#brooke&theo ; thread 001

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Brooke's attention turned to the brunette as he laughed, "What?" she asked. "So it's like fight club?" she asked rhetorically, with an added scoff. "Maybe for you?" She asked shaking her head, "Lingerie is not typically for men." As he out stretched his hand for her to take, she chewed her lip a second before thinking of the amount that would be in her bank after this was done. She sighed and accepted his hand, "I don't understand this task at all."

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Brooke felt her heart beating, it was overwhelming her a bit. There was a moment where she forgot they were stranger, that she was in front of her friends, in the middle of a diner. She cleared her throat because there's no way she could admit that the kiss she'd experienced from a stranger had been a top five contender. "Good." she commented. When the dare suggest she leave the diner with him, she looked to her friends who only laughed. "Wait, what?" she asked though she turned only to see her mystery man's back. Brooke acted quickly, and grabbed her purse, as he friends cheered her out of the restaurant. "Hold on, where are we going?" She asked before pulling open his passenger door and getting in. Sitting in the seat with her purse on her lap, she shook her head. "I do not understand what is happening. When did DARE start pairing partners and why us? We weren't even close to each other." She wasn't expecting too many answers, "How many more dares are we going to have to do together?"

BROOKE STRICKLAND:

The way his arms wrapped around her, pulling her chest closer to his had her heart beating a little faster. When was the last time she was kissed? God she didn’t know, and honestly couldn’t think about it right now. When he pulled away, she stayed frozen for a split second. She’d almost forgotten why they needed to lock lips to begin with. Feeling his whispered breath against her ear nervous icy exterior melt just a tad, before his words made her blush. Brookes eyes landed on her friends expectant faces, which brought her back to reality. She wiggled out of his arms, adjusted her shirt and cleared her throat. “Right, well-” her phone rang with a notification, interrupting the sentence she didn’t know how it was going to end. “Yes.” she said formally. Trying her hardest to regain any control she had over this situation.

     She was a good kisser, a great kisser actually and her body just framed against his body so well that he didn’t really want to stop but this was a game and he was here to win after all. Win and finally be free from everything. When she slipped out of his arms, he wanted to just pull her right back into them but his phone soon buzzed, that he completed his task of coming here and having a kiss with her. Did he understand why they were dared to kiss? Not a clue but it happened and he grabbed his phone to look at it. ❝ Alright, dare isn’t that bad, you’re lucky. ❞ He joked as he held up his screen.

Go with your DARE player and take a photo in the outfit here. Complete the dare for 100$

❝ Just a fun little fashion show we have to do. ❞ He laughed as he went outside to point to his jeep. ❝ Ride with me there? ❞

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Brooke was laughing with a couple of friends in a classic diner booth when she suddenly heard her phone go off with a specific ringtone. Her friends at the table immediately stopped in their tracks, quickly invested with where the sound came from, because it was a sound they all recognized. It was the ringtone for the DARE app, the very app she swore to them she'd deleted. "Brooke!" her friend scolded. Brooke shrugged her shoulders in defence before lifting her phone to see the notification:

"There's another DARE player near your location. Find them, kiss them. Then complete their next dare for 200$"

Brooke hung her jaw in shock her dare's have been pretty mild and anything too out of her comfort zone she'd decline, but this dare seamed do-able. Plus two hundred dollars would be nice to have. Brooke started looking around the diner, wondering who it would be, her friends pried the phone out of her hands. She heard the shocked gasps from her friends as the girl caught eyes with someone, Brooke smiled, then she heard a greeting. Brooke quickly turned to the voice, and looked up at perhaps the most handsome man she's ever seen. "Hi," she replied.

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"I don't have a choice." she replied to Theo. This is exactly what the game's design was, push people to their limits. Tease them with hundreds or even thousands of dollars and see how far people will go. Brooke couldn't help but think they won this round as she got into the elevator. "Ecstatic," she replied with utter sarcasm as she continued followed Roni towards the room. Watching her be attached to Theo made her uneasy. If the game had wanted her to sleep with Theo, she would have agreed but she would have been nervous. Not because she was sleeping with someone she'd just met, but because their challenges so far had brought them together. She'd started to develop a little crush, and watching him arm and arm with his ex. Didn't feel good. As they stepped in the room, "How did you get the room? Was it already paid for?" she knew the game's cruelty when it comes to lack of privacy. "We should look for hidden cameras before we... do anything."

