Mom and I signed the contract, and Tom gave us our check for today’s shoot and the bonus. Mom took me to the local credit union to open an account for my modeling money. They stayed open until seven on Fridays so people could cash their paychecks. The bank manager that helped us was Sammie Goudy’s dad. Sammie was on the JV cheerleading team. Mom was proud of me and shared with Mr. Goudy what the money was from. I was sure that Sammie would know all about it before Monday at school.
TO MY SURPRISE, PEGGY was determined to keep our date as PG as possible. The plan was dinner with her parents. How she got Suzanne and Jim talked into it, I’ll never know, but when I got to the Pratt residence they seemed to be in high spirits.
Dinner was interesting because her dad wasn’t sure who his daughter’s date was. I think he assumed it was Jim because his sister was there. Peggy kept making eyes at me, so he wasn’t sure. Of course, her mom knew, and she and Peggy had great fun at his expense. I would bet he’d get lucky tonight, so he let his women have their fun.
After dinner, the four of us went downstairs to the game room. There was a card table where Peggy’s dad had a weekly card game. They also had a 70-inch big-screen and surround-sound system. I hoped we were going to watch a movie, so I could snuggle up to Peggy, but the girls had other ideas. Apparently, they’d been talking. That was never a good idea, in my opinion.
Peggy sat everyone down at the poker table.
“The purpose of this date is for me to get to know David better. Suzanne and I talked, and we figured the best way to do that is to play ‘Truth or Dare.’”
Jim and I sat up a little straighter. I’d heard of this being played at some of the ‘cool kids’ parties, but I was never invited. Some of the games were rumored to have gotten a little steamy.
“Since my parents are upstairs, we can’t have any sexy dares, so Suzanne and I decided that there will be a set dare. You have to kiss the person to your right for a full minute.”
Jim and I looked at each other because the fix was in. I would have to kiss him, he would have to kiss his sister, Suzanne got Peggy and Peggy would kiss me. So in essence, he and I were stuck telling the truth all night. Jim wasn’t going to go meekly.
“I don’t have a problem with that.”
Suzanne’s eyes about came out of her head. It was all I could do to keep from laughing. Jim was a genius. He messed with their little plan and it had backfired. The evil twins figured out he was bluffing, so they turned on me.
“Do you have a problem with it, David?” Suzanne asked.
“Nope, I’ll be telling the truth all night.” I looked at Jim and said, “I want to apologize in advance if I end up having to give a little tongue.”
He just rolled his eyes.
“I assume that since you’re the hostess, you get to ask the first question,” I said.
Peggy kicked things off.
“Since you seem eager to kiss Jim, what’s it going to be? Truth or Dare?”
“Truth.”
“What’s your best Uncle John story?”
I had been telling everyone stories about Uncle John at lunch. When I relented to tell one, our table was very popular.
“The best one is tough. I’ll give you a choice: Dead Hog in the Road, Rampaging Deer or Road Trip.”
Peggy thought for a moment.
“Road Trip.”
“When I was about 10, I got a puppy for my birthday. I spent most of the summer with King. Mom got me a hunting-dog training book. So, come Thanksgiving I was excited because we were going to Uncle John’s farm. Dad and Uncle John were going to go quail hunting, and I got to bring King and try out his new skills.
“Mom made sure we all had a big breakfast of biscuits and gravy because she didn’t want to stop for lunch. King usually ate at noon each day, so I fed him before we left. We had a new SUV, and King and I were in the back, Greg was in the center, Mom and Dad in the front seat. King wasn’t the best car rider, so I was put in charge of keeping him entertained.
“About an hour into the drive King was finally winding down. I was sitting with my legs spread and he came and sat facing me. I thought he wanted to curl up and take a nap on my lap. It’s as if he was trying to tell me something with his sad puppy eyes. He was a little carsick. No, that’s not right. He was a lot carsick. He showed me by barfing on my crotch. Chunks of wet dog food were soaking into my jeans. The smell alone would have been enough to gag me. My immediate reaction was to barf on his head in retaliation.
“Greg quit reading his book to see what was going on. I’m not sure if it was the undigested dog food sitting in my lap, or my biscuits and gravy dripping off King’s head, but he promptly barfed in the middle seat. Mom supposedly had the strongest stomach in the family, so I was completely surprised when she barfed in the front seat.”
“My dad was mortified when he saw what had happened to his new SUV. Barf has a way of overpowering that new-car smell. He pulled off the highway and we all piled out of the car. My mom was still gagging, which set off another round of puking. I have to say I learned some new words that day as Dad cleaned out the car. The lesson I learned is not to feed your dog before a long car ride.”
Everyone, including me, was laughing so hard that tears were streaming down our faces. Mr. Pratt came downstairs to see what the commotion was, so Peggy told him the story. He chuckled as he went back upstairs. Seeing that we were behaving ourselves, that was the last we saw of him.
It was Suzanne’s turn, “Truth or Dare, little brother.”
“Da... no, Truth,” Jim said, as he gave her an evil grin.
She gave him a look that told him he’d be missing body parts come morning if he chose the Dare.
“Who did you lose your virginity to?”
His eyes darted to me and I knew. I felt a little sick. I had no idea that Tracy had done that until Jim looked at me.
“Actually, I don’t want to say.”
I just shrugged.
“It’s okay, tell them.”
He took a deep breath, and suddenly Suzanne knew.
“God, I’m sorry, David. I didn’t mean to hurt you.”
“Don’t worry about it. We’d been broken up a couple of hours by then.”
Jim looked stricken.
“Jim, I don’t blame you. You had no idea what you were in the middle of, and Tracy is, well... Tracy. You should feel lucky that your first was with someone like her.”
Jim collected himself. It was his turn.
“Peggy, Truth or Dare?”
“I’ll take the dare this one time, but only because he needs it.”
She came over, sat on my lap, and gave me a sweet kiss. Then she just let our foreheads touch and she smiled at me. When she was sure I was okay, she went back to her seat.
It was my turn.
“Suzanne, Truth or Dare?” She picked Truth. “Who’s better in bed, me or my brother?”
“I’m not sure you can handle the truth. Just give me the word and I’ll make out with Peggy and give you and my little brother a thrill.”
“Actually, I’m curious.”
Jim and Peggy seemed interested as well.
“It’s hard to compare. Greg’s really good. He knows every trick in the book, and I’ve never come away unsatisfied. You, my friend, are a force of nature. With you, there’re no tricks or perfect technique. You overwhelm me. With you, I have a really good time. If I had to choose who was better today, I would say Greg. If I were in it for the long haul, I’d pick you in heartbeat. Greg was never as good as you are when he was a freshman. By the time you’re a senior, you’ll be scary.”
Peggy skipped the Truth-or-Dare and asked me.
“Who’s the best you’ve been with?”
“You need to clarify that. Best blowjob, best hard sex, best at making love, best fun, best oral sex,” I listed off.
“Okay, smartass, tell us all of them so we don’t have to waste our questions to get them out of you.”