Sonny
looked at everyone else. They all seemed pretty bored. She sighed.
"Kelly's confined me to the house, and frankly I don't feel like leaving,
but that doesn't mean you guys have to be miserable with me." She said.
"Don't be silly." Tori said. "We're all hanging with you,
whether you like it or not." She smiled. Dustin picked up the pad and
paper from the floor and held it out to Sonny.
"I do believe Kelly wants you to use this." He said. Sonny glared at
him.
"Sure, after the proctologist removes it.Seeing as I'm going to shove it
up your ass if you don't get it out of my face." She asked. Dustin tossed
the pad aside.
"Right...Uh...Sorry." He said.
"Dude, that would've been pretty funny though." Hunter chuckled.
"Anything good on tv?" Shane asked, trying to break out of their
boredom.
"Nah." Dustin answered. Sonny looked at him. "I read tv listings
everyweek. There's nothing of interest on this time of the day."
"Dude, you seriously have no life." Blake snickered. Dustin rolled
his eyes.
"Whatever man."
"How about a game?" Tori suggested.
"Yeah." Dustin said. He smirked. "How about spin
the...pen?" He said chuckling.
"You do realize there isn't a even ratio of guys to girls here,
right?" Shane said.
"And I don't think Cam would appreciate people macking with Sonny."
Tori smiled. Sonny laughed.
"And I think Blake will kick our asses if we kiss you." Hunter
smirked.
"Try it and if she doesn't rearrange your face, I will." Blake
grinned. Tori rolled her eyes.
"Oh trust me, his face won't be the issue." Tori smirked. "Let's
just say, me and Lorena Bobbit will have something in common." Sonny
laughed. The two girls gave eachother low fives.
"Although, with some of them, is there much to remove?" Sonny
cracked.
"Hey, hey, hey.." Dustin, Shane and Hunter protested at the same
time.
"Dude, that was so uncool." Dustin said. "For your info I-"
"OK, let's not go there." Tori said, cutting him off.
"Yeah, next thing we know, they'll be arguing over whose is bigger."
Sonny laughed.
"And that would result in us having to kill them." Tori concluded.
"Exactly." Sonny smiled. Hunter looked at his brother.
"Bro, stick up for your gender man." He said. Blake laughed.
"No way man, I'm staying out of this."
"Dude, you're whipped." Dustin laughed, making a whipping gesture and
sound.
"And you're just mad cause the only romantic decisions you have to make is
whether to use your right or left hand." Blake smirked. Tori and Sonny
made disgusted sounds and rolled their eyes.
"OK, let's get off the male genatalia jokes, please." Sonny laughed
dryly.
"How did we get to that anyway?" Shane asked.
"I think we were all trying to figure out something to do." Tori
said.
"How about...Truth or dare?" Dustin suggested. The others considered
it.
"All right." Sonny said.
"Sounds fun." Tori agreed.
"It's something to do, so, why not." Hunter shrugged. Shane and Blake
also voiced their approvals.
"Who's first?" Dustin asked, rubbing his hands together, anticipating
any juciey secrets or hilarious actions could come up in a good ole Truth or
Dare game.
"Wait, should we set up some like boundries?" Sonny asked.
"Where's the fun in that?" Dustin snorted. Sonny rolled her eyes.
"Nothing illegal, nothing dangerous, nothing that involves the removal of
clothing." Sonny said as if she was reading off a list.
"Oh, ruin all our fun why don't ya." Hunter said, giving a mock pout.
Sonny ignored him.
"No questions involving sexual activites, preferences, etc." She
concluded. The others looked at her. "OK, I've gotten into these types of
games and some bonehead always uses it to out someone's loss of virginity or
whatever. And I think some things should be kept secret."
"All right, all right." Shane said. "Let's start."
"OK, I'll go first." Hunter said, a mischievious glint in his eyes.
He looked at Tori. "Tori, truth or dare?" Tori looked at him and
smirked confidently.
"Dare." She said. Hunter grinned.
"Wonderful." He said. "Let's see. Tori, I dare you too..."
He paused. He had had an idea for a dare, but Sonny's rules had dashed that. He
thought and saw the hall closet and sighed, giving up. "Spend 10 minutes
locked in that closet over there." Tori's smirk faded.
"Excuse me?" She said.
"Yeah, lame I know. But someone's little list of rules threw a wrech in
any other dare ideas I had." He said, casting a look at Sonny. Sonny
laughed. Tori blinked. "Well, go on." Hunter said.
"I change my mind, I choose truth." Tori said.
"You can't do that." Dustin replied.
"Tori, you chose Dare. You can't go back on a dare." Hunter said to
the blond surfer.
"Ya I know bu-" She started, but was cut off by Hunter.
"Ok good, well now that you know that, get in the closet." Hunter
said pointing towards the door. Tori looked at it as if it was going to bite
her.
"Fine." She grumbled, going to the closet. She opened the door and
stepped in. Blake came up behind her and closed the door. Tori shut her eyes as
the darkness engulfed her.
"And the time starts.Now." Hunter said as he set the stopwatch
setting on his watch.