Pressing his hand over his mouth, Theo wasn't sure what to do. Should he just walk away but then that would mean Brooke lost out on the money and he was already committed this far with her now and he himself needed the money too... It was all so complicated because he wanted her to have the money as much as himself. He wasn't expecting her to say yes, to accept the task as Roni grabbed Theo's arm and held it up to see his phone pressing the accept button. ❝ Are you sure? ❞ He questioned as he felt awful.

Looking at at the two, Roni couldn't help the grin at her lips as she motioned with her head toward the building. ❝ This way. ❞ She spoke as she looped her arm around Theo, keeping a tight hold so he couldn't let go. Walking into the elevator she brought her finger to her lip as she looked over her shoulder. ❝ You excited sweetheart? ❞

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"Reward decreases in 1 minute." The message displayed on his phone, "Fuck!" she barked. "Theo, I have to participate, like really do stuff, with you and her. I don't even fucking know her. I can fly under the radar for this one. You'll lose out-" The phone buzzed. "Reward decreases in 30 seconds." Brooke pressed the heel of her palm into her eyes. "It's not!" She argued with his ex-girlfriend. "Stop talking, please." she hated that this girl out of any in the world were involved. Well that's not true, she'd be mortified if it was someone she actually knew now that she thought about it. This is somehow better. The phone buzzed again, "Reward decreases in 15 seconds." The pressure was insane, "Okay fine!" She screamed looked at Theo, "Accept the task. Accept it before I change my mind." She'd told him quickly, then looked at the other woman she was about to sleep with. The first woman she'd ever done anything sexual with. "Where's the room?" she asked Ronnie, without many pleasantries in her voice. Crossing her arms as she waits for the information.

Sure, Theo didn't want to lose all the money that he got. He made enough to be able to afford what he needed for his mom but if he lost it... he would just go somewhere else where the game was. That was how this worked for him. Even he didn't know how much the reward was for but he knew that it was a lot at state. Feeling and hearing the buzz of his phone he pulled it up and open to see the reward. ❝ Up to 5k... Depends on how we do this. ❞ He stated as his eyes looked to Brooke mainly. ❝ Hey.. hey you got this. It's okay, I'll be here the whole time. ❞ He placed his hands on Brooke's shoulders looking right at her.

❝ Seriously.. Come on. It's just a threesome. Put your big girl pants on and let's get to the room. Theo is great with his tongue, the way he can flick it.. Makes me hot just thinking about it. Fuck. ❞ Ronnie smirked as she clearly was not helping but getting under the girls skin was just as fun.

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Brooke was trying to come off confident staring at Ronnie though her nerves were flaring and sparkling like the end of a broken electrical wire. Trying to plan how to partake in this task with as little involvement in the threesome was challenging, especially not knowing if there would be punishment for her pack of participation. Looking at Theo as Ronnie mentioned him losing the reward created a pang in her heart. She couldn't give a shit of what's in her pot right now, but him? He's been playing longer, which means he's been accumulating longer. He could have thousands at risk because of her. She couldn't let him lose this reward, which reminded her, "What even is it? The reward? How much is at stake?" She looked between them, before hearing the buzz of a vibration locating it's sound from Theo's phone, she walked close enough to see the screen. A pop up appeared within the app, as if the game was listening to their conversation because it read. "Payment is allocated based on group performance. Max reward $5000 each." Brooke's eyes scanned the words a few times making sure she understood, they were placing a rule to they couldn't breeze their way through this. She felt like crying, before her brain could register her emotions another buzz came from the phone, "Reward decreases in 2 minutes" looking up at Theo with frantic eyes, she couldn't believe she was in this position.

Never did Theo ever think that this would be their task. That he would drag someone else into this. If this was just him and Ronnie sure, he could do it, but the fact that he got Brooke dragged into this he felt horrible about it. Ronnie just looked at him like she did nothing wrong with a 'What' coming from her ❝ Smooth Ronnie. This isn't a casual thing for her like it is for us. ❞ He spoke as him and Ronnie were talking but he kept his eye on Brooke in case, ready to run toward her if she needed him. ❝ You can walk away. I'm not going to make you do anything you don't want to. You should know me by now. ❞ He stated as he promised to Brooke.

