DAY 16 - 8:37am
Day 16 in the Big Brother house. Last night Sean was the first housemate to be evicted from the Big Brother house. As the rest of the housemates sleep Max and Liz write the shopping list.
Liz looks at the chalkboard she holds. Max sits beside her and looks at the shopping list that's written on the board.
"Can you think of anything else?" Liz asks as she lightly taps the chalk against the board.
Max shakes his head as looks on sleepily. "No."
"Okay," Liz nods. "That's it then."
Max nods, and Liz smiles as she looks at him.
"Do you want to go to bed?"
Max looks at her with raised eyebrows and Liz blushes.
"I mean..." she smiles shyly. "You can go back to bed if you want to."
Max gives her an impish smile. "It's okay. I'm not used to sleeping in this late anyway."
Liz's eyes widen. "Max, it's only 8:30. On the weekend that's not late. In fact it's basically normal."
Max looks down with a sheepish smile. "Well," he looks at her. "Not everything has to be normal."
She smiles back at him. "Yeah."
Liz clears her throat as she looks away. "Do you feel like you're losing all track of time in here?"
"Yeah," Max nods. "It's weird 'cause you feel a little off balance."
Liz nods. Max looks at her as she seems lost in thought.
"What are you thinking?"
"Just in a way that was a good thing," she looks at him. "You know not having to worry about things and not having to follow the same routine in your life outside."
"It's still a routine in here," Max says as he sctraches at his shoulder. "Only it's different."
"Yeah, but it is different that's what makes it appealing."
Max looks at her intently. "But?"
Liz looks at him then sighs. "But, last night after Sean left I realised that no matter how much we think we're cut off from the outside world, the people out there are in control of what we do and say. It's like their controlling our lives by telling us how long we can stay in here."
"Sometimes it's refreshing to not be in control," Max says as he thinks. "We still have to be careful but..." he shakes his head then smiles a little. "It took me a long time to admit to this, but..." he looks at her. "Sometimes it's good not having responsibility. To just be like everyone else. To be normal."
Liz smiles at him. "Not everything has to be normal."
Max returns her smile. "I know. But sometimes it's nice."
Liz holds his gaze then turns away. "Yeah, but even in here it's not really normal. It's even more than a gameshow. It's about who's popular and who isn't. Some people who watch this will love some of us and hate others."
"Liz," Max says softly as she turns to him. "We can't think of it like that. We're doing something that not many people our age get to do. At any age gets to do. It's an experience we'll never forget. You should enjoy your time in here, because like you said we don't know how long it will last. But for us it will last longer than everyone watching cause we're in here living it."
Liz nods as she considers this.
10:21am
All the housemates are now awake. Alex and Isabel sunbathe outside in the garden, while Max and Michael play cards in the kitchen. The other housemates are in the lounge area discussing Sean.
"I wish I had spent more time with him earlier," Laurie says regretfully. "I didn't really get to know him until this week."
Kyle slouches on the chair. "He was an easy-going kinda guy. He was easy to talk to about things."
Liz nods. "Sean was great to talk too. That's what I appreciated most...his honesty. He told it how he saw things."
"He gave me some really good advice in here," Tess says sitting beside Laurie on the couch. "He made me think about a lot of things and how I felt about them."
Kyle looks at Tess who is exchanging a look with Liz. Tess then meets Kyle gaze before smiling slowing and turning away.
"I cannot believe how much I miss Sean," Maria moans. "I treated him really really badly."
Liz puts her arm around Maria. "It's okay."
"No, Liz, it's not okay. I was like this total cow to him!" She then sighs. "There's a lot that I did I wish now that I could take back."
"Well, he knows this, Maria," Liz reassures her. "He'll probably be watching us."
Maria nods with a sigh.
"Hey," Kyle grins. "What do you think Sean's doing right now?"
"Sleeping," Tess smiles.
Maria nods. "You know he's probably in one of those big hotels."
Liz turns to her. "Yeah. They did tell us before we came in here that we'd probably have to spend the night in a hotel when we get out."
"Plus the other commitments they have us do," Laurie adds.
"Like what?" Kyle frowns.
"Well," Laurie begins. "We have a press conference that night." She then thinks for a moment. "A..."
"Internet chat," Tess finishes for her.
Laurie nods. "Yeah, an internet chat too."
"Why would people want to come to an internet chat?" Kyle asks the girls. "For all they know they could be talking to anybody who says they're such and such. You know like a stalker or some loser."
