Kimber’s demeanor softened and she even smiled at the less experienced girls. She genuinely liked both of them, but she they were much sillier than her, and she had a hard time dealing with it. She was trying to work towards toughening them up. She sat down on her bed and pointed to the chair, “So who is sleeping on that bed and who is sleeping on the chairs pushed together?”
“I am sleeping on the bed,” Jaiden said, happy the subject had been changed. Cameron gave her a look.
“Are you kidding me?” she asked, “You could fit in my pocket. There is absolutely no way that I am sleeping on those chairs when you could quite comfortably fit on one of them,” Cameron explained.
“Paper, scissors, rock,” Jaiden declared. They instantly started the game. This was their usual method of making decisions and they didn’t need prompting to know the rules. Best of three, on “rock.” The first game Jaiden won, paper over rock. Cameron won the second (after two straight all rocks) with rock over scissors. The final game Cameron won with a second straight rock over scissor. She would get the bed.
While they were doing this, Kimber was watching. She felt a bit of a pang in her mind. She realized that she was in her fourth year on the squad and she was captain, but at this point she didn’t have a friend that was as close to her as the other two girls were to one another. She shook this thought out of her mind as the game wound up.
“Well girls, everything in Caroline closes by six o’clock. My mom gave me some money to go out to eat, but she gave me way too much. Want to go out with me?” she asked. She always felt awkward when she was trying to be generous. But the two girls didn’t seem to notice, they were excited about free food.
They walked back outside and down into the parking lot. Jaiden looked to the left and the right and was not surprised to see that there was only one restaurant on the block. She had lived outside of Caroline a few years before and knew it was a sleepy town. It looked like they were going to be eating at the Pancake House.
The girls went inside and sat down. They ordered food and generally had a good time. Occasionally Kimber felt like she was on the outside of a clique, but usually the girls seemed to warm up with her. They probably would have agreed with her. They didn’t usually see Kimber in a more relaxed manner and they started to feel the tension melt away. By the time they signed the check, they were all getting along better than ever before.
They walked out of the restaurant and looked down either side of the street. It was just barely getting dark but there was no one out. The street lights were on and all of the store fronts in the area were closed down. There was a movie theater on the corner, but it was only open on Friday and Saturday night, which meant that it was back to the hotel for the girls. They walked casually across the street and up to their room and walked in.
They flopped down in their respective beds (“bed” being the chair for Jaiden). They sat quietly for a few minutes and then Kimber laughed a little bit, “You guys want to do something?” she asked. It was now only 6 o’clock. They didn’t have to wake up until 10 the next morning, so there was no pressing need to get to sleep. They needed to figure out a way to kill a few hours. Despite the early hour, they all prepared for bed then settled down on their beds.
“Watch a movie?” Jaiden suggested. Kimber shrugged her shoulders and turned on the TV. Television in San Clemente was very limited. The US government limited the kinds of satellites dishes which could be installed and as a result, all television programs besides some of the more bland documentaries produced by PBS were made on the island. They flipped around for a short period of time.
“Aaah, this sucks,” Kimber groaned, turning the TV off and throwing the remote onto the floor. They sat quietly again for a few minutes, “Okay seriously, let’s figure out something fun to do.” For once, it was a good thing that Kimber was in the mood to take charge. Beyond being bored, Kimber realized she was feeling a little bit horny. She always got turned on for sleepover situations. She thought that it might be fun to play something a little bit naughty before going to bed. Besides, there was something about more demure girls that Kimber always liked; they were so easy to control.
“Well you guys have any ideas?” she asked. She didn’t want anyone to be able to say that she didn’t give people chances to make decisions.
“I got nothing, my best idea is to try TV again,” Jaiden admitted, yawning a bit.
“Same,” Cameron added.
“Want to play a game?” Kimber asked in a somewhat naughty voice that got the attention of the other girls. She was lying on her stomach on the bed and they both turned and looked at her.
“You bring a game?” Cameron asked, she could feel something in Kimber, even across the room. She was a bit of a predator.
