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Chapter 2

"OK. Gather around boys and girls. Move in so everyone can here." Charlie Francis glanced around checking to make sure all his guests had come in from the front of the house. With some alcohol under their belts the crowd was getting a little rowdy, and Charlie had to whistle to get their attention.

"OK. It is our yearly tradition to have a few games at our Halloween Bash. You don't have to play but we'd love you to. Let's have a show of hands who does NOT want to participate in the games."

Charlie looked around the room and there were just a few hands raised. "OK. You people with raised hands please step back so we can get an accurate count." While Charlie counted his participants out loud two newcomers stepped into the room. All heads turned to watch boss man Phillip Broyles dressed as Morpheus from The Matrix, and his date for the evening, Nina Sharp dressed as a very convincing Cruella DeVille. If conversation had been going on it would have surely dropped. Except for Charlie's continued counting it grew very quiet as people took in the new guests.

Peter Bishop tapped Olivia Dunham on the shoulder and pointed. "Check it out," he whispered to her.

"Wow," she whispered in response, "Guess you were right about Broyles." Then a pause. "He looks good," she stated while she continued to stare. "She looks...creepy."

"Agreed," Peter whispered in her ear almost touching the appendage with his mouth.

Charlie Francis finally caught on and smiled at his boss. "Hey, look who's here. Hi Boss. Hello Ms. Sharpe."

"It's Nina tonight," she told Charlie with a smile.

"Hello, Nina. We're just starting with our first game." Charlie tried to remember where he was with his counting.

"How lovely. Don't let me stop you Charlie."

"Yes." Charlie took one more look at her costume which was spot on with the ermine coat and a stuffed dalmation dog in each pocket. Then he moved a little away from her and yelled. "OK everyone playing grab a partner for this first game which is "Pass The Life Saver." Sonia will give each team of two a toothpick and a Life Saver. You will practice putting the Life Saver candy on the toothpick and pass it to your partner's toothpick without using your hands. We will make two big teams with everyone that's playing and have a relay. The first team to get the Life Saver all the way up and then back to the start is the winner!

"I used to do this at summer camp. It's easy!" Olivia told Peter who just looked at her.

"What kind of summer camp plays this?" he asked suspiciously, secretly jealous of any boys' lips that had touched hers in her younger days.

"What? It's a cute little game of coordination!" Olivia said a little indignantly with her hands on her hips.

Peter leaned close to Olivia's ear so that only she could hear. "Later, I'll show you a better game of coordination," he whispered. Olivia grew quiet and felt heat coil in her middle. The blush of her face gave her away and Peter chuckled.

"OK, go ahead and practice 'til I tell you to stop. Then we'll form the teams." Charlie announced.

Astrid helped Walter get their Life Saver balanced on his toothpick. With little hesitation Astrid stuck her toothpick into the candy's center and bent down as the candy moved onto her toothpick. Mission accomplished. "Hey, that was great!" Walter cheered. "Let's do that again."

Olivia and Peter watched as over near the corner of the room Nina Sharp commandeered her toothpick into the center of the candy on Broyles's toothpick as though she'd done it a thousand times before.

"Whoa," Olivia stated.

Peter continued to stare also, his brows knit together. "Yeah, whoa." He turned toward Olivia.

"Who would've thought?"

Olivia just raised an eyebrow in reply.

"OK, I guess I'm the only one here who has to practice, Miss Expert. Get it ready, Dunham."

Olivia put the candy on the toothpick in her mouth and watched as Peter took his time getting his tooth pick at just the right angle and pushed it into the candy. Then he tilted down a little and the candy slid onto his toothpick. "See, I can do it too," he said proudly.

Olivia took the toothpick out of her mouth. "Beginner's luck, Clyde."

"OK. Now we're going to make teams." Charlie physically moved his guests until they were into two long rows. Peter was between a good-looking brunette on one side and Nina Sharpe on the other. In the opposite team, Olivia had Charlie on one side and Broyles on the other.

"OK," Charlie started, "we're gonna do this once. The first person puts the toothpick in their mouth and the Life Saver on their toothpick and passes it to the next person, and so on, without hands. If the Life Saver gets dropped for some reason the team has to start back at the beginning. The first team to get it all the way down, and then all the way back is the winner! Now load 'em up folks."

The two team leaders prepared for the race.

"On your mark, get set, GO!" Charlie yelled. The people down the lines were all laughing as the first people started to try to transfer their candies to the second people. It was apparently not so easy with some liquor on board.

Olivia watched as Peter laughed with the attractive brunette to his left. She told herself she would not get jealous of anything tonight. Peter caught Olivia's eye and winked at her. She decided to take it as a good sign even though she thought the woman flirting with Peter was better looking than she was.

The Life Saver came to Peter's brunette and Olivia noticed the woman spent extra time trying to push against Peter as she transferred the candy. Petr didn't seem to respond, he just turned and passed the Life Saver to Nina, secretly hoping he'd never have to get that close to Nina Sharpe again.

Finally Charlie passed the Life Saver to Olivia and with some hesitation she got it passed successfully to her boss aside of her. The return trip seemed a little easier for both teams, and finally everyone stilled as the game ended.

"This team is the winner!" Charlie shouted. There was thunderous applause and whistling.

"OK. Take five, everyone. Go get another drink. Then we'll do another game."

Guests started heading into the front room back to the bar. Peter had been watching Olivia's body language and grabbed her arm as she started walking into the other room. "You alright?" he asked her.

"I'm fine" she replied, giving him a weak smile.

Peter looked around to see if anyone was watching them. He bent his head very close to hers. "Hey, Livia. I. Love. You. Don't forget that, OK?"

Olivia looked up at him and shook her head moving a strand of hair out of her face. Peter gave her a quick kiss on the cheek and took a step back, placing his hand in hers. They walked into the front left room, hands laced together and got another beer.

End of Chapter 2

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