PG:H First Under the Table (All!)

[charity]

Charity just knew that Chase would join in the games. The guy was a sucker for party games, embarrassing questions, and alcohol. At the very least he liked getting drunk. And now here was Emily, his girlfriend of all people. How much could Charity get him to drink so that he'd start on the really embarrassing things that Emily could use against him to wind him up later on? She had every intention of making him spill some beans... if she could keep her eyes of the gorgeous girl with the flowing black hair... she was stunning.

She hadn't expected anyone to actually respond to her question, but in typical Chase fashion, he had. Charity burst out laughing at the looks on everyone's faces, but most of all, on Emily's as she asked for more info. "Yeah, Sweetie. Don't drop that one on us and not give us some deets." Kiss a teacher? Chase Connors says yes. Why was she not even a little surprised?

Millie sat on the floor next to Charity and asked how the game worked. Charity sent her a grin. "You ask a question - 'never have I ever' then say what it is you haven't done. Any one in the group who has done it, drinks a shot... Same goes for if you have done what you just said." She smiled at her. How come she'd never spoken to this stunner before?

Charity's attention was pulled back to the game when Emily asked the next question and tipped back a shot. Ooh, so this was trying to take a dig back at Chase? This really was going to be an interesting game, wasn't it?

Grabbing a glass Charity tipped the liquid back, wincing slightly at the harsh taste of it. That was stronger than she'd expected... perfect.

She looked back to Millie with a grin. "You game?"

[Chase Connors]

Chase grinned at all the stunned faces around him, but his plan worked. More people moved to join the group kneeling around the table. That seemed to have got some interest going...

Both Emily and Charity asked him for more details on that little piece of info, but he only grinned and planted a smug look on his face. "Now why would I go telling you that for?" Truth was, it wasn't as 'oh great and mighty' as it sounded and they would all be disappointed at the truth of it. For now, he would keep the details to himself unless he really needed to spill.

Charity's attention had been pulled away to Millie pretty quickly but her head shot up again when Emily asked the next question. Charity wasn't the only one who looked a little surprised. Chase hadn't been expecting Emily to drink to something like that. He just stared at her for a couple of seconds while she smiled innocently at him.

As she looked away, Chase didn't miss the way she looked to Josh who was also drinking a shot. His eyes narrowed suspiciously as he looked between the two of them, not sure what he was seeing or what he didn't know about, or whether it was just his mind making up things that weren't there.

"Drinking up sweetie?"

He locked eyes with her, reaching out for the table without looking away from her and swigging it back. He smirked and leaned closer to whisper in her ear. "Now is that a shot for skinny dipping, or a shot for each time I've done it? Because I could end up drunk pretty quickly that way, darling."

[Emily Prescott]

Whilst she did enjoy the look on Chase's face at her question, she had to admit it wasn't as exciting as it sounded. She'd only been in the Black Lake to clean off the dirt from a cruel prank...if that's what you really wanted to call skinny dipping. She'd been in and out, in all under two minutes, not the most fun experience. She never actually had the nerve to go skinny dipping as something fun, knowing her luck she'd likely get caught, and that wouldn't do. She'd done this long without detentions, she wasn't about to start risking her perfect record now.

She also hadn't missed the way his eyes narrowed slightly and she fought the urge to roll her own. He really didn't like Josh that much was obvious, not that she could understand why he seemed sweet enough. Emily kept her eyes locked with Chase's though and unsurprisingly he reached for a shot before swigging it back, a smirk appearing on his handsome face. Really what had she expected, she should have known he'd drink to something like that. What he said next though surprised her somewhat, though it shouldn't have really.

"Now is that a shot for skinny dipping, or a shot for each time I've done it? Because I could end up drunk pretty quickly that way, darling."

Pulling back slightly when Chase did she looked him square in the eye, her eyebrow arched and the small hint of a smile on her face when she didn't say anything for a few moments. "And exactly how many times have you done it...must be a lot if you think drinking a shot each time will get you drunk?" she asked, seriously how much more did she not know about him. It was easy to forget there were girls before her, come to think of it how many of them were in this room? Actually how many were at the table.

Chuckling to herself she broke off eye contact with Chase and turned to look at the other people at the table. "Never have I done shots." she said with a smile, throwing another one back and slamming the shot glass back onto the table. Hearing her name she looked over her shoulder at the group she'd been dancing with earlier, minus Josh and she smiled. "That's my cue...there's only so much more I can handle learning about you sir..." she said, tapping Chase on the nose. Giving him and the others a smile and a wave she danced her way over to the group. In her mind, there was only so many more questions she could drink to in that game before she ended up passed out.

[charity]

Placing her empty glass down on the table, Charity turned her attention back to Millie with a grin. She was really hoping the younger girl would join in with the games. It'd give Charity a great way to get to know a little bit about her. Charity could also see that Lachie's new friend had also appeared at the table, hovering but not sitting, and she sent a wink her way.

"You should join in, love. Trust me, it'll be fun."

A few voices spoke up from around the table, muttering their agreement with her statement, some still with their empty shot glasses in hand after drinking to Emily's question.

Looking back at the pair, Charity had no idea what was passing between them at that moment, but Emily suddenly came out with another question and Charity reached for her next shot. "I can drink to that one. I'd be lying if I said shots wasn't one of my favorite ways to start a party." Even though this particular party had been going on for a while. Her excuse? Younger students. By now, she told herself, some of the first and seconds years, would probably have gone to bed, or at least got out of the way before things got too crowded.

Before she knew what was happening Emily had up and left the table, leaving a slightly stunned looking Chase behind her. "Don't worry, hun, she probably just can't handle learning any more of your dirty little secrets." Charity winked at him, a huge grin plastered on her face. She knew that Chase had done a lot of crazy things in the past, and skinny dipping in the black lake had been one of them. She should know. She'd been there. Perhaps the result of a little too much alcohol, but it had been a fun night all the same.

Charity chuckled at the memory before looking back at the girl next to her, and then around the rest of the group. "How about truth or dare!" Charity looked to where she could see Josh and grinned. "I dare you to drink 7 shots back to back."