"Kyle, that kind of thing would be controlled," Liz tells him. "You have official websites for controlled chats with a celebrity."
Kyle sits forward. "Yeah, but that's my point. Why us? Why would anyone in their right state of mind want to come to an internet chat just to talk to us?"
"Just like why anyone would want to watch us on television," Laurie smiles at him.
"Exactly!"
"Kyle, that's the whole point of Big Brother," Maria explains. "It's for people who want to see 10 people locked in a house together. If they like the show then they'll want to know more about us after it finishes."
Kyle nods as he sits back. "It still sounds weird to me though."
Tess stands and walks over to him and playfully ruffles his hair. "Aw, you'll get it someday."
Kyle grins as he pulls her down onto his lap. Both laugh oblivious to the reactions of Maria, Liz, and Laurie who exchange amused glances.
10:55am
Last week Laurie nominated both Sean and Kyle for eviction. She comes to the Diary Room to talk about Sean.
Laurie sits on the chair with her legs pulled up to her chest. "I just wanted to talk about Sean as I've been feeling very..." she trails off and looks away for a second, before looking back into the camera. "guilty about his eviction last night."
Why do you feel guilty?
"Um, because I never got to know him better than I should have. I just wish that I could have gotten to know him more in the first week, as I really liked what I saw and I think that he could have turned out to be a really good friend."
Do you have any regrets over last week's nominations?
Laurie nods slowly. "Yes. I regret both my nominations last week, as this week I really was beginning to get along with them both."
Which other housemates do you feel you have bonded with?
Laurie smiles as she considers the question. "Tess. This past week I've been spending a lot of time with her and I feel that we have become friends. I already knew Michael who is like a brother to me, and Maria."
How do you feel towards the other housemates?
Laurie pulls her legs closer to her. "Well, I had met Max and Isabel on the outside. And, now that I've got to know him better I think Kyle is a funny but protective guy. He stands up for what he believes in and I like that about him. He's really good for Tess. Liz is nice too, but I've still to really connect with both her and Max."
What about the others?
"Um," Laurie lowers her gaze. "I enjoy Alex's company. I think he could be a really good friend. I would hate to lose contact with him once we leave here. And Isabel..." she clears her throat. "Isabel I owe a lot too. There's some things that have happened on the outside that I don't really want to go into, but I do owe Isabel a lot. This past week my friendship with Isabel has been strained but I'm hoping that it can be repaired."
Laurie looks back into the camera.
11:30am
Today a new housemate will join the group. On Day 1 the housemates were given a life-sized dummy with the instructions that an 11th housemate would be joining them the day after the first eviction. It seems, however, that the other housemates have forgotten about the new arrival.
This is Big Brother. Will someone please bring the 11th housemate to the Diary Room.
Maria covers her mouth with her hand. "Oh, my, God, I totally forgot about that."
Max carries the dummy to the Diary Room. He looks above the door to check if the light is green. Seeing that it is he walks in and sits the dummy on the chair.
"There you go, Big Brother."
Thank you, Max.
He leaves and sees the others are waiting for him outside of the door.
"What did they say?" Maria asks him.
Max shakes his head. "Nothing."
The other disperse leaving Maria, Tess, and Alex.
"I wonder who the 11th housemate is?" Maria ponders.
"I still say it's a dog," Alex states as he walks away.
Maria looks at him. "Why would they give us a dog? We have no way of dealing with it in here."
Alex shrugs. "They gave us chickens."
"And they gave us a coop to keep them in. I do not see a kennel around here unless I missed it."
"I think we're getting a human," Tess says looking at Maria. "Not an animal 'cause that wouldn't make much sense."
Maria nods in agreement. "See, Alex, a human being would make more sense than a dog!"
Alex makes a face as Maria giggles.
"I wonder who it is?" Tess asks excitedly.
As Maria and Tess debate over this Isabel looks at Alex as he sits down beside her.
"Who do you think it is?"
"Rover," Alex replies. "A canine that will prove me right, and Maria wrong."
Isabel smiles as she shakes her head.
11:58am
Last week Brody was voted in by the viewers as the 11th housemate. Today he will spend his first day in the house. For the past 2 weeks he has been hidden in a secret location so that he will not know who has already entered the Big Brother house. He is blindfolded and led through a secret entrance that leads to the Diary Room.
2 men sit Brody down in the Diary Room chair. They leave through the hidden door leaving Brody alone in the small room.
Brody, you can now remove your blindfold.
