The Game of Love and Hate

It was a regular Saturday at the Galleria Mall. Caitlin, Nikki, Jen, Jude and Wyatt were all off from work, and of course Jonesy was unemployed. The 6teen gang was sitting at their usual table in front of the Big Squeeze. They were all bored out of their minds and had nothing to do and nothing good to talk about…

"Dude this is totally bummer" Jude sighed, "There is nothing to do. I would totally love to go boarding right now but Ron the rent-a-cop confiscated my skateboard."

Jen was half asleep from boredom and she had her head on the table. She moaned, "Why does today suck so much?"

Wyatt replied, "Come on guys it isn't really that bad."

Jonesy said, "Dude, are you serious? Not that bad? We're a group of six single 6teen year olds who are like half dead of boredom. It doesn't get much worst than this."

"I'm really bored. In fact I think I would actually prefer to be working right now at the Krappy Barn." Nikki slammed the table, "Ughh! I need to do something. Hey why don't we go to the movies?"

Caitlin jumped up in excitement, "Eeeeee! Yeah! That could be fun!"

Jonesy pulled a copy of the weekly movies listings out his pocket, "No it can't. Only stupid kiddie movies are playing today. Who really wants to watch an animated film about a bunch of talking farm animals?"

Wyatt said sarcastically, "Umm, maybe a kid, thus the name kiddie movie."

Nikki chuckled, "I remember when we were like 6 and you started crying because your parents wouldn't let you watch that kiddie movie about the spiders. And when they finally let you watch it were clinging on to me for like the next week because you were afraid that 'The creepy little spiders' were going to eat you"

Wyatt added "Oh yeah that was hilarious! Remember when you were clinging on to Nikki's pants and you pulled them down by accident? Oh man those were good times…"

Caitlin cried, "Awwww! I wish I was there."

Nikki and Jonesy both started to blush. Jude and Jen were smiling because they remembered too.

Nikki yelled, "Hey! That wasn't funny! Wipe those smirks off your faces."

Jonesy embarrassedly added, "Yeah guys it was just an accident and plus it was like ten years ago. And in my defense those spiders were badly animated so they did look really creepy."

Wyatt laugh softly, "Right, that's why the rest of us weren't scared. And even if we were scared at least when didn't go and pants each other."

Jonesy yelled, "IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!"

Jen was still smiling but she decide to defend Nikki and Jonesy, "Come on guys, they are obviously embarrassed by that story."

Jen, Wyatt and Caitlin managed to force the smiles off their faces but Jude couldn't. He just kinda blurted out, "Sorry dudes, but it was just so funny. I remember that it was a Friday and Nikki was wearing pink underwear that said Monday on them."

Everyone except Nikki chuckled a bit. Nikki glared at everyone angrily. They all stopped.

Jude apologized, "Sorry, so why don't we go see that barnyard movie? It is better than nothing."

They all nodded in agreement. Jonesy glanced back at his movie listings, "Sorry guys the next one starts in like an hour and a half. So why don't we hit the arcade?"

Wyatt replied, "I passed the arcade when coming back from Grind Me. It is packed. You would have to wait in a two hour line before you can even play pinball."

Nikki said what they were thinking, "Well I guess there officially nothing to do."

Caitlin butted in, "Not so fast! There is this game that looks fun in my Teen Friends Magazine. It will be fun, trust me."