Moments after Ava and I rang the bell to the house, Leon's face appeared around the door. Ava and Leon instantly made awkward eye contact for an oddly lengthened amount of time before Ava finally looked away rapidly.

I cleared my throat to break up the uncomfortable silence. "Erm, hey," I sang brightly. Snapping out of the weird daze he was in, Leon stepped out of the way of the door. "Oh sorry, come in," he said as he gave us a polite smile.

Similarly like on Sebastian's birthday, Leon led us down the stairs of his house and down to the basement.

Soon enough the stairs gave a view to the little den that I remembered from a few weeks ago. My eyes drew to Sebastian's first, who was sitting on the sofa busily pouring himself a drink. Sat opposite to him was Blaire who had her feet cocked up on the coffee table while fiddling with the end of her hair.

The two of them glanced up at us as we started making out way down the last few steps.

Like usual my heart and stomach did the most stupid of somersaults the second Sebastian's eyes locked with mine. There was just something about the damn stupid way he looked at me, that always felt so intense. And now that feeling had tripled, now that I'd actually kissed him.

"Oh good, you guys are finally here," Blaire called out in relief.

As we made our way deeper into the room, I noticed Sebastian's eyes following me around the room while taking unsubtly quick glances of me up and down. No, Phoebe you do not like the way he is looking at you right now, you don't care at all. You are not at all thinking about how hot it was when he pinned you up against the wall this morning. You're ignoring him.

Looking around the room, I tried to analyze where to sit, and quickly decided on a solitary armchair, a decent few spaces away from Sebastian. I figured it was the safest place to sit since it was arguably the furthest, I could sit away from him, without leaving the room. Lord, knows that I'd proven I couldn't control myself around him.

Leon, a lot less fussy about choosing his seat flopped down on the sofa beside his sister, leaving Ava to take the only available space next to Sebastian. I couldn't help but feel a little jealous as she settled herself snugly in right next to him, wishing I could be in her place instead.

Once everyone was settled, Blaire sat forward in her seat with a smile. "So..any preferences for what we want to play?"

"Why don't we just play that stupid new game you bought, Truth it or consequence?" Sebastian suggested.

"Ooo, that sounds like It'll be fun," Ava added with a smile.

Blaire plucked up an amused brow and turned to Sebastian. "Really? You know a lot of the challenges for not telling the truth, are drink related, right? I thought you hated drinking," she scoffed.

"Yeah, I know," Sebastian shrugged. "That's why I'm going, to tell the truth."

Blaire just smiled before turning back to the rest of us. "So, is everyone else happy with the game then? It's basically like truth or dare but just with truths. You just pick a card, and if you can't handle the truth then you have to take a shot. It's a pretty simple game," she rambled in explanation.

"I'm sensing I don't really get an opinion on this," Leon mumbled flatly.

"And you'd be absolutely correct," Blaire replied with a patronizing wink. "And what about you, Phoebe? You in?" Blaire said as she turned to me.

I hesitated before speaking and shuffled nervously on the chair. "Er...yeah, I suppose," I said slowly. In all honesty, being forced to tell the truth in front of Sebastian was the last thing in the world I wanted to do. God, knows what kind of things might be written on those game cards.

Needing only that for confirmation to start, Blaire hopped off her place on the sofa and after rummaging through some cupboards in the corner, returned with a stack of cards, a bottle of vodka, and some tiny little shot glasses.

We watched her shuffle them for a while before she placed them confidently down in the centre of the table.

"There, all ready," she announced. "Who's first?"

"You know what, I'll just get it over with now," Leon muttered with an irritated sigh as he shuffled toward the edge of the sofa. Leaning over, he grabbed the first card from the top of the deck before turning it slowly around to face him.

His eyes fanned over the card.

"Who in this room irritates you the most?" Leon read aloud.

"Easy, Blaire," Leon said without missing a beat.

Sebastian let out a snort of laughter at the speed of his statement.

"You could have at least pretended to think about it," Blaire snapped as she threw her brother a spirited look.

Sebastian still laughing, decided it was his go next and leaned forward across the table and lazily snatched up a card. He turned it over to read, and his eyes scanned over the text for quite some time, his smile slowly fading. There was a slight darting motion to his eye, that I easily picked up as panic. I was instantly on edge, wondering what it said.

"What's it, say?" Ava spoke out curiously, stealing the question from my mind.

Sebastian finally looked up and nervously scratched the back of his neck. "Erm...it says who in the circle, would you most like to sleep with? And I get a bonus point if I kiss their cheek," he finally spoke out rather stiffly.

