(LH) Truth or Dare - Ch. 3 (A Dare Is A Dare)

"Lynn, truth or d-" Lucy began, before being cut off by Lynn.

"Dare!" Lynn shouted, and punctuated her statement by slamming her fist on the table.

Lucy grinned slightly, which the others took notice of. They wondered what she could be planning; it was very rare to not see her with her usual frown. "I dare you to... wear a dress. Mom's wedding dress."

Lynn's grin disappeared and her lips formed a tight line after she fully processed what she was just told to do. "What?" she asked.

"I dare you to we-"

"I know what you said, but what? Why?!"

"Well... you don't want to lose, do you?"

"LOSE?! I never lose!" Lynn slammed her fist on the table again.

"Except for that time where we ganged up on you while playing Settlers Of Catland that one time..." They all (sans Sam) muttered under their breath.

"Wait, that actually happened?" Sam asked. Luna replied with a quick "yeah" but did not elaborate further.

And with that, she left the table and went upstairs to the parents' bedroom. About 10 minutes later, a very, very, very pissed off Lynn was stepping down the stairs in the fluffiest, poofiest white laced wedding dress any of them had ever seen in their entire lives. She wasn't wearing the veil, however. She took her seat again, her face redder than a tomato and feeling hotter than magma. You could almost practically see the steam rising above her head. Everyone but Leni, who thought she actually looked rather nice in it, erupted in laughter. This only made her face heat up even more.

"Yeah yeah, make fun of me all you want, but remember that now, I'm asking the questions and giving the dares. And I know how to embarrass all of you too." she growled. Eventually after about 2 or so minutes, the gale of chortles died down.

"Lincoln, truth or dare?"

Lincoln analyzed his options. If he chose dare, he knew that Lynn would probably dare him to do something really hard, like do 40 push-ups in a minute or something like that. But if he chose truth, like she said, she knew every way and even more she could possibly embarrass him, with just a question or two. Seeing as it was a lose-lose situation for him, he decided that a truth would be less painful. Less physically painful, at least.

"Truth."

Lynn's lips curled into a Cheshire grin that could possibly rival one of Lisa's. She snickered to herself as if she knew the funniest joke in the world. And given the kind of person she was, it kind of was to her.

"What was all that noise you made in your room in the middle of the night the other day? You woke up the entire house!" It took all her strength to not fall over laughing at the last statement, but a few giggles escaped anyway. She already knew what the answer was probably going to be, but hey, this is Truth or Dare. The game where you're supposed to embarrass the players for everyone else's amusement.

The boy could feel his cheeks heating up rapidly with a dark shade of red. Maybe they wouldn't know if he lied? Attempting to test his theory, he tried to quickly come up with something as to not make anyone suspicious. "Uhh... I um... I was playing a video game!"

Lynn scoffed. "Hmm... so you have a video game that sounds like a bed creaking for 15 minutes straight, eh?" "Thought you could get outta that one, didn't you?" she thought to herself.

"Okay okay, fine, you got me... I'm not answering directly, though." he sighed in defeat. Nope, he wasn't gonna be able to lie his way out of this one. The 9 sisters in the room turned towards him, impatiently waiting for the answer.

"Just answer the question already." Lori growled.

"Well... lets just say that... for your and my sake, don't go through my internet history. It's... not clean." Lincoln chucked nervously. His face was now a bright shade of red, only slightly less pronounced than Lynn's, who was still very embarrassed about the dress dare Lucy gave her.

Lynn and Luan started laughing their asses off like there was no tomorrow. Meanwhile, Luna, Sam, Leni and Lori were looking at him with a "WTF?" expression on their faces. They then turned to Lynn with the same expression for asking the question in the first place. Not that she cared, though; she was too busy unleashing her inner hyena with Luan. Lucy and the twins were rather confused with what was going on. What did Lincoln mean about his "internet history" or whatever it was not being clean? Why was it so funny? Why was their brother blushing? Lisa was not as confused about the implications, but didn't find it to be amusing or shocking either. "Does he mean what I think he means...?" She'd rather not make a big deal about it though. After all, it was as natural as wanting to eat if you were hungry, wanting to sleep if you were tired, or wanting to play in the mud right after the rain has stopped if you were Lana.

