The Dare

Everybody agrees. Well, we had to convince Liam but we got him to agree. We sit in a circle.

"Who's first?" Niall asks.

"You cause you asked." I reply. He shrugs.

"Okay. Harry, truth or dare?"

"err Uh truth?" he says a bit hesitantly.

"Have you ever straightened your hair?" Niall asks.

"yep." Haz responds, popping the p. I chuckle at the thought of Haz's curls gone. "My turn! Jenna, truth or dare?"

I decide to go safe.

"Truth."

"Tell us all about your and Logan's relationship." Haz says, grinning deviously. Liam looks at me awaiting my answer. Rachel shoots me a 'sorry' look. Niall looks interested. Zayn is fiddling with his hair. I avoid eye contact with Louis. A lump appears in my throat.

"H-He broke up with me." I say, keeping my cool kind of. I don't cry. Normally.

"What?!? I'm gonna kill that....." Liam yells, dropping his voice when he comes to the end.

"Don't worry Jenna. We'll murder him." Harry states. I grin a little. My curiosity wins over as I steal a glance at Louis. He looks.... Happy and shocked and angry all at the same time. His face just makes me even more confused. I look down and sigh.

"Anyway, Liam, truth or dare?" I ask.

"Tr-" he starts.

"Dare it is!" I interrupt him. "I dare you to say SOMETHING to a certain SOMEONE right now." I say.

We begin shooting each other glances to communicate. This twin communication thing is wicked cool. He gets the dare and looks over at Rachel. Her eyes get wide and she looks at me nervously.

"Rachel, err I Uh... I like you. A lot. Do you think you would maybe like to come on a date with me?" he asks.

Her mouth drops open before breaking into a grin.

"Yes! Yes! Oh my gosh! Yes!" she squeals. Liam's eyes get wide and he smiles too. He looks at me with a look on his face. I laugh as I interpret it 'she said yes!' I shoot him back a look. 'no duhr. You can be so blind.'

"How do you do that?" a voice yells. A voice I haven't heard in weeks. I look around to see Louis, looking awestruck.

"Do what?" Liam asks.

"You and Jenna. You guys like look at each other and hold a steady conversation without saying a word. How do you do that?" he clarifies. We shrug.

"We're twins. We can read each others faces." I say.

"I want a twin." he grumbles. Liam laughs.

"No you do not. You don't know how freaky it is to have someone that it is literally impossible to keep a secret from." Liam says. He glances between me and Louis. Oh, he's referring to the kiss. Stupid Liam, I'm trying NOT to think about that. I look back at him.

"YOU'RE DOING IT AGAIN!" Louis yells.

"sorry" we mutter.

"okay. My turn. Truth or dare, Lou?" Liam asks.

"dare" he says confidently.

"Well, I you want a twin so bad, I dare you to be Jenna's twin for a day." he says. Our eyes get wide.

"What?" I ask.

"it's simple really. Lou, you're me for the rest of the day." he says.

Wait, so I have to treat Louis like Liam? Well thats a problem... I'm not telling Liam the Logan story yet....

"Okay, I can do this." Louis says.

"I'm Hungry!" Niall yells.

"I'll make lunch" I say. I stand up and walk to the kitchen. I see Liam look at Louis expectantly. Louis seems to catch a hint.

"i'll help?" he says more as a question. I chuckle. He walks in after me.

"What are we making?" he asks. I throw away the thoughts that we are finally having a real one on one conversation. I decide to mess with him. I pretend he's Liam and answer him by making a face. He gets really confused.

"Huh? Jenna, I'm not really Liam. I don't know what you're trying to say." he says clearly frustrated. I humph dramatically.

"you're not a very good twin." I pout. "I want Liam back." His eyes get wide.

"Calm down Jenna. It's just a dare. If it's that big of a problem, we'll just chicken out." he says panicky. I burst out laughing.

"Wow. You cannot be a twin! You didn't even notice I was faking!" I say. He relaxes a little.

"Hey! You were faking?" he asks. I nod, clutching my sides from the laughter.

"ugh, what are we making?" Louis asks again.

"Nothing." I state. He looks at me confusedly.

"What? Then how will we eat?"

"Do you guys honestly think Liam and I actually cook? Nope, it's all takeout." I state.

"So you can't cook?"

"Nah, I can. I just choose not to."

"cool!" he pipes. "What do we do now?"

"Well, I just sent in the order and they'll be at the kitchen back door when it's ready. Until then, we just relax." I say.

"What do you and Liam usually do when you're quote and quote 'cooking.'"

"We just sit around and talk." I say.

"Okay. What about?" he presses.

Well, frankly, we talk about him and Rachel, me and Logan, louis, and the boys. Of course, I'm not telling Louis this.

"Just stuff"

"Uh, okay..."

"well, I you really wanna be Liam, you have to sit down and describe Rachel."

"I'm not going to describe Rachel."

