There was a silence that hung over the private sitting room of the Queens Blessing. Perrinand Rand exchange unreadable glances, and Mat waited expectantly.
"Well Mat, since you wanted to play this game, you can choose the first topic." Perrin reasoned.
"Very well then." Mat said. And gave a thoughtful look to his two friends before nodding to himself, "Very well, lets get down to the dirt and see if we can work our way up, love lives, and matters of the heart." He said looking mischievous with his grin.
Perrin Wore a Wry Smile and shook his head, Rand seemed to be containing laughter, or was it tears?
Perrin spoke out first, "Love lives? Hah! Faile, Light! That womans' mood changes direction faster than a hunted hare. You've all seen how she is, all smiles one moment and looking at me as if she was ready to put a knife in my throat!"
Mat shook his head, "She's a Saldean, and I've heard enough stories to believe you, but if you need bloody advice go ask a Saldean man, he'll tell you what you need to know."
Perrin frowned a little, "I've had a Warder tell me that he had trouble dealing with a Saldean Woman."

Both Rand and Mat looked at Perrin with a look of awe.
"Okay, point for Perrin." Rand said.
Mat spoke out, "At least you can half-tell what your wife is thinking! Light, Tuon keeps her face as still and grim as an executioners half the time, and it takes a song and dance Just to make her smile. Light she tells me when to kiss her! If I try more than that I get a bruised set of ribs for the effort." He twinged a little from the blow he took to his ribs earlier today from tying her to her horse.
Rand laughed grimly, "Aviendha isn't much better in that regard."
Perrin was confused, "Aviendha? I thought you were with Min, Rand."
Now Mat was confused, "Min? Aviendha? You're both bloody mad, Wasn't Rand with Elayne?"
Perrin Looked between Mat and Rand, and asked, "So who is it Rand? Aviendha, Elayne, or Min?" Perrin smelled amusement coming from rand in waves at the question.
"Yes." Was Rands response, wearing a quiet smile.
"What do you bloody mean yes? That wasn't a yes or no question, which of the three women are you with?" Mat Demanded.
"Yes." Came Rands' simple response.

Mat was shocked, so shocked that he couldn't even curse. So Perrin did for him
Perrin gaped, "All three? Burn me rand... three women? Burn you!"
Mat recovered himself slightly, "Light Rand, I don't care what you say, nothing could be as bad as that, and nothing could be bloody better if they all agree!" A thought dawned on mat for a moment.
"They do agree like the Aiel do don't them Rand? You aren't trying to dance all three behind their backs are you? That's a foolish thing to do; even I'm not so game to try." He warned quietly.

Rand seemed to try and hide his grin, but failed somewhat as he replied, "They agree."
Perrin and mat both gaped and sputtered for a few moments, and Mat made a declaration.
"You have no more say in this current argument, you have too much good coming from it to bloody balance whatever bad comes with it, so leave it well enough alone, you aren't buying the next round."
Rand laughed and nodded, "It could be worse you know."
Perrin wore a confused look and Mats eyes asked for rands answer.
"You could be married to Nynaeve." Rand said with a smirk, and draining the rest of his wine.

Everyone turned to look where Lan was sitting in the corner of the room, but he was no longer there. Before any could question the disappearance of the Warder, the door to the private sitting room opened. Lan walked in with four cups of wine, he placed down three, and took his own back to his seat.

Everyone regarded the warder for a moment but wisely said nothing.

To be continued

Authors' notes

Sorry for the delay on the chapter, I don't like making small ones, but if I made them too long I'd run out of material too quick. So to solve this, I'll be using bite sized chapters one per round. Feel free to make suggestions about topics for their little drinking game in any reviews you kind people care to make ;)

One again, no betra-readers were harmed in the making of this fic.