My heart instantly started racing, the second the question was spoken, terrified of his response. There was no good option. If he kissed Leon, I'd be extremely confused. If he kissed Ava or Blaire on the cheek, I was going to feel sick with jealousy. And if he kissed me on the cheek, then Ava was going to feel awful. I was doomed from all angles.

"Well, what are you waiting for lover boy, start selecting," Blaire goaded with a wink, seeming to get a kick out of pissing Sebastian off.

I notice Ava glancing over at Sebastian curiously, only making me feel more anxious. God, this was a disaster.

With a heavy sigh, Sebastian chucked his card on the table and rose to his feet. He didn't even seem to hesitate before stepping over Ava's legs to make his way past. For a second, I thought he was going to stop right by her, but he instead kept going and made his way around the table to where Blaire and I were sitting.

Finally, letting his eyes rest on mine, he smiled a little then shrugged. "Sorry, Brooks, but I want my bonus point." Then my heart hammered in surprise as he grabbed my chin and leaned over me before placing a lingering kiss on my cheek.

My face felt like it was burning as he pulled away, and I didn't dare look in Ava's direction. Sebastian completely oblivious to how awkward he'd just made things for me gave me a final wink before casually making his way back to his place on the sofa beside Ava.

That's when I felt my phone buzz against the side of my thigh. Sliding my phone out of my pocket, my eyes laid on a text message from Ava.

As I clicked on it, I saw it read: 'You sure, you don't like him? Because he certainly likes you!!"

Briefly looking up, I locked eyes with the intensely panicked ones of Ava's, and I swallowed nervously.

With a deep sigh, I started typing out another lie, too scared of losing her as a friend, to tell the truth.

Me: Yes, I definitely don't like him, don't worry.

The second I sent the text; I saw Ava's shoulder sag in relief from the other side of the room. Then throwing me a quick smile, she pocketed her phone.

Ava was next to pick a card, and she cleared her throat lightly as she prepared to read. "How many people have you kissed?" she read aloud. Ava stared at the card for a handful of seconds before immediately reaching for the bottle of vodka and pulling herself a shot. She downed it in seconds, clearly not too eager to share her kiss count.

It made me sad to watch her do it, knowing she must still be feeling self-conscious about what happened the other night. A week ago, Ava would never be shy about sharing the amount of people she's been with.

Realizing it was my go next, I reluctantly reached for the card at the top of the stack before lifting it up to read.

"Who in the room are you most sexually attracted to?" I read aloud without even thinking. The second the last word rolled off my tongue, did I realize how terrible the question was. My blood ran cold, and I just stared down at the question in silence. There were no safe options. If I was honest and picked Sebastian, Ava would know I was lying to her, and if I took a shot then Ava would know I had something to hide.

I could see from the corner of my eyes that Sebastian was smirking a little and watching me intensely as though he knew exactly what was going on in my head. He was such a cocky asshole; there was a chance that the answer wasn't him.

I fiddled anxiously with the edge of the paper and scanned my way across all my friends. "Erm, Leon, I guess," I finally mumbled in a moment of panic before quickly averting my eyes till I was staring up at the ceiling.

The room went completely silent.

I found the courage to look at Leon first and saw he was now sitting incredibly stiffly and looked like he wanted to drop off the face of the earth and die. And the answer to why was obvious. I wasn't even looking in Sebastian's direction, but I could already feel that he was pissed.

Daring to look in his direction, I saw him staring at me with a jaw so tight, I was scared it would break in two.

He was trying to conceal his emotions a little, but it wasn't even remotely working, and everybody could feel the uncomfortable energy he was radiating around the room.

And I couldn't exactly blame him, could I? He'd picked me for his round and been all cute by kissing me and stuff, and I'd now completely fucked him over by picking someone else.

"Anyway, now that awkwardness is out the way, it's time for my go...," Blaire said with a nervous laugh, clearly trying to brush away the tension that was lingering around the room.

I could barely focus through Blaire's go and was too busy analyzing how mad Sebastian was at me.

This continued for quite some time and before I knew it, I saw Sebastian reaching to take his next card.

Suddenly paying attention, I watched as he snatched up the next available card to read. I sat tensely, praying the card would be something that wouldn't make things awkward for me. He looked down at the card, and his brow lifted up slightly.

"Who was your first kiss?" he finally read aloud before dropping the card onto his lap.

My shoulders sagged with relief, overjoyed that it was a safe truth. To be honest, I was incredibly interested in the answer myself. Since I'd missed out on being Sebastian's friend through most of his mid-teen years, there was quite a bit I didn't get to see him experience.

Sebastian seemed to hesitate on his answer for whatever reason.

"Well?" I probed jokingly, starting to feel a little impatient.

Upon the sound of my voice, Sebastian looked up and locked eyes with me. "Well, you," he finally said. "You were my first kiss."

My heart stopped.

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