Title: Hello Brooklyn by All Time Low

"LET THE SLUMBER PARTY BEGIN!" Justin shouts and tosses a cooler filled with wine coolers onto the couch. Rian sits down next to Tay.

"First on the agenda is a good old-fashioned game of karaoke. Also, we have to wait for the pizza," Lisa says. She turns on the TV. "So, I'm not cool enough to own an actual karaoke machine, so we're using YouTube lyric videos... Who's going first?" 

"Vic should go!" Kellin says. Vic's jaw drops and gives him an incredulous look. "We've never heard him sing."

Just as Vic is about to say something, the doorbell rings. Tay and I run to the door. 

"Order for Lisa?"

"That's me," Lisa says from behind us. The man hands us four pizzas. Lisa pays and waves him goodbye. "Ah, what a nice time to be alive," she says and closes the door. "Imagine being a teen with no access to unlimited pizza."

Tay and I shrug and bring the pizzas into the kitchen. 

"MAMA OOOHHH-" Justin screeches the lyrics to the Queen song.

"PIZZA IS HERE!" Lisa shouts. Everyone stops what they're doing and runs. "Ah, just like crazy dogs," Lisa says and hands out plates.

"Justin, I dare you to-"

"No no no, it isn't truth or dare time yet. I'm also not drunk enough yet," Justin cuts Kellin off and grabs a slice. "Also, ya boy hungry."

"Alex, eat-" Lisa hands me a plate. I grab a slice. "Good," she says and walks to the table. 

"Hey, you okay?" Tay whispers. I give her a look. "You've been acting kind of... Weird. Is it about what happened yesterday?" 

"Nah," I grab some fruit. "I'm just a little tired, that's all."

We walk over to the table where Justin is sitting on Kellin. 

"Get off me-" Kellin whines as the rest of the table laughs. "Justin, I can't breathe," Kellin groans. Vic just laughs and pats Kellin's head. "Viccy help me." Kellin looks at Vic pleadingly. 

"Alright, Hills, get off of Kellin or else I'll snap your dick off," Vic barks. Justin gasps and rolls off Kellin's lap. Kellin thanks Vic and stares at Justin.

