Chapter 9: Chess
"Oh my God, do they do this every Sunday?" I asked, frowning as I moved my piece to the other side of the board. Roy laughed.
"Yes. If you don't like it, why don't you just leave?" It was more a statement than a question, which made me laugh.
"You'd really like that, wouldn't you?" I said, not technically asking him. He smiled. "News flash, I'm not going anywhere."
"What are you trying to do, exactly?" Roy asked suspiciously. I moved my piece again.
"At the moment," I said, "Trying to piss you off." Roy laughed.
"Well, you're doing one hell of a job at that." I smiled.
"It's my specialty."
"In that case, do you have any other specialties?" I smiled.
"Not any that you'd be interested in." Roy raised his brow as I moved my piece again. "Checkmate." I said. Roy's eyes went wide.
"You cheated!" I laughed.
"Actually, I didn't. It's called strategy and you had your turns." Roy glared at me.
"Bingo!" I heard faintly from downstairs. I rolled my eyes.
"I take it your not into bingo." Roy said, slightly smiling at my annoyed face. I glared at him as he laughed.
"I take it that you love to be punched in the face by women." I said. Roy frowned.
"If I did I wouldn't be sitting in here." He said. I laughed.
"No, you'd be sitting in the middle of a strip club, surrounded by angry strippers." I said. Roy raised his brow.
"And what would you know about angry strippers?" Roy asked me suspiciously.
"Unfortunately, more than you." I looked down at the board and made another move, capturing Roy's king piece. "Oh, and your out of pieces." Roy looked down to see all black players. I smiled. "Maybe you should pay more attention to what your doing for once in your life."
"You've only known me for barely a week." Roy said. I laughed.
"I have my people, or had them." I said. Roy raised his brow again.
"I'm not going to ask this time. So be glad I'm letting you off the hook for once." I laughed.
"Was it the smile or cleavage?" I asked. Roy glared.
"Neither." I smiled.
"Hm...interesting..." I said. Roy put away the pieces and I drank the rest of my soda. "But not very convincing." Roy looked up and glared at me for the hundredth time and I laughed.
"I never lie." He said. I laughed again.
"Even that was a lie!" I said, laughing. Roy rolled his eyes and I stood up and stretched. "Damn, I have a lot to do tomorrow." I said. Roy looked at me as he put the chess board back into one of his two closets on the other side of the room.
"Let me guess. School, homework and a series of math tests." I froze. School? I hadn't even thought of that, nor did Dinah say anything about it, but I couldn't let Roy know.
"Uh, yeah. Well, that and a thousand hours of training." Roy looked at me confused.
"I thought you were the trainer, not the trainee." I rolled my eyes.
"Um, people have this problem that if they aren't taught something that they can't teach it." I smiled and Roy rolled his eyes.
"I guess I just didn't see you as a follower." He said. I laughed.
"You still got that right." I said. "Hm, now that I think about it, you don't seem like one either, not a leader in that case. Mmm...more a rule breaker." I said. Roy looked shocked.
"Really?" He asked, not believing me. I laughed.
"Oh, yeah." I said, almost laughing. "If anything, a rule breaker. But then again most of the rule breakers I knew all went to detention with me. And you don't seem like the detention kind of guy."
"That's good. Because if I was Oliver would kick my ass." I laughed.
"And Dinah would probably get me to kick your ass, too. Evidently those nails of hers she doesn't want ruined until her wedding." I said. "Now that I think about it, kicking your ass would probably calm my nerves too."
"Does anything but violence calm your nerves?" Roy asked. I laughed.
"Well nothing that you need to know about." I said, walking away. I could hear Roy laugh as I left and I suddenly wondered what he was thinking about. I rolled my eyes and wondered what Dinah's plans were actually, when it came to school. One thing was for sure though, even if I was forced to go to school by the two love birds (Dinah and Oliver to be exact), I could never become friends with anyone, not even Roy. Not only for the sake of their lives, but my own.