He Likes Me?

Chapter 16: Bonfire & If You Were To Choose

I woke up hearing the voice of Bea waking me up.

"Ria, Ria? Wake up, it's time for dinner. Jake's mom prepared our dinner." Bea says as she shook me up.

"Uh. Yeah." I sat and rubbed my eyes.

"Let's go." She says after we finished fixing ourselves.

We went downstairs and into the dining table. Everyone was there, including Mitch and her group. Chris noticed us first.

"Bea! Ria! You're here, come sit down." Chris offered. An empty seat was beside him. I was about to go to his direction when someone had called my name. I turned my head to where the voice came from and saw Ryle his hand motioned to the empty seat beside him separating him and Mitch. I honestly didn't want to sit their in between the two of them. I'm sure Mitch would be devastated but I wondered why Mitch hadn't sat at that empty seat beside Ryke. I was about to continue walking to the chair beside Chris when Ryle called me again.

"Ria! Here! Sit beside me." Ryle offers with a smile. This time I had no choice but to do so. He clearly said to sit beside him. I nodded and headed the other way to the chair beside him. Once we were all settled. We began to eat. The food was really delicious and Jake's mom was really kind. She accommodated us really well and told us to be comfortable in their vacation house. I was about to get a piece of fried chicken when Mitch suddenly took it and grinned. I thought no one had seen it but I was wrong.

"Here, you can have mine." Ryle says as he puts the piece of chicken into my plate.

"Ry--. Op, Op, Ops. No buts or Ryle's". He cuts me off with a smile. I felt Mitch send me dagger stares. It was uncomfortable but I had no choice but to endure it.

We had finished eating dinner and everyone was excited for the bonfire. I was curious about this bonfire thing because I haven't experienced it yet unlike Julie and Bea. They already experienced it because they were friends with Ryle while Mitch was also included during the bonfire events because of Lou's cousin Lexi. I was the only one who was new to this.

We went out and the boys prepared the bonfire. I sat beside Julie and Bea. I asked on what were we going to do.

"Well, we play the truth or dare game and no one's exempted. Each one of us should get a turn." Julie explains.

"Then.. We tell stories, usually experiences." Bea adds. I nod taking in all the information.

"So.. Ria! You should be wise on what you choose!" Bea says as she raised her finger. I smiled and nodded.

We talked and laughed about Bea and Julie's experiences during the bonfire when I wasn't still with them. They told me the embarrassing dares that they had to do because they wouldn't pick truth. They had advised me to pick truth instead of dare because they were sure that Mitch would pick the worst dare for me since she well.. she doesn't like. Then they told me about Mitch and her embarrassing dares, Dares that Bea and Julie made her do. We laughed so hard because of it.

"What's funny? Share some of your" jokes with me. Ryle says as he sat beside me.

"You're too selfish, you only want all the fun to yourselves." Ryle jokes.

"Nope! We're not going to tell you!" Bea says jokingly. Before Ryle could say anything, our attention were all called by Chris and Lou who stood infront of the big burning bonfire. Everyone was seated and the truth or dare began.

First one up was Lou who had picked dare. The boys dared him to dance a chicken dance. At first, he was hesitant but was forced to do it. Next was Bea, she had picked truth and the girls asked her on who she liked among the boys that we were with. She blushed madly.