Julie awkwardly sat between the two boys, Roman on her left and Simon on her right, while feeling her hands turn sweaty even though she had been feeling cold a few minutes ago. The eight of them sat in a circle with gaps between them so that they could see each other well.
"I forgot to tell another thing here. You are not supposed to break the stick while biting it to the finish line. That would earn you a dare. The person who meets the middle of the stick second, he or she will be asked questions," stated Simon.
"Is it too late to back out from the game?" asked Melanie.
"If you want to be on the receiving end of our wrath, then sure," said Simon with a peaceful look on his face, "I am joking," he added at the end of his sentence. But as someone said, every joke had a piece of truth in it, thought Julie to herself.
While they were seated, Julie sat right opposite the girl named Victoria, and she noticed the girl's eyes subtly narrow at her. She wondered what her problem was.
