A new chapter of King's Cup - Yay!
Thank you to everyone who reviewed last week:
inosine: Took your suggestion and added some Anastasia/Jesse. Enjoy!
MBAVfan66: The question round tends to be my own personal downfall. Let's see what happens with Erica and Benny.
TOBN: I am a terribly lazy reviewer (a million apologies) but I did want to let you know I am looking forward to the next chapter of your Irish Bennica story.
123456789vampire: Erica's got a bit of mean streak when it comes to rule making - and yes, no names is one of the toughest rules.
Updated 2/25/15
Chapter Four: Drink, Drank, Drunk
"Ethan's turn!" Sarah exclaims immediately clapping both hands over her mouth. "Pretend I didn't say that!" She looks around the room for support. Instead there is a chorus of "DRINK!" shouted her way. Sarah knows she's done and as she lifts up her newly refilled cup, she runs her other hand down Ethan's chest. "This is all your fault," she tells him. "I'm calling a penalty on you for delay of game."
"Just drink already!" Erica pushes the cup closer to Sarah's mouth. She uses a little too much force and ends up spilling quite a bit on Ethan's shirt. If he was wearing decent clothes Erica might have felt bad, but let's face it – Ethan has ZERO style. She was actually doing him a favor by ruining his attire.
"I'm okay," Ethan tells Sarah who is attempting to help blot him dry using her hand. Unfortunately, her hand is coming dangerously close to certain parts of his anatomy. He's relieved that his body is somewhat slow to respond due to his current liquid dinner – otherwise things might be a little awkward.
"You should just take it off," Sarah suggests as she attempts to help him with that particular task.
Ethan isn't ashamed of his body but he's not exactly proud of it either. Maybe he should have used that weight bench his dad bought him last year instead of trading it for those special release Marvel figurines. But for now, he's trying to keep Sarah's roaming hands at bay. Alcohol can only delay the inevitable physical response for so long.
"Don't be shy," Sarah tells Ethan. "It's nothing we haven't seen before."
Ethan blushes (or maybe his face is just flushed from binge drinking) and starts to take off his shirt.
"Stop!" Anastasia commands as she gets up from her chair. "If you're going to take it off – at least make it entertaining." She puts on some music and clears a space at the far side of the table. "Go ahead," she tells him looking on with a little too much interest. "Strip!"
"Yeah!" Sarah agrees as she drags Ethan out of the chair.
"Woooooo!" Benny calls out in support of his friend.
Erica looks at Sarah who is clearly waaaayy too interested in seeing Morgan shirtless. The fact that Benny is cheering too makes her wonder if Bethan is more than just a bromance.
As Sarah watches, Ethan attempts a few gyrations of his hips. He should feel ridiculous but for some reason (Coconut Rum) he doesn't. He sways to the pop music and slowly lifts his shirt to reveal his navel.
"This is pathetic!" Jesse yells over the music. "You have to thrust. Like this!" The vampire gets to his feet and climbs up on the arms of the Anastasia's chair.
Anastasia's eyes widen as Jesse's groin comes dangerously close to her face.
"OMG Jesse!" Sarah blurts out as her attention is drawn from Ethan to her ex.
"Drink!" Erica shouts at her but no one is paying attention because they are all looking at the former Reverend Black.
Jesse grabs the back of the chair with one hand and with the other combs through Anastasia's curly locks.
"Whoa," Ethan stops dancing to watch Jesse. The scene before him is on his list of "Things I wish I never saw".
"Hey!" Sarah grabs Ethan's arm as she sits in a vacant chair. "Do me!"
Erica shoots a "don't even think about it" look at Benny. Weir has no intention of even trying to give her a lap dance because he can't feel his legs at all now.
"Uhhhh," Ethan stammers as he looks at Sarah, questioning his balance at this point. Climbing on a chair doesn't seem like the best idea.
"Come on," Sarah claws at Ethan. She doesn't mean to but she uses a little too much of her vampire strength and he comes flying into her. So hard that the chair tips backward and Ethan lands right on top of her. Parts of their bodies that normally would never touch are now crossing those boundaries.
"What the hell?" Jesse jumps down from the chair with the grace of a panther and grabs the back of Ethan's shirt. The vampire lifts him into the air despite the slight tearing sound of fabric. "You alright?" Jesse asks Sarah.
"I'm fine," Sarah replies while taming her disheveled hair.
"Lesson number one," Jesse says to Ethan. "It's all in the hips." Jesse stands beside the seer and slowly demonstrates how he circles his hips. He waits for Ethan to mimic the motion and when he does, Jesse frowns. He's see better seduction in camels.
