"Pete? You ready, bro? Anytime now." Andy said, waving a few fingers in front of his spaced-out friend.

"Oh! Yeah." Pete took a deep breath and swallowed hard, closing his eyes briefly. He was ready to tell them his big secret. He kept his eyes shut as he murmured the words. "Iwnpattshvhfrapmys."

"What?"

"Wait, what did he just murmur?"

"Pete, nobody heard that!"

Pete took another deep inhale. "Iwntptrcktshvhsfdrpmss!" He whispered

"Pete! We cannot hear you!" Joe said.

"I WANT PATRICK TO SHOVE HIS FEDORA UP MY ASS!" Pete yelled before hiding his face in my hands.

Silence.

Nobody spoke.

It was so silent, even the crickets would be stunned, had there been any.

A full minute passed.

"Well then." Frank said.

More silence.

"We'll talk later, okay?" Patrick said quietly to Pete.

Pete nodded in shame.

"Well, Pete it's your turn to pick someone." Dallon said, trying to make things less uncomfortable and move on.

"Andy, truth or dare." Pete said, his voice slightly muffled from his hands that still covered his face.

"Dare."

"Break this awkwardness." Pete groaned.

"Huh, okay. How is uh, how is everyone's day today? Oh wait, that's a dumb question, we're all stranded on a remote island, everyone had a rough day. How's the um, weather out? Oh no, that's dumb it's freezing right now. Anyone have any weird dreams last night?" Andy said.

No one answered.

"We swam all night last night, didn't we? Right." Andy turned red, embarrassed at how much more awkward he made the situation.

"Well I failed so we're gonna move on now. Brendon, truth or dare?"

"Truth!"

"What's the biggest lie you ever said?" Andy asked.

"Once I told a bunch of people 'I'm not gay but I will su-"

"Enough, Brendon!" Ryan shouted. "We all know where this story is going!"

"In reality I am gay and I most certainly will su-"

"Enough!"

"Fine then, you big jerk. Dallon, truth or dare?" Brendon said, moving on and playfully nudging Ryan.

"Me? Dare I guess."

"Kiss me."

Everybody froze. Nobody dared move a muscle.

"You heard me, kiss me."

Dallon stared at Brendon. His eyes showed a complicated mixture of desire, hesitation, and guilt. "Bu- but..."

"You can't back down, Dallon! Kiss him." Joe taunted.

Ryan rolled his eyes and crossed his arms, glaring at Dallon.

"Well I mean, if you dared me to I guess I have to..."

He scooched over to Brendon, admiring his face in the dim light of the fire. They held strong eye contact until Brendon's eyelids fluttered shut. Dallon nervously leaned in and his heart skipped a beat when he felt their lips connect in the dark. They kissed for a good twenty one seconds until Dallon started to get his tongue involved.

"Annnnnd that's where I end this." Ryan said as he grabbed Brendon's hips from behind and pulled him away from Dallon. "That just crossed a line."

"Wow I just kissed uh... wow." Brendon said to himself in shock.

Dallon got back in his originally spot. He seemed to be in a daze with his eyes glazed over. He remained in this strange state even when the others teased the two about the kiss. The group had a fun time joking around about it. Well, not Ryan of course.

"Dallon, your turn!" Mikey said between laughs

"You! Mikey, truth or dare?"

"Again? Fine, dare."

"I dare you to lick Ray's toe."

Everyone gasped and "ewwww"ed

"What? Ew! Why? Why, Dallon? Why?"

"Well I tried to make a joke about his last name, Toero."

"What?" Ray said quietly. He and the rest of the crowd looked confused.

"Isn't your last name 'Toe-roh?'"

"Not exactly. It's Toro." Ray said, stretching out the word "not."

"Oh... Well, do it anyway." Dallon said, not the least bit embarrassed.

Mikey whimpered as Ray carefully slid off his green Crocs. He brushed the sand off his big toe and looked up at Mikey. "Sorry bro. Haven't showed since we were back home. Good luck."

"If you die can I have your Xbox?" Gerard asked before realizing how inappropriate that was to ask.

"Uh, sure." Mikey muttered to Gerard. Ray held up his foot and Mikey slowly leaned in. It looked somewhat like the kiss between Dallon and Brendon earlier, somewhat awkward and nervous. Mikey licked Ray's toe and instantly shot his head back, coughing and sputtering while frantically wiping his mouth.

