<p><strong style="color: rgba(48, 48, 48, 1); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">TAYLOR</strong></p><p><span style="color: rgba(48, 48, 48, 1); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">I'm the quiet one.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(48, 48, 48, 1); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">At a party, I'll be sipping from my Solo cup, hanging by my much chattier best friend Brenner.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(48, 48, 48, 1); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">Brenner always has his pick of guy or girl by the end of the night.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(48, 48, 48, 1); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">I do fine, but I don't trust easily, so he's one of the few people who really knows me.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(48, 48, 48, 1); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">We do everything together-studying, playing video games, and occasionally, ridiculous dares.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(48, 48, 48, 1); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">Like this latest dare.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(48, 48, 48, 1); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">I've always considered myself straight, but recently, I've been curious.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(48, 48, 48, 1); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">And what better way to explore this uncharted territory than with my bi bestie, who, given his long list of satisfied hookups, I know will do the job right.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(48, 48, 48, 1); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">I expected it to be good.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(48, 48, 48, 1); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">I wasn't prepared for how it would leave me hungry for so much more, needing Bren to show me what I've been missing out on.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(48, 48, 48, 1); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">What is it they say? It's always the quiet ones...</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(48, 48, 48, 1); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">&nbsp;</span></p><p><strong style="color: rgba(48, 48, 48, 1); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">BRENNER</strong></p><p><span style="color: rgba(48, 48, 48, 1); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">Taylor's my chill, zero-effs-given, video-game-loving bestie.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(48, 48, 48, 1); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">Whom I'm now hooking up with.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(48, 48, 48, 1); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">It's just fun, but then our parents drop the bomb on us that they've been secretly dating.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(48, 48, 48, 1); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">Oh, and they're in love and getting married in just a few months' time.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(48, 48, 48, 1); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">We agree we should stop our little...extracurriculars...because what if it comes between our parents?</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(48, 48, 48, 1); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">But keeping our hands to ourselves proves easier said than done.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(48, 48, 48, 1); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">I've become addicted to Taylor, and he to me.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(48, 48, 48, 1); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">What our parents don't know won't hurt them, right? And it's not like this means anything.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(48, 48, 48, 1); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">Only...the more we mess around, the more I realize it does.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(48, 48, 48, 1); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">What started out as just a good time has become so much more, but with everything that's at stake, do we stop now, or do we dare take a chance on what's happening between us?</span></p>