"So, now what do we do for ten minutes, Tori can't take her turn from in
there." Sonny said.
"After a while she'll get bored and we'll let her out." Shane said.
"I doubt the hall closet is very exciting." He smirked. Sonny
laughed.
Tori squeezed her eyes shut as she heard her friends laughing outside. Her
heart rammed rapidly in her chest. She gulped and tried to keep herself calm.
"It's only ten minutes." She whispered to herself. "It's
nothing." Blake stood by the door. Something didn't feel right. He had
caught the slight look of fear in Tori's eyes when he shut the door.
"Hey, Tori, you all right?" He asked.
"Of course she's all right." Hunter said, waving his hand
dismissively. "Bro, just sit and relax." He said. Blake looked back
at the closet and then at Hunter. Hesitantly he went and sat back down on the
couch.
The minutes felt like long painful hours to Tori. She sat down and pulled her
knees to her chest, laying her head on her knees. She started finding it hard
to breath in the small space as her heart sped up like a crazed jackhammer.
"Guys.." She choked out. "I think I've been in here long
enough..You can let me out now." Blake sat up, about to stand up to go to
the door. Hunter looked at his watch.
"It's only been five minutes." Hunter said loudly so Tori could hear.
"You've still got some time."
"Please.." Tori whimpered softly. Sonny looked at Hunter.
"Maybe we should let her out." She said. Hunter rolled his eyes.
"Is wittle Tori afraid of the dark?" Hunter laughed. Blake shot him a
glare. "What? I'm just playing around." Hunter said. Tori got up from
the floor and tried opening the door. It was locked. She banged on the door.
"Please let me out." She cried out desperately. Sonny blinked as
something dawned on her.
"Oh my gosh.." She muttered. Hunter, Dustin, Shane and Blake looked
at her.
"What?" Shane asked. He laughed. "Tori's just playing around,
joking."
"Get me out of here!" Tori screeched, startling the others.
"What the hell." Hunter said. "Tori, it's only been six minutes,
what the hell is your problem?" Sonny glared at him.
"She's claustraphobic, stupid." Sonny said. The others looked at her,
they obviously didn't know.
"What?" Hunter said. Blake jumped to his feet.
"I'm getting her out of there." He went to the door and tried to open
it. "It won't open." Tori tried beating at the door.
"Blake.Please get me out of here." She sobbed.
"Hold on." Blake said, trying to keep her calm. He looked at Sonny.
"Is there a key to this door or something?" He asked. Sonny nodded.
"It's somewhere in Kels' room." She stood up and went to Kelly's room
trying to find the key. Hunter raised an eyebrow and looked at Shane and
Dustin.
"Did you guys know about this?" He asked. They shook their heads.
"Not a clue.." Dustin said. Tori crumbled to the floor, trembling,
crying and hyperventilating. Sonny finally found the key and rushed back out,
tossing it to Blake. Blake quickly unlocked the door and pulled it open. He saw
Tori sitting huddled on the floor. He sat beside her and wrapped his arms
around her, pulling her close.
"Oh my gosh." He said. "Are you all right?" He asked
worriedly. Tori didn't say a word as she tried to breath normally.
"I..I'm sorry." She whimpered softly. "I just...Small spaces
freak me out.." Blake felt bad for her, and felt bad for the part he had
in the whole thing. He should've stood by her when she tried to get out of the
dare.
"It's OK, It's OK." He said soothingly as he rubbed her back gently.
After a while, Tori's trembling subsided and she stopped hyperventilating as
her heart rate went back to normal. Blake got up and helped her to her feet. He
led her back to the couch and let her sit down. He sat next to her and held her
close. The others watched her silently.
"Are you all right?" Sonny finally asked. Tori nodded.
"Man, I'm sorry." Hunter apologized. "I had no idea." He
said. "I didn't mean to upset you." Tori sighed.
"It's OK. I should've said something." She said.
"How is it that we never knew?" Shane asked, indicating himself and
Dustin. Tori shrugged.
"I guess I was just kind of embarrassed about it. It's so stupid."
"Hey, Shane's scared of spiders." Dustin smiled. "No need to
feel weird." Shane cast Dustin a dirty look. "Well you are! Tori said
so herself. Remember with that whole clo.." He paused when he saw Shane
and Tori give him warning looks. He had actually forgotten Sonny was there.
".Uh..Clothes..Thing."
"What clothes thing?" Sonny asked.
"Uh.." Dustin said.
"Well.I...Dragged them clothes shopping once.." Tori said quickly.
"And Shane was all whining saying he had an intense fear of, well, malls,
and I laughed at said that he was scared of itsy bitsy spiders, not
malls."
"Oh." Sonny said. The others were silent. Tori sighed.
"Oh great, don't tell me my freak out has now ruined the Truth or dare
festivities." Tori said.
"Well, I guess we're thinking that no one wants to play anymore."
Shane shrugged.
"Hey, it's OK, I'm fine. It was an honest mistake, you guys didn't
know." Tori sighed. She hated everyone feeling sorry for her. Sonny looked
at her and nodded,
"All right, fine. New rule though, if at any moment someone refuses to do
a dare, they have the ability to get another option. That cool?" She said.