Brody removes his blindfold and allows his eyes adjust to the light. He then looks around the small room then smiles into the camera.
Hello, Brody.
"Hello, Big Brother," Brody grins.
How do you feel?
"Pretty strange to be honest," Brody smiles. "I never expected the cloak and dagger entrance, but now that I'm here I just can't wait to meet the others."
The housemates know of your arrivial and are waiting for you inside the house.
Brody nods. "Okay." He then points behind him to the door. "Shall I go in just now then?"
Yes, Brody, you may leave the Diary Room.
Brody nods with a grin. "Thanks, Big Brother."
He picks up his suitcase and opens the door. The other housemates are in the lounge area and the garden. Tess and Kyle are in the kitchen with their backs to him.
Brody closes the door behind him and grins as he walks towards Kyle and Tess who seem to be oblivious to his presence.
"Hello," he smiles.
Tess screams while Kyle jumps as he turns around with a yelp of his own. Brody looks bewildered and soon the others rush towards the kitchen.
"Man, you scared the crap out of me!" Kyle says holding his chest.
Tess frowns. "Brody?"
Brody smiles at her then looks as the others are soon in the kitchen.
"Brody?" Max says curiously.
Maria gasps then shrieks with delight. "Brody!"
She soon rushes forward and hugs him. Michael stands with his hands in his pockets with an unimpressed expression.
"Good, Brody's here," he mutters. "Where's Rath when you need him."
Isabel hits him on the arm. "Be nice, Michael."
He looks at her. "Trust me, I am being nice."
"So you must be the 11th housemate!" Maria says as she releases Brody from the embrace.
"Yeah," Brody nods. "I got voted in last week."
Maria's eyes widen. "You got voted in? Now that's impressive!"
"Yeah, an already multi-millionaire entering a house to earn more money," Michael mutters. "That's impressive."
Isabel rolls her eyes, as Laurie who stands at the other side of him gives him a hurt look.
Max walks towards him and extends his hand. "Welcome to our humble home."
"Hey, Max," Brody grins as he shakes his hand. "You're in here too."
Max nods, as Brody looks behind him and sees the others.
"Wow, a lot of you got in here, didn't you?" Brody asks. "I'm not sure I know you though," he says looking at Laurie.
"Hi," Laurie smiles as she steps forward. "I'm Laurie."
"Hi," Brody smiles. "I'm Brody."
Laurie nods as she steps back beside Michael and Brody looks at Kyle.
"I've seen you around but I don't think we've actually met."
"Yeah," Kyle agrees. "I'm Kyle."
Brody shakes his hand and looks to the others. "Hi, guys."
The others say their hellos while Michael forces a smile that fades quickly as soon as Brody looks away from him. Max sees this and gives him a warning look.
"C'mon, Brody, I have to show you around the house," Maria grins taking his arm. "It's amazing!"
"Eh, okay," Brody smiles as he allows Maria to lead him to the lounge area.
As they walk past Alex, Maria grins to him.
"See, Alex, a real life person."
Alex makes a face which causes Maria to giggle.
Michael glares at them as they walk past him. He then looks to see Kyle watching him as he watches them. Kyle walks up to him and slaps him on the back.
"This is going to be really interesting," he smirks.
Michael glares at him as he walks past him. He takes another look into the lounge where the others are now sitting while Maria shows Brody their surroundings.
1:07pm
Brody has been in the Big Brother house for over an hour. Michael sits in the garden talking to Max, Isabel, and Tess.
"I'm telling you having him in here could spell trouble for us all," Michael states firmly.
"Michael, stop being so paranoid," Isabel tells him.
Michael looks at her. "I'm just telling it how it is."
Isabel looks back at him. "And, you really expect us to believe this has nothing to do with Maria?"
Tess and Max exchange anxious looks as Michael glares at Isabel.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"C'mon, Michael, I saw how you reacted when you seen Brody. Your problem isn't whether or not Brody says something he shouldn't have. Your problem is how Brody reacts to Maria."
Michael continues to glare at her before shaking his head. "You don't know what you're talking about."
Isabel holds his glare. "Don't I?"
"Let's just calm down," Max interrupts.
"I don't need to calm down, Maxwell," Michael fumes. "Isabel is the one who's becoming too blind to see the problem that's right in front of her."
Isabel glares at Michael and Max sees this.
"Michael, you both need to calm down," Max says firmly. He then looks at Tess and Isabel before looking at Michael. "I do think that we need to be careful, but I also agree with Isabel."
