"It's a tradition. Whenever one of us is upset, we host a triple dog night!" Darla informs me.

"What's Triple Dog?" I question, sitting down on Ashleigh's Egyptian cotton sheets.

"You've never played Triple Dog before?" Starla covers her mouth with her hand.

"Uh... No?"

"It's kinda like truth or dare," Ashleigh explains. "Without the truths."

"So just dares?" I ask.

"Exactly."

"Oh. I play that with Julianna all the time!" I say excitedly.

"Let's go over the rules," Darla says.

"There are rules?" I ask.

"Of course!" She nods. "Everyone gets to dare one person and you have to do what you've been dared to do."

"What if someone refuses?" I question.

"Then we get to shave their head." Starla says with an evil grin.

"What?! No!" I protest.

"Don't worry, you get to pick who dares you." Ashleigh assures me.

"Alright, bring it on!" I say, confidently, 

Suddenly, the bedroom door flies open.

"Sorry, I don't mean to intrude, but did I just hear someone say Triple Dog?" An intrigued Ashton Lizewski enters the room with a worried Chase behind him.

"Were you guys eavesdropping? That's, like, so creepy." Starla wrinkles her nose.

"We weren't, I swear!" Chase gives me a nervous glance.

"We wanna play too," Ashton announces.

"As if, ramen head," Ashleigh flips her freshly highlighted blonde hair and I laugh at her nickname for him.

"Scared that you won't be able to handle our dares?" Chase taunts.

"As if!" His stepsister/ex girlfriend repeats. "On second thought, I'd love to shave the ramen off your head." She menacingly grins at Ashton.

"I never back down from a good dare," Ashton states, covering his precious curls with his hands.

"What do you think, girls? Should we let them play?" She asks us.

"Yeah, I'd love to see them go down." Darla says and Starla nods in agreement.

"Kat?"

"Sure, why not?" I say. It's not like I'm holding a grudge against them for what happened.

Or am I?

"Great! Let's pick who gets to dare us." Chase makes himself comfortable on Ashleigh's purple futon.

"I pick Darla." Ashton starts, winking at her.

"I pick Starla." Says Darla.

"I pick Kathryn." Chase smiles and I internally do a happy dance. I'm gonna make this boy suffer.

"I pick Ashton." I state. After his prior dick-ish behavior towards me, I doubt that he'd make me do something too crazy. Also, he's kinda dumb.

"I pick Chase," Ashleigh says bravely.

"I pick you, Ash!" Starla says excitedly.  "Not like I had many options, but yeah."

"Thanks, Star," Ashleigh chuckles. She opens her closet and takes out a bottle of 1800 Tequila. "To help us come up with good dares and have the courage to do them." She toasts and takes a large gulp.

We pass the bottle around, each of us taking a couple of sips.

"Alright y'all," says Starla. "Come up with your best dares!"

"Give Chase a fun dare," Ashton whispers to me. "Something adventurous. He's been so mopey ever since that pink chick dumped his ass,"

"Wait, did you just say that Macey dumped Chase?" I whisper back with my eyes wide. That little liar! He told me that he dumped her.

"Yep. Weird, right? He's the quarterback and she's the weird church freak," He says. "No offense. I know she's your cousin and all."

"None taken," I say quickly. "You're sure that she dumped him though? He didn't break up with her?"

"Yeah, why?" He confirms.

"No reason." I lie. Now I don't even have to feel guilty about making Chase suffer.

"What are you guys whispering about?" Chase inquires. "You better not be giving her any crazy ideas, Ashton."

"Oh, I've got plenty of crazy ideas of my own," I assure him.

"Alright, who wants to go first?" Ashleigh asks.

"Ooh, me! Me!" Ashton exclaims.

"This ought to be fun," I smirk and Darla takes another gulp of the tequila.

"Ashton, are your parents home tonight?" She asks and he shakes his head. "Good. I triple dog dare you to let me give you a makeover and keep it on all night." She drags him into the bathroom.

"What is she up to?" Ashleigh wonders.

"Oh, I think I know." Starla smirks.

All our phones beep at the same time.

'Party at Ashton Lizewski's. Be there at midnight and bring your own booze!'

"I knew it!" Starla laughs.

"Holy crap!" I exclaim when Darla steps out of the bathroom with a completely unrecognizable Ashton.

His curly blonde hair has been straightened and reaches below his shoulders. Darla gave him a complete makeover, making him look like a drag queen.

"The ramen has turned into uncooked spaghetti!" Ashleigh comments on his hair. "Wait, is that my dress?!

"The black dress really makes your eyes pop." Chase teases and we all laugh.

"You're an evil woman." Ashton groans, refusing to look Darla in the eye.

"Evil and smart," I add.

"Embrace it. Fear it." Darla says proudly.

"I'll go next," Ashleigh volunteers.

"Ashleigh, I triple dog dare you to break into my dad's office and add a bunch of emojis to all his open files," Chase gives her an evil smile.

"Are you insane? I could get into so much trouble for that!" Ashleigh complains.

"I guess I get to shave your head then..."

"Fine! I'll do it." She exits the room and we all follow her to the second floor of her mansion, where Mr McKnight's office is.

"It's locked." Ashleigh states.

"Yeah. Hence the 'break in' part," Chase repeats.

"Dude, I can't pick a lock." Ashleigh rolls her eyes.

"Not my problem." Her stepbrother shrugs.

"Ugh!" She groans.

"Too bad your delinquent buddy isn't here." Chase chuckles, referring to Will.

"Move," I command. I pull out a bobby pin out from my purse and pick the lock open.

"Whoa! You can pick locks?" Ashleigh looks impressed.

"I watched a YouTube video on it once." I shrug.

As soon as we open the door, a large alarm starts to blare, filling the air around us.

"Shit!" Ashleigh yells.

"Well, what are you waiting for? Hurry up before my dad gets here!" Chase demands.

"You're a dick, Chase." Ashleigh runs to the desk and picks up the tablet kept on it, frantically typing. Chase runs behind her to check what she's doing.

"Wait for us the driveway. We can't be here when my dad gets home!" Chase yells and we quickly run out.

We sprint down the stairs and try to get out as soon as we can.

"Well, that was intense." Ashton says as the rest of us wait in silence in the driveway.

"Why does Mr McKnight have a security system in his office? What does he even do?" I ask curiously.

"He's a famous lawyer. He has some pretty important clients." Darla tells me.

"And I guess he doesn't trust his family to keep out." Starla adds.

Chase and Ashleigh coming running out towards us a couple of minutes later. The loud sound of the alarm continues to blast.

"I can't believe you did that! My dad's totally going to kill you if he catches you," Chase laughs.

"We need to get out of here," Ashleigh says, ignoring him. "Chase, where's your car?"

"I left it at Ashton's. Where's yours?" He asks.

"It's in the shop, getting serviced!" She groans. "They just picked it up this evening."

"So nobody's got a car?" Darla asks, horrified. "My mom picked mine up after you guys got back."

"I have an idea," Ashton informs us, batting his fake eyelashes. "Kathryn, you've been learning how to drive, haven't you?"

"Yeah," I say. "That's so creepy, how do you even know that?"

"I've seen you driving around with your brother," he says.

"Oh." I sigh with relief.

"There's a car dealership just down the block," he adjusts his black mini dress. "Kathryn, I triple dog dare you to steal a car."

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A/N

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