Feb. 16th: Better – 200 words – Together we can defeat the enemy! Some of us can do that better than others, though.
Derek Morgan/Kate Callahan
"You're cheating!"
"How am I cheating?"
"I don't know, but I know you're cheating."
Morgan gaped at Kate. "I'm pressing buttons. How can you cheat pressing buttons?"
"You...know some cheat code or something!" Kate threw her arms in the air, sputtering. "Have you played this video game before?"
Morgan held up a hand. "I solemnly swear I have never played this video game before in my life." He continued working the controller. "I have played plenty of other video games before, though."
"So have I," Kate said. "I spent weekends at the mall competing against my friends at arcade games."
"Well, this isn't an arcade game. Maybe you've lost your touch." Morgan grinned at Kate as he said this, causing her jaw to drop in shock.
"Oh, you did not just say that. Okay. It's really on now."
The two continued to race their way through the game, each trying to fight off the bad guys and nab the little reward trinkets. Then another voice interrupted them.
"Ooh, I like this game!" Meg settled herself on the arm of the couch, watching Kate and Morgan, making a show of cheering both of them on.
"Nooooo!" Kate cried a short time later, as she watched her character die on screen. She turned to Morgan. "All right. I concede. You played well."
"Glad you remembered my advice about how to sneak past that secret trap," Meg said.
"Secret trap?" Kate asked, looking back and forth between Morgan and Meg.
"...oops." Meg shifted awkwardly on the couch.
Kate turned her focus back to Morgan, narrowing her eyes at him.
"...I really was telling the truth about never playing this game before, I swear, I swear..." Morgan began sheepishly, before Kate whacked him with a couch pillow. All three of them began laughing as Morgan pulled Kate into his lap and brought Meg down next to them, as the women continued to playfully bat at him with the pillows.
He could definitely get used to evenings like this.