"I'm fine by the way," Justin shouts. 

~~~

"Alexander, I dare you to kiss Tay on the lips," Justin slurs his words. "I will sit here and watch. It better be passionate or else I'll sue the school."

Tay and I look at each other. I pull her towards me and place a peck on her lips. Justin just groans in annoyance. 

"Lis, truth or-"

"Dare me up. This game is getting boring," she interrupts me.

"I dare you to call Andy and confess that you're in love with Juliet." Everyone gasps and some start laughing. 

"Can it be anonymous?" Lisa asks slowly. I nod. She sighs and calls Andy. 

"Put it on speaker!" I say. 

She taps the speaker button. 

"Hello?" Andy speaks through the phone.

"Hi Andrew, I'm in love with Juliet so can you like... Fuck off?" Lisa says, pretending to slur her words, and purposely changing her voice to sound like someone else. 

"What... I don't-"

"Whatever. You men are pigs and I hope you realize that I fucking love Juliet more than you ever could you... male... ghostbuster."

Then, Andy hangs up. 

"Seriously? Male ghostbuster?" Kellin covers his face as he laughs. "Holy shit that was a mess."

"I'm never gonna show my face again. Goodbye as I sink into the depths of this blanket," Lisa sighs and pulls a blanket over herself, covering her whole body. "Oh right, Rian truth or dare?"

"Dare. We might as well just do dare or dare," Rian says. Everyone nods. After a few wine coolers and whatever the fuck this beer is, we're all slightly buzzed and feel the need to embarrass the shit out of ourselves. 

"I dare you to make out with Alex," Lisa mumbles. She pokes her out of the blanket and winks at me. 

Rian crawls over and sighs. "How long?"

"Ten seconds," Lisa shrugs. "I'm not in the mood for a whole minute."

Vic holds up ten fingers. "I'll be the countdown."

"Sorry," Rian says before grabbing my collar and pressing his lips against mine. He wraps his arms tightly around me and deepens the kiss. 

I don't even think too much before kissing back, just as Vic shouts, "TIME'S UP."

I pull away and gasp. "Top ten things I wasn't prepared for," I joke. Rian laughs nervously and scoots away. 

"Hot," Justin says.

"Um... Kellin, truth or- I mean," Rian clears his throat. All of us agreed to dare or dare. "I dare you to flirt with Vic. Thirty seconds. Go."

Kellin turns to Vic. "I like the way your voice makes words... And the way your eyes are uh- round? And how you... walk around like a- uh... Fancy horse? I think you're very cute like a bunny and sweet like... Sour Patch Kids? Wait those are sour- I mean- you're not sour- you're sweet- what the fuck is sweet- uh- OH- SKITTLES!"

"Time's up," Tay says. 

"That was the worst thing I've seen in a long time," Rian groans. "His eyes are round. How flirty of you to point out."

Kellin facepalms and sighs with regret. "I've never really flirted on the spot."

Lisa just shakes her head in disappointment. "I thought I raised you better than this."

"Whatever," Kellin pouts. He crosses his arms. Vic just laughs and wraps an arm over Kellin's shoulders. "I- uh- Tay, I dare you to flirt with Lisa. Same time limit."

Tay grins. "Hey," she starts out, her voice sounding lower than usual. "You know, I've seen a lot of girls around here, but I've never seen anyone quite like you. But I can't put my finger on it. Maybe we should go somewhere more... Private, so I can figure it out."

"Time's up- holy fuck, I'm horny," Justin says. "Not the whole girl with girl thing, but Tay. For fuck's sake, I feel like I was reading some not very family friends stuff if you know what I mean."

Tay rolls her eyes and winks at Kellin. "See, it isn't hard."

"But I am-"

"Shut up, Justin," Lisa shouts.

"Oh well fuck, looks like Tay's getting a date and I'm not," Kellin sighs. "I guess I'll just wait until someone flirts with me."

Tay just laughs. "Alex, I dare you to call... either Trace or Jack and tell them you hate them."

"I don't have Trace's number," I mumble. 

"Looks like you're calling Jack."

I press my lips together. "Fine." I reach over and have another drink, this time, I down it quickly. 

"Woah, slow down," Lisa intervenes. 

I call Jack and put it on speaker. "Jack," I grunt, trying to sound angry and... Not drunk.

"Alex? Are you okay? You never call me... Wait- did Trace hurt you? If he hurt you again, I swear to God I'll kill him. I told him to back off and-"

"I hate you," I blurt out. 

Silence. 

"I've hated you since the day we met and... Uh- I don't like your face."

"Alex?" 

My heart breaks. He doesn't usually sound sad. I don't know if anyone else noticed though. I just bite my lower lip and wait for him to say something. 

"I get it. I deserved that."

I wince and close my eyes. 

"I told you, you're allowed to hate me because I deserve every part of it. As guilty as you let yourself feel, you shouldn't. I hurt you."

"He hurt you?" Vic whisper-shouts. 

I ignore him. "I hate you," I say softly, hoping he'd realize this is because of a stupid dare.

"Wait..." Jack mumbles something. "Alex, why are you drunk?"

My eyes widen as I finally look up at the group. Everyone has a confused look or shocked look. "Jack, I-"

"I know you're drunk. Why?" Jack asks again. Tay shoots me a questioning look.

"Nothing, I gotta go," I say quickly and hang up. I put my phone away while everyone just stares in confusion. 

"What the fuck just happened?" Justin stands up. "First of all, he hurt you? When? I've never seen him go near you like that. Second of all, he sounded genuinely worried? Third, he said you should hate him- and he didn't act angry at all? FOURTH, HE KNEW YOU WERE DRUNK WHEN YOU DIDN'T EVEN SOUND DRUNK."

"Maybe it's because we're all slightly drunk we don't realize it," I say quickly. "He's probably playing the guilty card."

Tay shakes her head. "No, Alex that-"

"Drop it," Rian says. "Alex, your turn."

I shoot him a thankful look. "Uh, Vic, I dare you to be brutally honest to Kellin."

Vic looks at Kellin and retracts his arm from over him. "Kellin... I think you're great and amazing, and if we were both gay, we'd make the cutest couple."

What? 

Kellin's eyes seem to go sad the second Vic says it. Kellin smiles nonetheless. "Agreed," he says softly. 

Vic nods and clamps his hands together. 

"Alright, it's kinda late, and we're pretty drunk. We should sleep now," Lisa says. "And no, I don't care. It's 2 am."

We pull out our pillows and blankets and make little areas for ourselves. Rian pulls his next to me. 

"Are you okay?" He whispers softly. 

I nod and fix my pillow. "I'm fine."