"Let me try," Rory gets up from his chair, trips over nothing and face plants.
Everyone laughs.
Rory picks himself back up and brushes off his shirt, then combs his fingers through his hair. He stands on the other side of Jesse and starts to dance.
Jesse looks at the blonde kid beside him. The kid is one step away from needing a social skills intervention. Who is he kidding – even a body swap with Channing Tatum wouldn't help Rory Keaner's game.
"Try this," Jesse bends his knees and offers up a few booty twerks.
All the girls explode with unanimous approval of his skills.
Ethan and Rory attempt to follow Jesse's lead. It's hard to say whether it's their lack of coordination or the considerable amount of alcohol in their bodies but they all seem to be impaired when it comes to this type of choreography.
However, they see to be having a great time dancing and swinging their shirts around over their heads as Anastasia changes the track to something that comes with a Parental Advisory for Explicit Lyrics.
Of course, Jesse has to take it a step further and climb up on the table. It wobbles under his weight and for a minute he thinks it might not be a good idea. But what the hell – he's a bad ass vampire! If he survived the Lucifractor he can survive falling off a table.
"Hey Erica," he winks at the blonde beauty.
"Hey yourself," she replies with a sultry smile.
"He has to drink!" Rory announces to everyone. "He said her name." A finger points at Erica.
"Are we still playing?" Sarah asks.
"Definitely," Anastasia replies. "You two, back to your seats," she directs Ethan and Rory. "And get off the table," she yells at Jesse.
"Make me," he challenges her as he continues to dance, unbuttoning his pants to reveal silky black boxers.
Drinks are starting to spill as the table moves beneath him. Everyone attempts to save their mostly consumed beverages.
"GET DOWN," Anastasia commands the formerly banished vampire.
Jesse growls back at her, but he does get down. "When do I get to learn that?" he asks her.
"Never," she replies.
"Wait a minute," Rory interrupts. "There's a bunch of people who still have to drink for breaking the name rule."
"Who?" Benny asks innocently.
"Sarah and Jesse and …," Rory sees Benny starting to laugh and he realizes that he needs to add his ownname to this list.
The three vampires tap their cups together and drink.
"So who's turn is it?" Anastasia asks looking around the room. Her head is starting to spin and she can't seem to remember who picked the last card.
"Ethan!" Sarah laughs bringing the cup back to her lips as she resumes her place on his lap.
"Sarah!" Ethan laughs as he drinks too.
"Jesse!" Erica winks lifting her cup. "Come on drink buddy."
"What do you say, Benny?" Rory taps his cup against the spell caster's and they both drink.
"My turn," Ethan says as he reaches for a card. "A three." He holds up the card. "What's a three again?"
"Three is me," Sarah reminds him.
"Three is me," Ethan repeats as he takes another sip.
"Erica, hand me a card," Benny says as the numbness spreads to his nether regions.
"Drink!" Rory yells at Benny as Erica hands him a card.
"Five," Benny looks at the card. "What's five?"
"Five is guys," Jesse answers.
"Cheers," Benny says as he, Ethan, Rory and Jesse drink.
"And one more for rule-breaking," Rory reminds his friend.
Benny shakes his head but takes another drink anyway.
Rory chooses the next card. "It's a four," he says as his fingers hit the floor. Once again, all the vampires lean over to touch the floor.
There is a thud as Erica falls off Benny's lap and lands in a heap.
"Are you okay?" Sarah asks her.
Erica laughs hysterically and rolls around.
"I think she's fine."
"Who was last?" Rory asks.
Everyone looks at each other.
"I'm not sure," Anastasia says. "But it wasn't me."
"Wasn't me!" A symphony of voices call out as thumbs are pressed against foreheads.
"You!" the Whitechapel High School students point to Jesse who is sitting there looking confused.
"How was it me?" he asks dumbly pressing his thumb to his head. "It should be her," he looks at Anastasia.
"This," she puts her thumb against her forehead. "Is not part of the game."
"Just drink," Jesse tells her.
"No," she refuses.
"Drink!" Jesse says louder banging his fist on the table. "Drink!" he repeats banging once more.
"Drink!" Rory joins him.
"Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink!" Everyone chants.
"I hate every last one of you," Anastasia announces.
"Even me?" Jesse bats his eyelashes.
"Especially you," she replies as she chugs the last of her drink. "Now get me a refill, bitch."
A bit shorter than the other chapters but Chapter Five: Never Have I Ever will be up soon.
-Gemma