Everyone nodded, agreeing with the new rule.
"OK, so it's my turn now, right?" Tori said. "Excellent."
"Why do I get a feeling she's going to get me back?" Hunter asked.
Tori laughed.
"Oh no, Hunter. I wouldn't dream of it. At least not when you're expecting
it." She grinned.
"Oh, that makes me feel so much better." Hunter chuckled. Tori looked
at Shane.
"Shane, truth or dare?" She asked. Shane looked at Tori like she had
grown three heads and was speaking Spanish.
"Why me?!" The dark haired ranger practically yelled at Tori who was
grinning wildly.
"Because my friend, everyone needs to go and so I picked you. Now truth or
dare?" The blond wind ranger told Shane. Shane shamefully dropped his head
knowing that he was screwed either way.
"OK fine. Truth." He told her. Tori snickered loudly, she knew was
she was going to ask, and the end result wasn't going to be pretty.
"Lovely." She said. "Is it true that you have the hots for Taryn
Billigam, from my cousin's band?" She smiled. Shane glared at her.
"Who's Taryn?" Blake asked.
"My cousin Adam has this band, and Taryn's the lead singer." Tori
explained. She looked back at Shane. "Well?" She asked.
"Isn't that against one of the rules?" Shane asked.
"Nope." Sonny said. "It would only be if the question revolved
around sex." Shane glared at her as well.
"Oh, great." He said through gritted teeth.
"Now quit stalling and spill." Tori said. Shane looked at her. He
silently swore to himself that he'd get her back for this, whether it be now,
or sometime during Ninja training.
"Yes." He said evenly. Tori smiled.
"Now, was that so difficult?"
"Shut up." He replied. "It's my turn now, right?" He said.
The others nodded. "Wonderful."
"Please don't make this into some back and forth you and Tori thing."
Sonny smirked. Shane looked at her.
"Oh, of course not." He smiled. "Sonny, truth or dare?" He
asked.
"I really should've kept my mouth shut." Sonny laughed.
"Yes, you should have. But you didn't, so now choose." Shane said.
"OK." Sonny said. "Dare." She decided.
"OK." Shane said. He thought for a moment. "Damn, can't think of
anything." He sighed. Sonny laughed.
"Want me to pick truth instead? Wouldn't want your little head to explode
from thinking to hard." She grinned.
"Fine, but don't think you're off the hook for a really good dare later
on." Shane said.
"Sure." Sonny laughed.
"All right." Shane said. "Uh, if you hadn't been offered an
audition at the performing arts school, would you have still come to Blue Bay
Harbor?" He asked. Sonny looked at him.
"That the best you could do?" She smirked.
"Just answer the question." Shane said, rolling his eyes.
"OK." She paused, thinking. "I don't know." She said.
"I mean, the audition was like my reason for coming here and all, so, I
guess, no. If I hadn't been offered the audition, I wouldn't have come to Blue
Bay Harbor."
"Well, we're all glad you did get offered the audition." Tori said,
smiling at her new friend.
"Especially Cam." Dustin chuckled. Sonny smiled briefly, but her
smile soon faded.
"Although, the offer doesn't do much good if I can't even audition
tomorrow." She sighed, looking down. Tori reached over and patted her
hand.
"Don't worry." She said. "I'm sure everything's going to be
fine."
"Yeah." Shane said, feeling a little bad he had made her think about
the audition and the loss of her voice. "Tori's right. You'll get your
chance to audition." Sonny smiled.
"Thanks guys." She said. "Anyway, let's continue with the
game." Her eyes landed on Dustin. "Truth or dare?" She asked.
"Dare." Dustin declared. "Someone's got to break this streak of
truth." He smirked.
"OK, Mr. Daredevil." Sonny smirked. "I dare you to give your
input in the age old question, boxers or briefs." Dustin looked at her.
"Excuse me?" He asked.
"Must I repeat the dare?" Sonny asked. "OK, basically, drop the
trousers." She grinned.
"I..No way!" Dustin exclaimed.
"Uh, yeah, I think there are some things we don't need to see."
Hunter chuckled.
"Oh, well, if Dustin's too scared.." Sonny said, letting her voice
trail off.
"I am not!" Dustin yelled.
"Then pull down your pants and prove it." Tori laughed.
"Blake, aren't you a little worried that your girlfriend wants me to pull
down my pants?" Dustin asked, desperately trying to find some one to
object to the dare. Blake laughed.
"Sorry, man, I'm not helping you there." He said.
"You know, I could always give you a different, more horrible dare."
Sonny offered.
"Forget it." Dustin grumbled. "I'll do it." He got up and
unbuttoned his jeans, pulling them down to revel his boxers. They where white
with little yellow rubber ducks on it. The others burst out laughing.
"Dude, what's with the duckies?" Hunter laughed.
"Shut up." Dustin groaned. The front door opened as someone walked
into the livingroom.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?" Came a voice. The others instantly
stopped laughing.