White Noise (sequel to Blackout)

Ch 12 - Janitor's Closet

"You can kiss my ass, Hood!" Alexis yelled angrily. The boys, however, were laughing their asses off.

"Oh, come on, Lex!" Michael told her. "It's a dare! We have to do the dares, remember? No matter what!"

"You've got to be fucking kidding me. No offense, Michael, but there's no way in hell I'm sucking you off in a janitor's closet."

He seemed to think about this for a minute, before conceding. "Okay, fine. You don't have to."

I knew that Lex was fully aware that none of us, including Michael, expected her to do such a thing anyway. It was just a joke and throwback to the dare that brought Calum and me together. Her reaction was hilarious nonetheless. But when Michael gave her an out, she noticeably relaxed. "Well, thank God."

"We'll do it in a classroom instead."

This brought on a whole new round of laughter from the boys and even from me. I felt bad for my friend, but I had to hand it to Michael. He was pretty persistent when he wanted something. It was certainly no secret that he wanted Alexis. And he loved nothing more than goving her a hard time.

"No!"

"Bathroom?"

"Stop."

"Dean's office?"

"Michael! I'm not sucking your dick anywhere inside or outside this school!"

Lex was getting more and more agitated, and if Michael kept it up, I was sure she was going to kill him. Calum must have noticed, too, because he decided to speak up.

"Alright, alright. That's enough, you two. Lex, you're off the hook. I take back my dare."

"Hey!" Michael protested.

"Sorry, dude," Calum shrugged, before turning back to Lex. "How about a truth instead?"

"Fine," Lex agreed. "As long as it doesn't have anything to do with Michael's penis."

"Hey!" Michael shouted again, obviously offended.

"Don't worry, Michael," I told him, giving him a consoling pat on the back. "I'm sure you have a very nice penis."

"Hey!" This time, the exclamation came from Calum. "The only penis you need to be worrying about is mine, got it?"

"Good Lord, why am I friends with you people?" Luke grumbled as he shook his head.

Before we got into a heated debate on penises, Ashton decided it was time to rein us in. "Okay, guys. That's enough penis talk for now. Calum, I believe you still owe Alexis a truth."

"Oh, yeah. Okay, um..." He paused for a bit while he thought of the perfect question. After a moment, his face lit up. "Have you ever kissed another girl?"

Instead of acting ashamed or embarrassed, Alexis just snorted. "I'm surprised you don't already know the answer to this one, Hood."

"Huh?" Calum asked, confused. "Why would I already know the answer?"

"Oh, I don't know," Lex laughed. "Maybe because the only girl I've ever kissed is your girlfriend."

Calum's reaction was priceless. All of the boys' were, actually. Luke's mouth dropped as he looked back and forth between Lex and me, occasionally shooting a nervous glance towards Calum. Ashton started giggling uncontrollably. Michael let out a "fuck yeah!" and started clapping. And Calum. Poor Calum. He couldn't decide if he should be upset, jealous, or a little turned on. He just stood there with his mouth open sputtering incoherently.

He finally turned to me with a shocked look. "What... I don't... When did this happen?!"

"College," I answered with a shrug. "It was actually in a game of truth or dare, ironically enough."

Michael opened his mouth to say something, but Lex cut him off. "Don't even think about daring us to recreate it. It's not happening." His shoulders slumped in defeat.

I turned my attention back to Calum. "Don't worry, babe. I'd much rather kiss you. Lex is no competition."

"Understandable," Lex commented. "But just know that I'm slightly offended by that statement."

"You'll always be my number one, Lex," I responded, blowing her a kiss. We shared a smile and a wink before Luke spoke up, changing the subject.

"As informative as all of this has been, we actually didn't bring you here to see a janitor's closet. Let's keep moving, shall we?"

He led us to the end of the hallway before making a left turn and continuing further into the depths of the school. We made it a good distance to wherever it was we were going until we were stopped again, this time by Calum.

"Alright, girls. Close your eyes."

"What the fuck?" Alexis sighed. "This again?"

"Seriously," I agreed. "Why all the secrecy?"

Ashton snorted at my statement. "Really? Out of everyone on the planet, you two have the least amount of right to complain about secrets and being kept in the dark."

"He's got a point, babe," Calum told me. "You girls led us around a strange city during a complete blackout in the middle of the night without giving us any hints or clues as to where we were going."

"But..."

"No buts!" Michael exclaimed. "Suck it up and close your eyes."

I looked towards Lex, and we shared a shrug. There was really no point in arguing with them. "Fine," I sighed, closing my eyes as asked. Calum placed a hand on my waist and led me carefully towards our destination. Apparently, Michael had been selected to help Alexis because after few steps down the hall, I heard a slap followed by a loud "Ow!" from Michael.

"Put your hand down there again, and you'll lose it," Lex told him sternly. She received a mumbled "yes, ma'am" in response.

We finally reached our destination, and the boys helped us sit in a couple of waiting chairs.

"Can we open our eyes now?" I asked warily.

"No!" Ashton shouted in response. "Just a few more minutes. Let us get ready."

"Get ready for what? Should we be scared?"

Luke was the one to answer this time. "Stop being so nosy! We're almost done."

I strained to listen to the noises in the room, but it just sounded like they were moving things around. I grew more and more anxious with every minute that passed, until finally, Calum spoke up.

"Okay! Open your eyes!"

It took a minute to get our bearings, but once we realized where we were, Lex and I both let out a squeal.

"Oh, no fucking way!" she shouted from beside me, unable to hold in her excitement.

"Yes fucking way," Calum answered, obviously thrilled with our response. "Welcome to the music room, ladies. You're in for quite the treat."