Talking with Theo was like old times for Veronica as she looked to the woman raising up a brow. ❝ You don't owe me shit. But if you still want that money, still want your adorable Teddy to get that money than you sleep with us. Don't worry, I won't bite you, I'll be biting him. No one said I had to give you any attention in this threesome. As long as you're involved somehow I don't care how this works. ❞ She stated as she wasn't about to play nice. ❝ Clock is ticking though little one. ❞

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The exchange between Ronnie and Theo wasn't helping her clue in to what their task was. Theo's clarification had Brooke freeze, chills taking over her entire body, slowly looked to Ronnie as she was still processing what she was being asked to do. She jumped as her hand touched her shoulder, looking at Ronnie she thought she would hear sympathy, encouragement maybe reasoning? Not that. Brooke took a step back, not making any effort to save her hand from falling off her shoulder. "I- I need a second" she mumbled before walking away from the two of them. She had half a thought to running, she easily could right? Go around the building call a cab, be done with all of this? No matter how good it sounded, she knew she coudln't. She doesn't know the punishment not only she would receive but what about Theo? It would be more than the loss of however much money this was offering. Walking back to them, "Why should I do this?" she asked. "You said I could walk away" she looked directly at Theo, then directly at Ronnie. "I know what I would do it, if it were to ask me to sleep with him. But I've never met you, I don't owe you anything. So shy should I do this?" she asked Ronnie directly.

Of all the people in the world, in the game, Veronica had to be playing. She had to be on this game here and they had to partner up with her. ❝ Yeah. ex-girlfriend. ❞ He spoke the simple words again and it was like a phantom speaking those words. He drove off to the location and his eyes did look to Brooke with her question. ❝ We did it once before, but separately. Most of the time she shared a bunch of videos about us on social media, we were in the same area a lot and supported each other. ❞ He explained just before his engine shut off and they were face to face with her.

Looking to Ronnie he swallowed the lump in his throat. ❝ I take it you have the room booked than or they gave you the room? ❞ He questioned to the woman before him as she still was beautiful and lively but it just tugged at his heart not to see her in a way he hated. ❝ Our task... is to have a threesome with her. ❞ His head looked back to Brook as he moved to take ahold of her hand softly.

Giving Theo a once over as she looked up and down his body, Ronnie was very much enjoying this a little too much. ❝ Best room in the hotel baby, you know that. ❞ She smirked as she moved to place her hands on both of their shoulders. ❝ It'll be the best threesome you'll ever have. Don't worry, Teddy has a way with that tongue of his that'll make you be screaming out. And his hands? Fuck.. turning me on just thinking about how great the sex was. Only man that could actually make you cum. ❞ She could tell the femme was uncomfortable which was why she was enjoying herself that much more. She could hear Theo telling her to shut up and just start walking.

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"Your ex-girlfriend?" Brooke looked again at the poll, his entire fan base seemed to want him meeting with his ex. Brooke wasn't a self-conscious person, but she wasn't very confident in herself either. This might be the first time she'd been looked over in a way that was so confronting. She couldn't help but feel insecure leaving her wondering what he and this girl did together... on camera to get his entire fan base voting for her. "Did you two used to do this together?" As they drove to the location, she noticed a girl leaning against her car. She was pretty, really pretty. As Theo pulled into the spot next to hers, Brooke glanced at him quickly, he'd been so good at comforting her so far, she was sort of hoping for some words of encouragement now. Slowly climbing out of the car, Ronnie's nickname hurt her. She felt her phone vibrate and saw the notification to see hers and Theo's live viewer count had broken to the nearest thousand. God, why do they love her so much? While she'd been looking down at her phone, she missed the message on hers. "What?" She asked, looking at Theo to see his facial features change. "Third partner?" she looked between them, "Work with what?" she turned to Theo, "What is she talking about?"

The first two tasks were fine but the moment that he saw Ronnie's name on there he cursed to himself. Of course they would find her in the game and want them to meet her. Shit... ❝ They normally don't. This is all new ground. I think they're trying to make the game go faster and have people lose. ❞ He spoke out and the moment that the third option light up he cursed out loud now. ❝ Fuck, yeah... Ronnie's is my ex-girlfriend. ❞ He stated as a location showed up on their phones. Just like that it was time for them to drive over and meet up with Ronnie.

As Veronica looked to her phone she couldn't help a little smirk appear. She went to the location and leaned up against her car and the moment that she saw Theodore she pushed herself up waving her phone. ❝ Awe, if it isn't my Teddy! Guess we we have to do. ❞ She smirked as on her phone showed for them to have a threesome which she could see his eyes turn dark. ❝ And you must be our third partner.. I guess I can work with this. ❞

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Brooke looked at the three options the fans were given to vote on, 1. Dine and dash an expensive restaurant, 2. Swap undergarments for the next three tasks. 3. Meet with @ronniekins and complete their next task. Brooks was confused as to why the fans wanted them to meet with another player? Who was this person? Her head was spinning with questions "I thought the game didn't do pairs and now it wants to throw in a third?" She asked half-absently, "And why does everyone want us to meet this '@.ronniekins' player? Do you know them?"