Michael's glare then turns to Max.
"I think your judgement is clouded because of Maria."
Before Michael can reply Tess nods in agreement. "Me too."
Michael looks at her, and she shys away from his glare then shrugs.
"I like Brody. I don't think we'll have to worry about anything while we're in here."
Michael stands. "I guess I'm the only one who sees it."
The others watch him as he walks towards the house. They exchange looks then sigh as they look away.
3:45pm
Brody is in the boys bedroom with Alex and Kyle. He finishes unpacking as Kyle plays with a soccer ball that Brody has brought in with him.
Kyle kicks the ball around the room and shoots towards Alex who just manages to catch it with his foot before passing it back.
"Man, I don't get how you Brits can say that this is more exciting than football," Kyle smirks.
"That's because it is the real game of football," Brody replies. "Not some nancy game where you have to wear padding just to run about holding a ball."
Kyle looks at him. "Hey, you just try running without any protection with guys trying to pound you to get the ball."
"I do," Brody looks at him with a smirk. "It's called rugby."
Alex laughs as Kyle stands watching them.
"Good one," Alex grins.
"Okay, I'll give you that," Kyle admits. "But football is a harder sport than rugby. Guys get put out all of the time."
Brody walks over to him and holds out his arm. "See this?"
Kyle looks at his arm then at Brody.
"I broke this when I was 7 while playing rugby. And this," he lifts his leg a little. "I broke when I was 11 after a friend of mine went in for a tackle from behind and took the feet from under me while playing football."
Kyle smirks. "You mean soccer."
Brody laughs. "No, football. I'll give you a game later on if you like. We could do a 5-a-side game."
"Okay," Kyle nods then smiles. "But if the game is so rough then why would you want the girls to play?"
Brody grins. "We'll be gentle."
Kyle laughs as he kicks the ball once again to Alex as Brody goes back to his unpacking.
5:25pm
While the housemates are in the lounge area, Michael makes hot chocolate in the kitchen.
Michael looks over at the group as he waits on the pot of milk boiling. Maria is laughing with Brody as the others look on. Once the milk is boiled he busies himself with pouring the hot milk into the cups.
"Hey, spaceboy."
Michael glances at Maria as she stands in front of him at the counter. "Hey."
Maria pauses for a moment. "What'cha doing?"
"What's it look like?"
Maria looks at him curiously. "Okay, what's up?"
Michael looks at her then at Brody who is now talking to Max. He then looks away. "Nothing."
"Well, obviously something has gotten you all moody?"
Michael picks up his cup. "Maria, just leave it."
Maria looks at him bewildered as he walks out towards the patio. Laurie walks over to her.
"What's wrong with Michael?"
"Beat's me," Maria sighs as she watches him leave.
Laurie looks at her and touches her arm. "I'll just..." she looks to the door.
Maria nods as Laurie walks out to the patio. Michael looks up as he sees Laurie who sits across from him at the table.
"Hi, Michael."
"Hey," he mumbles as he looks back down at his book.
Laurie watches him for a moment. "What's going on, Michael?"
"Nothing."
"Well, why did you blow off Maria?"
Michael gives her a stern look. "Keep out of it, Laurie."
"Is it Brody?"
"I'm not having this conversation," Michael says firmly as he keeps his eyes on the book.
Laurie shrugs. "Well, you're gonna have to have this conversation with someone and since technically I'm your sister in a weird sort of way, I'm not going to let you wallow in self-pity."
Michael puts his book down and looks at her. "I do not wallow in self-pity."
"Well, then what are you doing?"
"I just don't like the guy," Michael says as he reads his book again. "End of story."
Laurie holds his gaze. "Is it because he has money?"
"No."
"Are you sure?"
Michael sighs as he closes his book. "What is this, Laurie?"
"What?" Laurie asks him.
"This isn't just about whether or not I'm jealous of Brody, which I'm not by the way."
Laurie lowers her gaze as Michael now studies her.
"What's this really about, Laurie?"
Laurie looks at him. "I heard you when Brody first came in here."
"So?" Michael shrugs.
"So, I heard what you really thought of someone who has money coming onto a gameshow."
Michael pauses for a moment. "That wasn't about you."
"No, but it's still the same."
"No, it isn't."
"Yes, it is," Laurie presses. "Maybe it's wrong for someone like me or Brody to come onto a show like this, but..." she sighs and looks away for a moment. "I know that I've probably taken someone else's chance to come in here and win. Someone who needs the prize money. I do think about that."
