Elena’s eyelidstwitched. Vanessa didn’t wantto seize the opportunity to embarrass her, did she? Elena was worried that she wouldn’t have theopportunity to ask Charles what he wanted for a gift, and if they played “Truthor Dare”, she might have the opportunity to ask. “Great idea!” Kenny agreed. “We don't know her verywell yet, so we can take advantage of the game to get to know each other.” The others allagreed. Charles looked atElena who itched to have a go, and nodded. The group got together to come up with a lot of ideasto give the others a hard time. Prepared for the punishment of “Truth or Dare,” they adeck of cards, selected a few of them, shuffled and pulled out a card. Elena stole aglance at her cards and heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunatel