#But also idk if it’s accurate cause i literally hallucinated this at 2 am yesterday so um

[sarastellasari]

The Dare

Avery and Jameson had a game. They would dare each other to do the most insane things possible, and whoever backed down lost. Neither of them had lost yet- they had dared each other to do some pretty insane things (Avery’s favorite had been when Jameson had dared her to dress up in a giant inflatable shark costume and run around the city in broad daylight).  But Avery was certain she had just come up with the perfect dare to make Jameson back down. She smirked playfully at Jameson, silently willing him not to chicken out. The brown-haired boy let out an exhale of disbelief, his eyes widening in horror, before shaking his head.

“Heiress, that's awful. If I get caught I’ll get arrested! That’s illegal!”

“You won't get caught. ‘Cause you can be careful, right?” Avery interrupted. Jameson hesitated.

“Fine. I’ll do it.” Avery’s eyes widened. She hadn’t expected him to accept her dare, but everyone knew that Jameson Hawthorne never turned down a dare. 

“Ok,” she smirked. 

“You know the rules-”

“I know, I know.” Jameson huffed. “By the way, you're gonna be the one bailing me out.” 

Avery laughed as he exited the room, presumably to prepare for his dare. She could already see the headlines.

….

“HAWTHORNE GRANDSON SPOTTED SHIRTLESS DURING DAREDEVIL BUILDING CLIMB DOWNTOWN: POLICE INTERVENE" Avery nearly choked when she saw the headline the next morning as she was eating her breakfast. She spent exactly five seconds panicking over what to do, and then another five panicking once she realized that Alisa was calling her.

“Hey, Alisa,” she said nervously. 

“Avery. You wouldn't happen to know anything about your boyfriend’s little… stunt, would you?” 

“No…?” Avery said nervously, wincing. She could feel Alisa's annoyance through the phone. Alisa sighed. 

“Avery… This is the third time Jameson has been caught doing something like this. We can’t keep covering these things up. Eventually, it’s going to get out. My people contacted the website to take the article down but-”

“Why?” Avery asked curiously. “I mean I'm grateful but-”

“I might be your publicist, but he’s your boyfriend. And what he does reflects on your image.” Avery pushed back the growing guilt in her stomach. She hadn’t meant to get Alisa involved. 

“I’m sorry, Alisa. This is my fault. Thank you for handling this.” Avery said.

“Whatever. Just make sure he doesn't climb any more buildings shirtless, okay? I'm sending someone to pick him up from the station right now. He won’t be in that much legal trouble, he’s a Hawthorne after all.”

–

“Miss me, Heiress?” were Jameson's first words when he walked through the front door less than an hour later. Avery threw her arms around him, kissing him on the mouth.

“Jameson! How’d you get caught? Tell me everything.”

“Well, it’s a story filled with heroic bravery and danger-” Avery gently hit him. He laughed. 

“I’m joking. Somehow, the building that I chose had a window washer late last night. It was bad luck, that's all. It's certainly not my fault.” Avery raised a dark eyebrow. 

“Alisa called. She said to be more careful.” Jameson pouted.

“Alisa is Alisa. Are we really gonna listen to her?” Avery scowled.

“Yes!”

“Hmm… well, I think you should do my dare as well.” Avery scowled. 

“Huh?” 

“I couldn't finish it, so you should.” Avery grinned, her green eyes lighting up.

“Sure. But I won't get caught.” Jameson smirked. 

“We’ll see about that.” 

–

Avery pushed back the growing panic in her chest. She deeply regretted accepting Jameson’s dare—even if, technically, it had been hers. Unlike Jameson, though, she had come prepared. She had dressed in all black to blend in with the night (Jameson had complained about her waiting to do it, but she wasn't about to go climb a building in broad daylight).  

She was glad the building they had chosen was relatively small and easy to climb, made out of crumbling brick, but with plenty of ledges to hold onto. She would never live it down if she actually got injured doing one of their striped dares. 

After checking that no one was around, Avery slowly started to climb. She clutched onto the ledges tighter, praying that she didn't fall. To her surprise, she managed to end up almost next to the building's fire escape rather quickly. Avery smirked at it, an idea crossing her mind. 

Quickly, she jumped onto it, and hastily scrambled to the top, eventually having to resume climbing the building, before reaching the top. Avery surveyed the city from above. She took a few pictures on her phone, to show Jameson as proof she had done it. 

Then, much slower than she had gotten up, she climbed down from the building, taking care not to fall. She jumped in her car and sped away, shaky with adrenaline.

–

Jameson’s jaw dropped when Avery walked through his bedroom door. She smirked at him, triumph on her face.

“Hey Jameson, what's up?” 

“How did you not get-” Avery threw herself onto the bed next to him. 

“Look at the pictures I got!” She said, waving her phone at him. He raised an eyebrow in disbelief. 

“I can’t believe you got up there.”

“I guess it's just because, you know, I'm better than you.” Jameson scowled, attempting to shove Avery off the bed as she laughed, already trying to think of her next dare.