"Then describe someone else. That special someone." I wink and stick my tongue out teasingly.

"Okay" he pipes. "uh, she is drop dead gorgeous. I wish she was mine but she isn't. She actually just broke up with this guy. I wanna ask her out, but I don't think she likes me as more than a friend." he says.

It feels like someone just ladled out my guts and placed them on a platter. Then stabbed each and every one of them right in front of me so that I not only feel it but can watch it bleed.

I shove those stupid emotions away. This is good. He has another girl. Another reason why I can't date him.

"Well, Louis err Liam, I guess? You should ask her out. She is single now, but if she's as pretty as you say, that might not last long. You should swoop down and ask her out before another guy asks her first." I say. He looks at me nervously.

"Okay. Uh Jenna, would...." he starts. The door opens so I stand up and see the takeout guy. I take the food and pay and walk into the living room.

"Lunch is ready!" I pipe. My best mate automatically shoves his face in a plate. I roll my eyes. We eat quickly and pop in a film. We watch through Despicable Me and see it is 10 at night. My eyes bulge.

"oh my gosh. Rachel, we have to go." I say.

"No! You guys can stay here!" Harry says. I shrug.

"whatever. Sure." I say. Rachel agrees.

We grab blankets and pillows and set up. Rachel goes on Liam's couch and I go on Niall's. I easily drift to sleep.

He pushes me against the wall with the same evil grin.

"if I can't have you, no one can." he sneers.

"Logan, leave me alone!" I shout.

"Stop struggling, or I will hurt your precious Louis." he sneers again. A sharp pain jabs through my side and I begin to cough crazily, spitting blood. I feel my kidney acting up again. I fall to the floor and Logan kicks my kidney. He chuckles.

"Say goodbye." he says. I look up to see Louis still tied to a chair and Logan pushing him off the bridge we were on.

My eyelids fly open. Surely enough, my side is in excruciating pain. I moan silently into my pillow. I stumble into the bathroom and find painkillers. I drag myself back to the couch and try to go back to sleep. The pain eventually subsides but my mind continues racing. I groan quietly. I bring myself up and move to go to the one person who can truly help me in this situation. The person I don't have to explain anything to. Liam. I walk down the hall and tiptoe past a sleeping Rachel on the couch and into Liam's room. I shake him gently to wake him. He rouses half asleep.

"what Jenna?" he asks concerned.

"Liam, I had a nightmare." I say, now aware of how childish it sounds.

"Jenna, I can't help you. The dare. I'm not Liam right now. Louis is." he says.

My mouth drops. He's right. Ergghh.

"okay." I mutter. I walk out of his flat and stop in the hallway. I slink down the wall. Now what? I can't go to Louis, can I? My side feels like it's getting stabbed. The painkillers weren't strong enough. The pain grows increasingly. I grab my head and try to keep a grip. The tears begin to fall. Agh! I need to get back to Niall's flat. I try to stand. I make it up but collapse on my first step. I land with a thud. I wince because that probably woke someone up. I try once again to stand but I only make it up against the wall in a sitting position before I literally cannot move anymore. I close my eyes, trying to wait it out.

"Jenna?" I hear a voice. I force my eyes open. My voice freezes because of the numbing pain. I see Louis. He looks at me worriedly. He kneels down.

"Are you okay?" I barely make out a head shake no. He lifts me up bridal style. "it's okay babe. I'll help." he says. He pulls me in closely into his chest.

"it's okay love." he whispers, reminding me of Liam whispering 'it's okay' the first time my kidney messed up. He sets me gently down on something soft. "I'll go get painkillers." he says and disappears. I grab my side, willing the pain to stop. He reappears and gives me the medicine. I swallow it and pray that it works quickly. He sits next to me and wraps his arm around me. After a while, the pain dissolves.

"Oh thank god." I mutter.

"Better?" Louis asks.

"So much. Thank you so much." I say.

"Heh, no problem. Now, tell me why you were out in the hallway." he says. I sigh.

"Don't laugh but I had a nightmare. So I woke up and my kidney started acting up again. I went to see Liam but he said he couldn't help because of that stupid dare. I went to go back to Niall's flat, but my kidney went haywire again so I couldn't move." I say.

"Why didn't you come to me?" he asks. I shrug awkwardly. He rubs my arm comfortingly.

"it's okay. Just remember that I'm right here whenever you need me." he says. I nod.

"Now, let's head to sleep." he says. I nod again and go to stand up off of the soft item I now recognize as Louis' bed. He stops me.

"Louis?" I ask.

"No, I'm Liam, remember?" he says. I sigh and lay back down. I lay on the very edge and pull the covers over me.

"Jenna, I don't bite." he states. I sigh and scooch in a little closer. My eyes begin to close as Lou mutters something else. I feel an arm reach around and hold my waist. Too tired to resist, I snuggle into Louis' chest.