that to his best friend in front of everyone?”

“The kind of friend who wanted to have a care free adventurous night with his friends. Kyle you’re always complaining about how boring your life is and how stressful it can be. I finally offer you a new adventure and you turn it down. I’m afraid that this is non compliance Kyle,” Stephen retorted. No sooner did Stephen say that an ethereal raspy voice shouted, “PENALTY”. Everyone, including Stephen jumped out of their seats when they heard that voice. “WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?” Jennifer screamed; a look of panic smeared across her face. “I told you all that this game had magic tied into it but you did not believe me. Now I need to come up with a punishment for Kyle. Hmmmm what should it be?...” Stephen said in a deliberative tone.

Kyle started to panic. He did not believe in magic and spirits but after hearing that voice he did not know what to believe. He also did not know what had gotten into his friend Stephen. His friend had always been so thoughtful and kind and tonight he was acting authoritative and rude. Something was up with his friend.

Stephen snapped his fingers and exclaimed “GOT IT. Kyle to kick off the night with the first punishment, I deem that your punishment will be incontinence! You will not be able to hold your bowels or bladder. In fact, you will not be able to sense the urge to use the bathroom at all.”

Kyle looked at Stephen and then everyone else. Everyone else stared back at him and they all universally shrugged at him. “Was something supposed to happen?” Kyle asked. “Just give it a bit of time. Magic take a bit of time to work,” Stephen said calmly. “Guys, if its okay with you all, I am going to head out. This game is starting to get a little weird for my liking,” Kyle got up from the table and started to head towards the door when he suddenly stopped. “Oh my god,” he said in complete shock, he looked back at everyone else with tears starting to form in his eyes. “I’m pissing myself!”

Kyle turned around to face everyone, a wet spot forming around his crotch and started to grow downwards down his pant legs; a yellow puddle started to form on the ground around his right shoe. Kyle looked at Stephen with a look of anger and fear, “WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?”

Stephen held a level gaze at his friend, “You broke the rules, I simply punished you for it?”

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Oh wow this is interesting. Can't wait for the next chapter. :-o

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