Chapter 3

Game Night

“Dana just roll the damn dice,” Alice whines.

“I’ll roll when I’m good and ready,” Dana says giving more of a shake. She blows on it and begins to shake it again. Alice rolls her eyes and hits the die out of her hands. “Hey!”

“Sorry, slipped.”

“Oh look! Blue!” Helena says joyfully. “Can I draw?”

“Sure,” Dana agrees. “Why not.”

Helena picks a card and looks at it. “What?! These cards are a little strange, aren’t they?”

“What? C’mon let me see,” Alice requests leaning over. “Oh c’mon Helena that’s easy! The hint is a person.”

“Easy?!” she asks almost appalled.

“Ready? And go!” Bette says impatiently and flips the timer.

Helena frantically picks up the pencil and starts her sketch.

“Uhmm.. a – a cabbage!” Dana guesses and Helena shakes her head still drawing. “A – uhmm,” Dana pauses turning her head to the side confused. “I have no idea. What the hell is that?” she asks almost disgusted.

Helena let’s out a frustrated sigh and looks at the timer, half way gone. She scribbles out her original sketch and pauses momentarily to think. “Oh!” She draws the outline of a woman’s body, making the stomach large and drawing a peanut inside of her stomach.

“A bean?” Dana asks perplexed. Helena throws her head back in frustration. “A bean in a stomach! A bean stomach!”

“Dana! The hint is a person!” Helena yells.

“Well that’s part of a person… Oh! Oh! A baby!” she guesses. Helena nods and motions for her to continue. “A baby that hasn’t been born – an unborn baby!”

“Yes!”

“Yeah!” Dana rejoices giving her partner a hug.

“Actually – it’s a ‘fetus’,” Alice corrects. “No points.”

“No points?” Helena asks angrily. “It’s the same thing.”

“It doesn’t matter, she didn’t say the word.”

“Alice, it doesn’t matter,” Tina urges. “It was close enough.”

“But guys, that’s bending the rules,” Alice complains. “Are we just going to change the rules?”

“Oh my,” Shane laughs taking a swig of her beer. “Alice, we’re not playing right anyway.”

“Not anymore…”

“Your not supposed to get points,” Shane laughs.

“Whatever, if you don’t get points then no one wins. They’re cheating,” Alice grabs the die and hands it to Tina. “That’s not how you play the game, but hey – if that’s how you guys want to…” Everyone just laughs.