About to respond with some sort of response, one that he wasn't even sure how to give there was a new update alert which put the panic button slightly on inside of his head as his eyes looked to the screen of their phones. ❝ What the hell... ❞ Theo muttered as he clicked next on his own phone to see the option of what their 'fans' wanted them to do. No fucking way was it going to be this. ❝ Brooke.. ❞ He spoke as he looked over to her when the votes were showing up. He wasn't sure if he would be up for seeing his ex once again.

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Something about the way he ended his sentence made her a little nervous. "What do you mean?" she asked. She'd never made it close to the final, this was probably as far as she'd ever been in the game. Her pot was now in the hundreds. She didn't need the money, but her friends had been making comments recently, this proved she wasn't any of them. "What happens in the fin-" she was interrupted by the sound of her phone, his ringtone not so far off. Looking at her phone a banner popped up with the words, 'New Update:' "What the hell?" Questioned Brooke. "Listen, DARE followers now have the ability to use their voice. Polls have be delivered to each of your fan base on your next task. Click 'next' to see what they've chosen." Brooke quickly tapped the button and found their voters wanted them to do. "Are they kidding?"

Listening about her having an ex-boyfriend doesn't surprise him. Everyone had relationships. Himself included, he just wasn't he same person since he ended things with people and walked away. ❝ Well I aim to be a great kisser so thank you. ❞ He slightly joked as he didn't exactly know what to say. He wanted to know more about what she meant but wasn't about to push forward on the topic. ❝ Sort of... Most of the time they don't pair people together, it's more just doing things yourself until you get down to the final which gets really rough... ❞

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Looking into Theo's eyes was unlike something she'd experienced before, the way he was looking at her. There was care and worry in his eyes, "Well, it had been a long time since I had kissed someone." The image of her ex-boyfriend flashed in her mind, and she looked away, "He wasn't- as gentle, as you are." It was the nicest way to put the intensity and passion for sex her ex had, that she never seemed to reciprocate. It was all consensual, but she wished to make love, he wasn't on the same page. "Am I the first person you're doing this along side of?"

He was about to step in and say it was more serious than that but shook his head about it. This game was worse than just getting arrested. Theo just wanted to ensure that nothing happened to her, that she was safe and if there was a challenge that put her life at risk he would pull the plug so fast. ❝ I'm serious, I wouldn't like about something like that. ❞ He promised her as his eyes looked into hers.

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"Sure, I mean, I guess we could have been arrested had a cop been nearby." She agreed thinking that was the length of the severity. She looked at him, admiring him as he leaned against the door. He was attractive, really attractive and there was something about him that brought a little ease as they did these random challenges together. "What?" she asked in disbelief and shook her head. "Oh my god, that's sweet of you, but really you don't have to lie." she chuckled fiddling with her earring.

Listening to what she was saying, he would have rather that for her. ❝ This is more than just a game though... It's so much more dangerous. ❞ He stated as he leaned his elbow on the door of his vehicle. ❝ If it's worth anything, it's one of the best kisses I've ever had. ❞ He chuckled as he shared a warm smile with her setting his phone on his holder.

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"I don't think you're really to blame." Brooke mentioned as she sat in his passenger seat. The night air seeping its way into the car she felt goosebumps along her arms. She was grateful for the t-shirt, though instinctively began rubbing her arms for warmth as she continued. "It's been kind of thrilling." she admitted. "My Friday night would have probably ended with me at home alone, either working or watching a few episodes of trash tv." She explained. "So, I wouldn't feel bad. I am sorry, that the first time we meet, we needed to kiss though." She laughed, a little embarrassed about it now that she's had a moment to think about the events so far.

Throwing on a pair of his pants and a zip-up sweatshirt he laughed a little as he slipped into his truck himself beside her. ❝ Now we wait year. I'm sorry that I dragged you this far into the game by the way. ❞ He stated as he didn't want her to get hurt or change who she was because they game was making them play together. Had he not been around maybe he never would have been by her side right now, had he just stayed in his home town and not come here.

