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rather than in ten years, right?” Megan eyed Steve curiously, waiting
for his response.
                “Damn, fair enough. I can do it. Give me the box. But
let’s make a side deal, if I beat your time, you owe me a hundred bucks,” Steve
said, shaking his head.
                “We’ll see about that,” Megan replied. She stood up and
handed Steve the box after kissing her note card and dropping it in.
                “Griffin,” Steve turned his head to the right towards
Griffin’s chair. Instantly Griffin’s eyes lit up and they both smirked.
                “Oh this should be good. Two years ago when you pulled my
name you had me build a deck for your grandma,” Griffin said, leaning back in
his chair. He stretched his arms out over his head.
                “Hey, Grandma Jan is a very sweet woman, and you know she
loves that deck. Getting your hands dirty was the best summer you ever had,”
Steve said while raising his arms.
                “She made me take my shirt off while I worked. It was
weird!” Griffin touted back. Everyone snickered.
                “Hey, she is a lively elderly widow. You got to give a
little, man,” Steve rebuffed back.
                “So who am I taking my shirt off for this time? Maybe an aunt?” Griffin asked, smiling.
                “No Griff , you can just sit
back and collect your trust fund without any physical outdoor labor on this
one. You see that guitar?” Steve pointed. “I dare you to play it in public. A
show we can all go see. I don’t care where it is, maybe an open mic night or
whatever. But my friends here, we’re going to watch you play on a stage, even
if its four feet wide in a dive bar. It has to be your own music, too.”
                Griffin shook his head. “Come on man, you know I just
play for fun. I can’t do that in a room full of people. Not anymore.”
                “Then you’d better pick a small locale so you just see us
in the front row then, I don’t care. That’s your dare. You are playing that
thing in public,” Steve stated, flicking his card into the box.
                Megan and Mallory cheered excitedly, letting Griffin know
how much they looked forward to watching him play his own music. They explained
to me it was something he really used to love, but they hadn’t seen much of it
lately. When they were younger, Griffin used to play all the time in front of
them, but lately he barely brought his guitar out anymore when they were all
together.
                Oh no. It dawned on me in that exact moment that I
was the only one left. Steve passed the box over to Griffin.
                “So, I get the new girl,” Griffin mused.
                Dear God, no, this is weird! Too
weird. I barely know him and I get flustered around him. Please let me
off easy.
                “So, I know we’re all still getting to know you,
especially since you spend so much time mostly with Mallory,” Griffin began.
                I nodded my head.
                “My dare to you is that you say yes to me for one week,”
Griffin stated, staring right at me.
                “What does that even mean?” Mallory chimed in. I think
she could tell by the expression on my face that I was puzzled.
                “Don’t get the wrong idea,” Griffin said, holding up a
hand and shaking his head side to side. “I’m not talking about anything weird
or kinky.”
                “Thank heavens, I was wondering where you were going with
that,” Megan interjected, sounding relieved.
                “From what I have learned about you, Addie, it
seems you’ve been lacking some adventure in your life. You’ve never been
camping, never been to a concert, you’ve probably never even been arrested…”
Griffin