Michael watches her as she continues.
"I only signed up because it was an experience that I needed to try. This is an amazing thing to be a part of. I don't think you should hold a grudge against Brody because he wants to share in that experience."
Michael lowers his eyes as he considers what she has said.
Laurie looks at him. "Unless the reason you don't like him really is because of Maria?"
Michael looks at her. "I said I don't want to talk about it."
"Okay," Laurie nods. "But you will need to talk about it sometime."
MIchael looks back down at his book as Laurie stands and walks back towards the house. He sees her glance back at him before entering the house.
7:49pm
The group have decided to play soccer in the garden. They have split off into teams. Brody's team consists of Maria, Kyle, Tess and Alex as goalkeeper. While Michael's team is Liz, Isabel, Laurie with Max in goals. So far Brody's team is winning 1-0.
Kyle manages to runs past Liz as he passes the ball to Brody who fires it towards the makeshift goal. Max falls to his left and catches the ball.
"Almost got you there, Max," Brody grins.
Max smiles as he passes the ball to Laurie who kicks it to Michael. As Michael zooms past Tess, then Maria, Kyle and Brody chase after him. Alex gulps as Michael fires the ball past him and scores.
His team cheer as Alex sighs.
"Sorry, guys."
"It's okay, Alex," Brody reasures him.
They take the ball from behind the makeshift goal and Brody kicks it to Kyle who runs past Liz quickly before firing a hard shot straight at Max's head. Max gets his hands up and catches the ball before it hits him and smiles forcefully at Kyle.
"That one get away from you, Kyle? You're suppossed to get it past me."
Kyle runs back towards his own goal and call's towards him. "Just trying to keep you awake, Evans..."
Max throws the ball at Liz's feet who looks at him gratefully before she is dis-possessed by Brody, which causes Michael to glare at her and yell.
"Stop staring at each other and concentrate on the game!"
Brody passes the ball to Maria who runs towards Max's goal and closes her eyes as she shoots the ball passed Max. As she hears her team-mates cheer she opens her eyes and jumps up and down.
She runs to Brody and hugs him forcefully. "I scored! I can't believe I scored!"
Michael looks at the two of them as they hug before walking over and picking the ball up. He glares at Max and Liz who are both looking at him guiltily. Liz tries to speak but Michael ignores her as he call's to Brody.
"Hey! I thought you wanted to play or are you too busy "celebrating" with Maria?"
Maria rolls her eyes as she walks away and Brody and Michael look at each other before Michael kicks the ball to Laurie. Laurie concentrates as she runs only to have Tess take the ball of her.
"Sorry, Laurie..."
Laurie runs towards her in an attempt to retrieve the ball but Tess passes the ball to Brody who immediately starts to head towards Max's goal. Michael watches him and runs towards him and slides in for a hard challenge from the side, which knocks Brody off his feet and causes his teammates to call to Michael.
"Michael! What did you do that for?" Maria asks accusingly as she walks over to Brody.
Michael looks at her. "What? He said it's a man's game...I didn't go in that hard."
"What are you saying that he is faking it?" Maria has her hands on her hips as Brody stands to his feet.
"I'm okay, guys...but you..." He grins at Michael. "You have just cost your team a penalty."
Isabel walks over to Michael and shakes her head. "Nice one, Michael, thanks a lot."
He looks at Brody. "How do you work out that was a penalty?"
Brody looks at him and speaks slowly. "Well, you fouled me, you denied me a goal scoring opportunity. You owe me a penalty kick. Just be grateful that we don't send you off."
Michael glares at him. "Fine, take your stupid penalty kick. Maxwell will save it, right, Max?"
Max looks at Michael and then to the others in the team and shrugs his shoulders.
"Right, Max?" Michael asks again more insistantly.
Max looks at the others before answering hesitantly. "Sure, Michael..."
Brody smiles before he turns to the rest of his team. "So, who wants to take it?"
Brody looks at the others as Maria speaks. "Well, you won it so you should take it..."
Michael glares at her before walking over to Max and talking quietly. "You better save this, Max!"
Max looks at him. "No pressure then huh?"
Brody sits the ball down and takes a few steps back and grins at Max. "You ready for this, Max?"
Max smiles back as he crouches down and prepares to save the ball. "Bring it on, Brody..."
Brody smiles as he runs towards the ball as he kicks it straight past Max's outstretched arm.