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Brooke was a little out of breath from the adrenaline of the game. She wasn't usually someone who took this many risks, but something about this was... different. It made her excited, despite the pins and needs of anxiety. She smiled along side him, as he gave her that stamp of approval she didn't realize she needed. She laughed lightly, and walked back to his truck. She accepted his clothes and couldn't help but look down at oversized clothes. "My friends are going to have some wild assumptions of what happened when they see me in this?" She laughed climbing back into his truck. "What happens now? Do we wait for the next notification?"

If Theodore could find a solution he would give her one but he couldn't. There was no escape unless they failed the game and stayed in the change room. It wasn't a big deal to him but it was to Brooke and that worried him because he didn't want the game to change who she was. Sprinting out of the place his feet met with the cold pavement as he looked back to Brooke, there were only a couple of seconds left when she rand back in and back out again. ❝ Hurry! ❞ He called out as he almost went back in to pull her back but waited as he took in a breath of air.

With a grin on his face he took his keys with a smile on his face. ❝ Look at you go... ❞ He stated as he went to his truck where clothes were waiting for them with a receipt. ❝ Looks like we are in the clear now for this atire. Here, you can put some clothes on. ❞

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"I don't know, but we can't leave without paying?" She asked, making quick strides to the change room where he clothes were gone. "Wh-" she quickly scanned the store for someone. Looking back at Theo she furrowed her brow, "What? I can't leave like this?" She was barely wearing clothes and stepping into public would crucify her. Hearing the notification on her phone, she felt the pressure of their task. "Oh.. fucking fuck, fine." She began running through the store ignoring the yells and shouts from other store goers and staff. "I'm sorry!" She yelled back as they left the store with only a minute to spare. She looked back and saw a staff member with their clothes, she knocked on the glass. "Hey!" Brooke watched the startled employee run dropping his car keys on the floor.

With a quick check to her phone, she saw forty-five seconds was left on the clock. Without thinking, she pushed the store doors open ran for the car keys. She could see the startled staff member from earlier on her way back to pick up the what she'd dropped. "Back off!" she yelled as she reached for the keys and quickly sprinted back and making it through the doors with only a few seconds to spare.

"Assignment Completed."

Called the voice from the DARE app. "I got your keys." She said breathlessly, as she dangled his key set in front of him to grab. "I don't think we're getting our clothes back."

Just as he was about to head back to the change room so that he could put more clothes on, or really his normal clothes on, he raise up a brow to Brooke at his name and was trying to process the clock that was like a ticking time bomb for them in this very moment.

❝ Are you serious? ❞ He questioned as his eyes looked around to try and figure out their best course of action. ❝ Who carries cash with them? ❞ He quickly stated as he went to try and find his clothes. ❝ Shit... my clothes are gone which has my wallet. ❞ He stated as he pushed his hand through his hair. ❝ Okay, we'll just leave and then come back alright? Come on, I'll keep you covered. ❞ He stated quickly trying to think on his feet as there were only two minutes left by the time he let everything run through his mind.

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Why did her partner in this need to be cute? Trying to avert her eyes while trying to come across as comfortable and confident in so few clothes was made to be very difficult. "Um," she said in a voice that was a little too shaky for her liking, as she rushed back to the change room to grab her phone. Turning it over to see the screen, her eyes widened as the timer appeared within the DARE app. "Theo?" She asked as she rushed back showing him the new task.

Leave the store in 4 minutes, for another $150. Sent 1 mins ago.

"We have three minutes and thirty seconds, and don't have time to change." she panic whispered to him. Eluding to the fact that they couldn't get changed, or pay for what they had on. Meaning the app was expecting them to steal the clothes. "Do you have cash?" She looked at him with hope, wishing they could do what movies did in restaurants scenes, where characters would dump a bill on the table and leave. She's never stolen anything in her life, and was hoping not to start today.

Wiping his mouth with his hand, Theo was feeling protective of her, not wanting his mess to harm her in any way. He felt like her joining the game in a way was his fault, like his form of punishment in a sense. He quickly get 'dressed' by removing his clothes, getting himself ready as he adjusted the bow before he looked to Brooke. He swallowed hard as he looked at her taking in a sharp breath of air looking at his phone to see that the job was complete as he got them on video. ❝ Now I think you can put your clothes back on. Does yours say anything? ❞ He questioned as he looked at his phone himself. She was beautiful. She looked so damn hot and sexy at the same time and he had to try and not get himself excited because they were still playing the game. @loveofcharacters