“No, I thought we would play some truth or dare,” Kimber explained, rolling over on the bed and sitting up at the head board.
“Ok,” Jaiden said, surprised by how quickly she had answered. It was as if the word wanted to jump out of her mouth before she had a chance to change her mind. She hopped off of her makeshift bed and sat down on the foot of Kimber’s. She was wearing a large t-shirt, bra, and panties and look quite innocent sitting Indian style on the edge of the bed. Kimber, on the other hand, looked a bit more grown up. She was wearing a spaghetti strap night gown which accentuated her breasts and flared out from there, covering only to her upper thighs. They both looked over at Cameron expectedly. She was wearing a short tight t-shirt with no bra and tight boxer shorts, her pierced navel was exposed and drew Kimber’s attention. She didn’t know what was happening to her, but the excitement of several hours alone with these girls was starting to entice her.
Cameron hesitated for a minute. She was an outgoing girl, but only in the most superficial way. She was nervous about her privacy and was nervous about saying or doing too much. But she saw Jaiden looking at her and smiling gently. She knew she could trust her friend, and so she said, “sure,” and trotted over to the bed and sat down next to her friend.
“Okay, it was my idea, so I get to ask someone first,” Kimber said, skipping any preliminaries and jumping into the game, “and, since Jaiden signed up first I am going to ask her first. Jaiden, truth or dare?”
“Truth,” Jaiden said without hesitation. She didn’t feel as though she had anything to be embarrassed about. Anything she had ever done or thought, she was open to explore. It was the possibility of doing one of those things in a dare she feared. She knew she would eventually be guilted into doing a dare, but felt it was best to avoid doing so until it was absolutely necessary. Kimber, for her part, was neither excited nor disappointed. She was ready for any situation.
“Okay Jaiden,” she began, “why didn’t you show up to practice three days last week?” the key was to get people in the mood to answer easy questions and do simple tasks first. Then you could really find out interesting things about them later.
“Oh, yeah,” Jaiden said, surprised by the mundane question, “My grandma was in from Athens. She is real old and so when she comes in my mom likes me to see her in case she can’t come back again.” There wasn’t a hint of sadness in her voice and in reality she didn’t particularly care for her grandma. “Okay, Cameron. Truth or Dare?”
“Dare,” Cameron said quickly. Jaiden was a bit disappointed; she prided herself on her probing “truths” while playing this game.
“Fine,” she said, her disappointment a bit obvious in her voice, “I dare you to moon the window for ten seconds,” it was a sudden burst of inspiration. The girls all giggled.
It was a matter of honor to commit to your dare, regardless of it zaniness and there was no thought in Cameron’s mind of avoiding her duty. She hopped off of the bed and walked over to the window. She pulled the shades opened and looked outside. It was dark now and Caroline was completely dead. She really didn’t have anything to fear. She turned her back to the window and slid her thumbs into her pants and pulled them down below her ass. She pushed her cheeks against the glass while Jaiden howled with laughter. Kimber was a bit more reserved, but she still thought it was pretty funny. Finally, she shouted “ten” and pulled her pants up and walked back to the bed. She sat down and looked at Kimber.
“Truth or dare?” she asked without another word.
“Hmmm,” Kimber thought, she was always indecisive on this issue because she wanted to do both, “truth.”
“Okay,” Cameron said, running her hand through her blue hair, “What class of Hish are you?” she asked. Jaiden stifled a giggle. This was a slightly rude question to ask as it was considered to not be the business of people who were not very close to you. Further, Kimber was a very strong person and a natural born leader. This made people assume she was an A-class Hish. If she was it would confirm the stereotype and if she was not it would make her look like she was acting like someone she was not. Fortunately, Kimber was proud of who she was.
“I am an A-class,” she explained. Jaiden’s eyes flashed, she had never seen an A-class Hish naked before, and there was something enticing about knowing for an absolute fact that she was talking to one right now. Cameron just felt that she had confirmed all of her beliefs.