Michael looks at Max and shakes his head. "You couldn't have reached a little futher?"
Max stands up and looks at him. "You didn't want him to score, Michael? Then don't give him a damn penalty!"
Michael opens his mouth to reply but is cut off by the sound of Maria cheering at Brody. He turns to look at them both.
"Brody! You won the game for us! We beat them!" Maria screams happily as she hugs her teammates.
Brody smiles before walking away from them and heading towards the other team. He shakes Max's hand and smiles.
"Good game, Max."
"Thanks, Brody. Well done."
Brody smiles as he walks over to Michael. He sticks his hand out and offers it to Michael.
"Good game, Michael, maybe we can play again sometime?"
Michael looks at his hand and reluctantly shakes it. "Yeah, whatever..." As he walks in the house he is followed by the others in the team.
10:55pm
Most of the group are relaxing in the lounge area. Michael is in the boys bedroom while Alex and Laurie are outside on the patio having a guitar lesson.
"Now, just hold that chord and play," Alex instructs her as Laurie sits at the table facing outwards.
"Like this?" Laurie asks.
Alex nods and she strums the chord. She smiles up at him at the sound.
"That's it," Alex smiles encouragingly. "You've got it."
Laurie grins and plays the chord again.
"You wanna try another one?"
Laurie nods and Alex crouches down beside her placing her fingers on the correct strings. Laurie looks at him for a moment then looks down at the chords as he glances at her.
"Now this one is called a Bb major."
Laurie watches as he finishes with her hand.
"Now try that."
She strums again.
"You hear that," Alex grins. "That's you've now learned how to play all the major scales."
Laurie smiles at him and then looks back down at the bass.
"Now try playing F and Bb major."
She plays the chords and then winces as she hits a wrong note. "That didn't sound right."
"It's okay," Alex reasures her. "You just have to get used to playing them both one after the other."
He stands and sits beside her at the table. "All you have to do is..." he covers her hand that's on the chords with his own.
"Relax your hand a little."
Laurie looks a little uncomfortable as she looks down at his hand on hers.
"You're too tense," Alex says as he looks at the strings.
He leans closer to her to get a better look at how their fingers are not seeing Laurie glance at him.
"See," Alex smiles as he looks at her. "Now you can slide your hand better to get to the next note."
Laurie nods meeting his gaze and then looks away quickly. She inches away from him.
"Thanks, Alex."
Alex frowns as gives him the guitar.
"I appreciate all you've taught me."
"Okay," Alex nods. "I can teach you more if you want?"
Laurie stands. "I'd like that some time. I can't tonight."
Alex nods again looking bewildered. "Sure, okay."
"Hey, what're you doing?"
Alex turns and looks up as he sees Michael standing behind him.
"Nothing!" Laurie says quickly. "Alex was just teaching me how to play the bass."
Michael and Alex frown at Laurie's nervousness.
"I'm just gonna go in," Laurie says as she walks past them and into the house.
Michael looks down at Alex suspiciously. "What did you do?"
"Nothing!" Alex says defensively.
Michael continues to look at him then after a moment turns and walks away. Alex sighs and shakes his head as he begins to play his bass.
"This is just getting weird," he mumbles.
1:22am
Most of the housemates are in bed apart from Kyle and Tess.
Tess walks quietly into the bathroom as not to awaken the other girls who are asleep. Kyle sees her as he walks past the kitchen and smirks as she enters the bathroom unaware of his presence.
Kyle creeps along the wall until he is standing beside the bathroom door. After minute he hears the flush of water and the sink tap run. He gets himself ready as the door opens. Tess walks out still unaware that he is there and Kyle touches her side.
"Boo!"
Tess gives a little scream as she jumps. She looks at him and hits him on the arm repeatedly as he laughs.
"Kyle, that's not funny!"
"It is from where I'm standing," Kyle laughs which causes Tess to hit him more.
As she stops Kyle rubs his arm with a smile. "Wow, for someone so tiny you sure pack a mean punch."
Tess laughs as she looks at him. "Well, next time you'll know better than to scare me."
"Nope," Kyle grins. "I'll just know to use padding." He then looks at what she's wearing. "Is that my shirt?"
"No, it's my shirt," she grins back at him.
"Uh-huh," Kyle smiles at her. "Goodnight, Tess."
"Goodnight, Kyle," Tess says softly.
As she walks back to the bedroom she looks at him over her shoulder and both smile at each other. Once she is out of view Kyle grins before he enters the bathroom.