3, 2, 1 BOOM – Chapter 10
"I sure hope it won't come to this…"
"Yeah, that would be real bad" Eli agreed with Grace. "But it's not like we can do anything about it, so let's try to entertain ourselves… What do you wanna play?"
"Well, I can play speed, war and my dad once showed me how to play poker…"
"Let's play war" Eli decided. "Fine with me".
"You know, we should probably save the battery for later" Grace remembered suddenly. "You're right, we'll just listen to it every once in a while for the updates". Eli said as he turned off the radio.
He dealt the cards and they started playing. Grace had a really good first round of cards.
"I win!" "I win!" Grace squealed happily as Eli lost his last card to her. She kept on winning for the next three rounds as well and Eli became a little restless. "It's not fun anymore" he declared whiningly. "You just say that 'cause I'm winning over and over and over again…"
"No, it's just boring" Eli defended himself.
"So, what do you suggest?"
"Let's make it more interesting" Eli began
"How?"
Eli took a minute to think of an idea "Let's say each time we'll have a 'war' the person who wins gets to 'Truth or Dare' the other" he offered
Grace considered his idea for a few seconds "I'm up for that" 'this could get interesting'.
Eli dealt the cards again and they started a new game. They played for a few uneventful rounds, each of them winning occasionally until finally they both set a '10' card simultaneously. The first 'War' began. They both quickly put the first card. The second one took a little longer and at the end, before they had to reveal the winning or losing card, they both hesitated a little. 'Here goes'.
'Damn' Grace took a quick look at the card she was about to reveal, it was an eight. 'kinda risky...'. Eli had a nasty, huge smirk on his face – not a good sign, she mentally added.
"Well, are you ready?" he asked too amused to Grace's opinion. "As I'll ever be" Grace mumbled as she threw the card on her stack. Eli threw his too, it was a queen.
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"What will it be? Truth or Dare?" he asked, obviously enjoying the moment very much. Grace hesitated for a moment but decided she'd rather go for the 'Truth' than deal with Eli's evil mind…
"Truth, I've got nothing to hide" she smiled sweetly at him, trying to put a secure front, so he won't get the idea she was pretty intimidated what his next words might be.
"Let's see" Eli played with her, stretching the stressful moment.
"Come on Eli…"
"Ok… Ok… give me a minute, I'm scheming…" he smirked at her.
"Eli…"
"Fine, fine" "Ahm, do you like or have a crush on someone at the moment?"
*Grace*
'Oh no, right to the point, aren't we?' Grace thought to herself. 'What do I tell him?'
'Oh yeah, I have a crush and ah… It's on you?!?'
'I can't make a fool of myself…'
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"Yes" She answered simply. Eli eyes widen a little as he pried "Who?"
"Oh no" Grace said "You had one question and I answered it, now let's play".
Eli couldn't help it but he felt a little disappointed as she refused answering the question. It bothered him, he was very curious.
On the next 'War' round Eli lost. "I'll take your dare…"
*Eli*
She seems harmless…
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Grace thought for a while until a nasty little smile spread on her face. "I dare you to sing Britney Spears' 'Oops I did it again' oh… and I want you dancing too…" Grace grinned like a madwoman at Eli's shocked expression… or is it embarrassed?
"Come on E be a sport" Grace urged him. "I answered your Truth".
Eli did surprisingly well, considering he loathed that kind of music, it was so funny seeing him fooling around like that. "You know Eli, I don't know what was more embarrassing the fact that you did it or the face that you actually knew all the lyrics by heart" 'Oh boy, Grace is going to use this for a long time…' he thought to himself.
On the next round Grace lost again.
"Ok, you wanted to play dirty" Eli referred to her last dare "What will it be Gracie? Truth or Dare?" he challenged. Grace considered her options. 'Dangerous territory… it might get embarrassing, but I'm afraid of what his mind can come with as a dare too…' Grace felt the lesser harm would be caused by the dare, since if she'll give him a chance he's bound to ask her about her previous statement and it can get extremely awkward…
"Dare"
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