Ray looked offended.

After several more seconds of Mikey's episode, he calmed down. "Okay that was... never mind. I choose Frank."

"Truth." Frank said quickly. "After seeing poor Mikey, I will gladly take truth.

Ray looked more offended.

"What are you thinking about right now?" Mikey asked, smirking.

"Ray's toes."

"Before that. You made a weird face."

"Wow Mikey, that's really rude of you I think you need to st-"

"Don't stall. What were you thinking of. Besides, it was a good weird. You looked like a happy kind of weird."

"I can't tell you that."

"Frank, this is truth or dare." Mikey said in his warning tone. "You can't back down. Pete didn't."

"Fine. I was thinking about how... Gerard lips are slimy."

Gerard felt like his heart stopped. Frank was thinking about him? His lips? Why was he telling people this? Mikey said Frank had a sort of happy-weird look when he thought about it.

"Oooooh!"

"Oh my gosh!"

"Frankie's got a crush!"

"That totally wasn't obvious!"

"Use proper grammar next time!" 

Everyone laughed out loud and taunted the boys about what Frank admitted. Gerard tried to hide his tiny smile as he avoided Frank's eye contact nervously.

Meanwhile, Frank stared Gerard down, anxious to see Gerard's thoughts. Was he disgusted? It was a little scary to think people knew about their kisses in the past. Why did Mikey have to go and ruin everything? People weren't supposed to know they've kissed.

"Frank, your turn, who do you want to pick?"

Frank took a deep breath, recovering from what just happened. "Patrick."

"I just pick one? Patrick said, confused.

"Patrick? Where have you been this whole time?" Pete asked, cracking up.

"Here."

"But what the... Of course you pick one, that's what everybody else has done!" Pete said, wiping tears from his eyes.

"Pete, it really isn't that funny." Andy said.

"It was, but not anymore." Dallon said, shaking his head.

"Okay whatever. Yes, Patrick pick truth or dare."

"I hate both options! I guess... I pick uh... Maybe I want... Dare!"

"Okay." Frank said, thinking about a good dare.

"No! Truth!" Patrick yelled, changing his mind.

"Woah alright. What is the latest time you've stayed up?"

"12:00. On New Years. Other than that, once I stayed up until 10:30!" He said, giggling to himself.

"No! That was so lame! Give him a good old fashioned dare!" Pete said, disappointed in how easy Patrick made it through.

"Sorry, Pete. I'm fresh outta dares. You pick one."

"Patrick I dare you to say a swear."

"What! No! I can't do that!" Patrick said, gasping.

"Come on! Try it!" Everyone said.

"No, I really cannot sw- fine! I'll try!" Patrick said, starting to sweat a bit.

"G- G- Ge- Geez Louise!" Patrick exclaimed before burying his face in the hoodie Pete gave him.

"Aww boo!" Frank said. "That doesn't count! Say a real one!"

"Ahh! I can't! H-Holy smokes!" Patrick stammered.

"No!" Somebody yelled.

"Sugar snaps!" Patrick said from inside the hoodie.

"Worse!"

"Shut the front door!" A tear rolled down his cheek.

"Say the real f-bomb!"

"You flippin' fool!" Another tear.

"Come on!"

"H-E- double hockey sticks!" More tears.

"No! Try harder!"

"Gosh diddly darn it!" A small pool of tears was now visible in Pete's hoodie.

"Seriously?"

"Holy cow!" The pool turned into a pond.

"Keep trying!"

"Oh, dear!" The pond was now an ocean.

"Patrick, please! One time for me!" Pete begged, laughing hysterically again.

"GUYS I REALLY CAN NOT DO IT, OKAY?" Patrick screamed.

Silence. This time, you really could hear crickets.

"No really! Guys, I'm not joking! My mouth actually can't go in the shape I need to swear!" he said. "Look!" he attempted to force his lips into some shapes but failed badly.

"I believe you, it's okay." Pete said, hugging Patrick.

He accidentally squeezed too much and the ocean of tears that were in the hoodie now spilled out. Frank started drowning again. Gerard did "CPR" again. The fire went out. Joe cried. Everyone screamed. Once again, they were faced with darkness.