We both went to the front door and put on our cheapest running shoes, knowing they were going to get soaked, then Ricki stood beside the front door ready to open it for us. "Alright, here's the deal. Three laps, and the loser has to do a second dare that the three of us will figure out while you're running. Got it?" We both nodded, then Ricki pulled open the door wide. Malena and I both bolted, skidding down the little porch and around the side of the house. I was in the lead but a few steps into the backyard I heard Malena call from behind me, "Austin!" I turned and she smacked into me, or at first I thought she did, but instead she pushed me up against the back of the house and I found myself kissing her in the rain, her body pressed against mine, soft and hard in all the right places

