"So where are we sleeping tonight?" AJ asked, a couple hours later, as we all sat down in the living room, after playing a 2 hour game of Monoply.

Nick looked sharply at AJ first, then at Brian. "In your own beds, at home."

Allie and Leigh-Anne hooted, and Brian hit AJ in the head with a pillow. "We were kinda hoping we could all crash here," AJ said, as he picked up the pillow, and tossed it at Brian.

Nick looked at me, and I shrugged. "Doesn't bother me." He nodded slowly, and put his arm around me.

"Al and AJ can sleep in the guestroom, and Bri and Leigh can sleep in our bedroom."

Leigh-Anne shook her head. "No, me and Bri will sleep in here. We don't want you to have to move out of your own bedroom."

Nick shrugged and rested his head on the top of mine.

"You know…I'm real surprised the electricity hasn't gone out yet," I said as thunder shook the house.

Then there was a large bang, and the lights flickered out. Everyone groaned, and Brian said, "Laur jinxed us."

I felt Nick stand up. "Laur…Do you know where the flashlights are?"

I stood up too, and grabbed his hand. "I think they're in our room. Let's go get them." He tugged on my hand, as he pulled me into the hallway.

AJ laughed and said, "You know, they're gonna be gone for a while." And everyone laughed.

I let Nick lead me down the hall way, and into our bedroom, and even though it was pitch black, I knew that we were standing directly in front of his dresser. We had moved into this house in June, a short while after we had gotten back together, in last May. We've only lived here for about 3 months, but I already knew the house like the back of my hand.

All of a sudden a bright light hit me in the face. "I found the flashlight."

He moved the flashlight out of my eyes and I squinted. "So I see." I grabbed some candles, and matches, and we made our way back into the living room. We all put the candles around the room, and everything was dim, but sort of in a romantic type of way.

"We should play Truth-or-Dare, only we strip when we don't want to answer a question," AJ suggested.

I laughed, and Nick grinned.

"Sure," Brian agreed. We all sat in a circle, on the floor, Nick on my left, and Leigh-Anne on my right.

"I'll go first," AJ said. He looked around at all of us, staring us in the eye. "Leigh-Anne…truth or dare."

Leigh-Anne laughed, and pretended to look scared. "Truth."

AJ bit his lip. "Hmmmm….is it true…you and Brian did it in the back room in the studio?"

Brian burst out laughing, and so did Leigh-Anne. "I'll have to take something off then!" We all laughed as she took off her shoe. "Okay. My turn. AJ…truth or dare?"

AJ wrinkled his nose. "Dare, I guess."

Leigh-Anne smiled slyly and said, "I dare you to kiss Nick."

This caused a shout from Nick. "No way, man!" AJ leaned over and pecked Nick on the cheek.

Leigh-Anne protested, "On the lips! On the lips!"

AJ shook his head, as Allie rolled around laughing. "You didn't say that. You just said 'Kiss Nick'. You didn't say where." She rolled her eyes, and AJ snorted.

"Allie truth or dare?" AJ asked.

"Dare," she said proudly. "I dare you to kiss me for 20 seconds on the lips." We all laughed as they kissed.

"Okay man, that was 20 seconds!" Brian laughed.

Allie smiled proudly and said, "Laur…truth or dare."

I held Nick's hand. "Dare."

She met my eyes, and I knew she was going to do something drastic. "I dare you to…run outside, bare assed, and scream at the top of your lungs, "I Love Nick!"

Nick smiled, and said "Go for it, Laur."

I shook my head, and snickered. "That's okay." I pulled off a sock. "Nick…truth or dare." He bit his lip and kissed the top of my head.

"Truth." I took a deep breath and met his gaze.

"Is it true you had sex with that girl, Chloe?" I asked seriously. He had never told me, and I had never asked, but I realized I needed to know.

"No. I just met her at a club, and got really drunk."

I smiled faintly. "Good." He squeezed my hand gently, and we kissed.

"Nick…go," Brian said.

"Laur….truth or dare?"

I smiled up at him, and glanced at our interlaced fingers. "Dare, baby."

He pointed to his lips, and smiled, his bright blue eyes twinkling. "Kiss me!" We all laughed, and I kissed him for a full minute.

~ An Hour Later ~

AJ had his shirt off, Brian had his socks and shoes off, and Nick had on a T-Shirt and boxers. Allie had off one shoe, and me and Leigh-Anne just had our socks off.

AJ stood up and stretched. "Well me and Al are going to bed." They both walked out into the hallway.

"Night!" we all called, and me and Nick stood up.

"Night guys," we said to Brian and Leigh-Anne, and walked into our bedroom.

I laid down on the bed, and he slipped in beside me. He kissed my head, put his arm around my waist, and whispered, "I love you baby."

I smiled into the darkness. "Love you too, Nick." And we fell asleep.