Lincoln cleared his throat to get the guffawing to stop, and after doing so about 3 times, it finally did. "Anyway, Luan, truth or dare?"

"Hmm... I'll go with truth!"

"If you had the ability to become invisible but you could only do it once, what would you do while using your new power?" Sure the game was mostly about embarrassing others, not every truth or dare had to be that way. It could also be a way to learn more about others, or just ask them random things you probably wouldn't ask them otherwise. Such was the case here.

Luan chuckled a bit again as she thought of her answer. "Go on a pantsing spree, definitely. Can't see me, can't do anything to me or even know I was the one who did it. And I wouldn't even have to run away, I could just stand on the sidelines and watch the ensuing chaos!" the prankster replied. The others rolled their eyes at this. Of course she would, wouldn't she?

"Some people just wanna watch the world go down." Lana added in with a chuckle. The pun elicited a groan from everyone but Lynn and Luan, who both rather appreciated it. "Indeed Lana, indeed." Luan said. "Leni, truth or dare?"

Leni was glad to have finally been asked the question; hopefully she wouldn't have to wait too long for her next turn. "Truth or dare... truth or dare... like, which should I pick? They both sound nice!"

"Leni, do you want to answer a question, or do something?" Lori asked her in an attempt to simplify it for her.

"I know what they mean, I just don't know which to pick!" Leni replied. She was the one who suggested that they play the game in the first place. What made her think she didn't know? She loved Lori and the rest of her siblings dearly, but she really did wish they didn't underestimate her so much. Like, there was more in her head than just air! Nevertheless, she decided to just let it slide. "Alright, how about dare?" she asked.

Luan grinned wide enough to show off her entire set of braces. "I dare you to do a chicken dance for a whole minute." she said, and whipped out her phone to open the page to a timer. Leni got up, but didn't do anything. A few seconds later, Luan realized why. "Oh right, the music! Luna, hit us up." Luna obliged and pulled out her phone as well, playing the familiar catchy tune associated with the well-known chicken dance. And so, Leni began to dance for the entire 60 seconds with not a care in the world.

"Aaaand stop! That was a minute!" Luan announced, pausing the timer while Luna stopped the music. The people at the table started clapping, cheering, and laughing; some of them doing all three at the same time.

"That was fun!" Leni said in a bubbly tone, and went to sit back down. "Lisa, do you wanna do a truth or a dare?"

The scientist contemplated the question for a moment. "I will choose a dare this time. It wouldn't hurt to add a little variety." she replied.

"Pick any phone number from the phone book, completely by chance, and make a prank call to that number."

Lisa's usually stoic expression turned into a look of surprise. Leni of all people were daring her of all people to do something like that? She believed that she was mature enough to be above such petty and pointless idiosyncrasies... unlike a few certain people she knew, whom were in the same room as her, one of which was sitting to her right. Then again, it was most likely going to be just some random person she had no chance of ever meeting in person, at least not anytime soon. She left to get the phone book and, as was instructed of her, dialed a completely random number chosen into her phone. Walking back inside as it rang, she prepped herself for what she was about to do. She hoped to get it over with as soon as possible. Soon enough, she heard a soft British-sounding "Hello?" on the other end.

Lisa cleared her throat, and with the most monotonic voice she could muster despite the circumstances, she replied. "Greetings, I am looking for someone by the name of Al."

"Al? Do you have a last name for this 'Al' chap?"

"Indeed, I am looking for an Al Coholic."

The vicar promptly hung up without another word.

Lisa put the phone down, and... was laughing? Huh, who knew something so simple and immature could actually be quite amusing? Then again, it seemed to come rather easily to her siblings, barring Lori and Lucy. She didn't plan on making another prank call anytime soon, but she wouldn't be as against the idea in the future as she used to be. Perhaps Luan had just opened a new door for her. As soon as she was able to compose herself (and as soon as her brother and sisters, along with Sam, stopped looking at her weirdly) she looked around the room for who she could ask. Realizing that Sam hadn't had a turn yet, she thought that she would be her best bet.

"Sam, I apologize that you have not been given the opportunity to take on a dare or answer a question."

"Oh, it's alright."

"Okay, well, in that case, truth or dare?"