Chapter 3 - Felicia
Author's Note:
First, internal thoughts will now be denoted with italics. I found a way to add them that doesn't interrupt my writing flow in the moment too much, so that should be a bit clearer. Second, this chapter replays most of the events of the night from Felicia's point of view. I felt I needed her perspective for her next dare, and to write that properly, I kept wanting to refer back to how she had experienced the night. It also helped to see Derek's powers from the other side, since he doesn't get much feedback on his end. As a dude, I can only hope I capture her experience in a somewhat believable manner. If that doesn't interest you, go ahead and skip past it.
The night had not gone how I wanted it to. My boyfriend had dumped me after graduation, stating that he needed something new in his life. As if I was no longer good enough now that we were out of high school. Like he could ever find something better than me. I waited until almost midnight to show up to the party. I was one of the people bringing the alcohol, and I didn't want the principal catching me with it before she left. As soon as midnight hit, Maddison, Ivy, and I swept into the hall. Ivy slipped off to get a couple of the boys to bring in the drinks. I just needed to find someone I could torment. That should make me feel better.
I was sitting at a table, trying to find a good target. I needed it to be just the right one. Jed dumping me had put me in a foul mood, but I wasn't letting it show on my face. The target should never know you are hunting until it is too late. Ivy popped back up with two shots for each of us, and I downed them quick. Maddison was sipping on her first one. She had always been a pathetic lightweight. I slammed her second, and then saw Alexis approaching me. "Sit down, you giant freak." Alexis was a full foot taller than me. I didn't like her looming over me.
"I think I have something you might enjoy." She said as she sat down across from me. "If I remember right, Austin and Kyle are both on your black list, right?" I nodded. They might be just the targets I was looking for. "What if I told you I could get them into a game where you could leave them naked? Maybe make them streak through the building for the whole class to see?"
"That does have my attention. But why are you approaching me? You seemed perfectly happy to stick with your own little crowd of band geeks and other dorks through school. Why do you need me now, when I tormented your kind?" I was wary. This was sounding a little too perfect, and someone new offering perfection always sounded alarms.
She sighed a little. "Because there will be another player, a boy I have been trying to get to notice me, and he hasn't made a move. I know he likes me, he just doesn't do anything about it. I figure this is my last chance. We play a game of dares. You get to torment his friends, and I hopefully spur him to finally make a move. I need you and your posse to give me the edge in the game though."
"So who is the boy, and how are we supposed to tip the scales?" This made sense. She was cute enough, outside her freakish height, and she hadn't ever gotten into my black list personally, even if she hung around those who had.
"His name is Derek, and I need you so that us girls outnumber the guys. Austin agreed to rope them into a game of soccer, and each person who scores a goal gets to make a dare. If there are 4 of us girls, one of us can block each of them, and the fourth is free to score." She was talking faster now, trying to rush through, as if to prove how easy it would be.
Derek. Even more than Austin and Kyle, who I had gotten revenge on before, Derek should be perfect. A new target to pay for Jed's insult. And even better, I could embarrass him in front of the girl he liked, and hopefully embarrass Alexis in front of him! This just kept getting even more perfect! My mouth twisted from a polite smile to a greedy grin. "I think we can help you out, but we can't do it for nothing. If you agree to my condition, we can help you get your man." If she agreed to this, the night couldn't possibly go any better.
"I am so happy you are agreeing to this! What do you need me to do?"
"Since they still have a chance to make a few dares, I think you should take the biggest risk. You hand over your bra and panties." Alexis pulled back at that, but I figured she would. Now to bait the hook. "If you play well enough, you should be fine, but if they start to win, you end up the first one naked. Of course, that hopefully would be enough to spur your man to action, so really its a win for you no matter what."
Alexis thought for a moment, weighing the risk, then nodded. "Ok. Let me run to the bathroom and I'll be right back."
"No, I don't want you pulling any fast ones and giving us some extras or something. Take them off here, and hand them over." Others might have thought this was pushing it, but I had years of knowing how to get people right to the brink of what they would do, and she must have REALLY wanted this boy. It was writ all over her face. She blushed, then nodded, but didn't move. I raised an eyebrow, and she glanced around, then started working her dress up her legs so she could get access to her panties. She bent over the table to pull them down her legs, then brought her closed fist across the table to hand them over. I nodded to Ivy, who slipped them into a pocket of her purse. "Now the bra."
"Are you sure I can't..." I cut her off.
"Right here. Right now, or I raise your panties up the flagpole, let everyone know whose they are, and leave you hanging for your little game." I snipped. She just nodded, and reached behind her to slide her zipper down so she could reach her bra clasp. With that undone, she managed to slide one arm out, then the other, and pull the bra out from her cleavage, her face burning. Ivy once again tucked the lacy garment into her purse. "I hope you weren't relying on that to give you an edge in teasing your man. Maddison, zip her up, then let's go play some soccer."
"Thank you so much. I'll go tell Austin we are on, and meet you on the field." Alexis said as she stood up. I just nodded.
"Ivy, you'll cover Kyle. As long as the ball stays away from him, things should work out just as planned." My posse and I stood up from the table. The drinks were starting to hit me, but not enough to really show. We were only waiting at the field for a couple seconds when Alexis arrived.
"The boys should be here any moment. Thanks again for helping me out here." She had calmed her blushing down, and as long as the dress stayed on, and her nipples didn't get too hard, no one should know she was braless. We would have to see what could be done to change that.
Unfortunately, we didn't have time to do anything early, as the boys arrived right after. I took a good look at Derek. He was tall. Really tall. At 6 and a half foot, he towered over me, but that could be nice in a guy, especially when you made them bow and scrape before you. He was skinny, but had broad shoulders. If he worked out he could be a good looking guy. Unfortunately he had a nervous look on him, and that just marked him as the perfect prey.
After some clarification of the rules, and a little more teasing of Alexis by threatening to walk out, the game got under way. The first round went poorly. Ivy was supposed to cover Kyle, but ran after Austin when he got the ball. When Derek got in front of her, Austin passed to Kyle, who scored a goal without hesitation. I needed my girls to get their head in the game. His dare was for Maddison to kiss someone, and she was about to take off her shoes for the punishment, but I couldn't allow that. She didn't cover Derek at all on that round, which was supposed to be her job. She needed to be reminded of her place.
"Don't you dare back down from this Maddy. They are not getting one up on us this fast. You ARE going to kiss someone." Maddison slowly nodded, then started shuffling towards Kyle. "No! The guys aren't going to get that much play out of us. Go to Ivy. NOW!" Both of them were pretty straight, so that should remind them to get their head in the game. Ivy may have been straight, but she knew how to play these thing up. The guys were definitely getting excited by it, and Maddison looked like she was starting to relax, so I broke it up, and started the next round.
The next round Austin sent the ball right between my feet, which was embarrassing, but what really got to me were his next words. "Well, Felicia, since you let that one in so easily, I think this dare has to be for you." I glared at him, but he just kept up his stupid smug grin. "And since you were so adamant that Maddison not skip out on the dare, I am sure you will be willing to take this one no problem."
