Chapter 1
Avery POV
“Truth or dare, Dylan? Come on, don’t chicken out now.” I leaned back against the pillows on his bed, pulling my knees up slightly so my shorts rode up my thighs a bit, the fabric clinging to my skin from the humid air in the room.
The house felt empty around us, just the faint creak of the floorboards settling downstairs and the distant tick of the clock in the hallway, but up here in his bedroom, it was all focused on this game we had started after scarfing down leftover pizza in the kitchen.
Mom and her new husband were off on some weekend getaway, leaving Dylan and me alone with the run of the place, and honestly, the boredom had hit hard until I suggested this to spice things up.
He shifted on the bed across from me, his long legs stretched out, one foot acci
