23. This is a bad idea.

TASHA

My heart bangs hard against my chest. A twisting feeling settles in my stomach. My eyes drift to Victor, catching the sly grin still smeared on his face. Out of all things to say, why did he dare Nate to kiss me? I look away from him and find myself staring at Nate.

He is staring right back at me. I can clearly see in his eyes that he is struggling if he should go on with the dare or not. A huge part of me shamelessly wants him to kiss me so badly, burning with the anticipation of how it will feel to have him mold those plump lips with mine and make me forget how to breathe for a second. But the voice of the other minor part of me screams in my head that this dare is a very bad idea.

"Come on dude! We are waiting. It is just a dare. Just do it." Frank scoffs out the words.

Claire shoots fire embers at me, clutching Nate's arm. Nate swats her hand away. His eyes wander to Marco for a brief moment before returning back to gaze at me. When he rises from his couch and begins to walk