These Games We Play Novels & Stories

I called out the names of the game displayed, "Fortnite, God of War, Destiny 2, FIFA 21, Mortal Kombat, Grand Theft Auto,... Mr Martinez, it sounds like a movie name." "I don't know any of the names you said." "I don't even know. Um, why don't we try basketball?" He sat on the chair and said, "There's a basketball game listed in the list?" "Yeah, it's something under the nba. Want to play?" "No, you'll win." I laughed and said, "I haven't played like this so I don't think I'll win. Don't worry." He stood and said, "Okay. Let's try that."

For one, I was feeling quite dizzy and nauseous and I did have an idea of what it might be, but I wasn't sure though, so I didn't want to make a big deal out of it. Tony and Leo helped set the lights on the beach and the chairs were set out around a fireplace in the middle. The beers were placed by the side and someone was to be manning the grill while everyone ate; Tony and Leo, of course. Kai offered, but the boys turned it down, and we all faced Kim. "So what are the games we are going to be playing?" "Okay, so I prepared quite a number of games, but the two most interesting ones would be never have I ever and two truths and a lie."

Alexander looks at me from my right. I can see Nickolas and Thomas across from me waiting for my answer too. “We turn everything into games mostly. They love the idea of challenges so we time everything or give them a number to hit and they have goals each week. We have also adapted a lot of normal games to fit with what we want for training like Tag, Capture the Flag, Hide and Seek, things like that. It seems to work for us.” I shrug again like, it’s nothing.

While the males are not that care about their sweat and smell. That night, they make some potato snacks and play some games. “Since we have a new team today, we should play ‘Never Have I Ever’!” Jess excitedly claps her hand wanted others to agree with her. Who doesn’t like to play ‘Never Have I Ever’? It’s a good game to get closer with people. Rosa also doesn’t have a problem playing such games. She only hopes that no one will decide to play ‘Truth or Dare’. She hates that games because years before her friend play this game and make silly questions and disgusting dares.

I offered, knowing Vince wouldn't have gotten far in unpacking his things. "Like what?" he asked. I listed off the kid-friendly games I had: Jenga, Hungry Hippos, Go Fish, and a few other ones. He perked up and nodded his head. As I stood up to clear the table and grab the games, Vince shot me a grateful look. "Will you all stay and play with me?" he asked the others around the table. Surprisingly, they all agreed. We stayed up far too late for a school night playing games. In my opinion though, it was worth it. Everyone had a fun time. Laughter had been abundant. Even Riley, in his rather depressed state, had cracked a few smiles.

Fenella’s POV Initially, I thought it would be boring, but it wasn't. Lloyd challenged me in every arcade game. We even bet our tickets every time we win a game. Starting from the dancing machine game—even though I was the only one playing this game—skee ball, basketball, pinball, fighting games, and various other games. We also played bowling, even though we weren't very good at it. No one managed to make a strike. Especially me, who ended up putting more balls into the gutter than knocking down pins.

He laugh “Alright, whatever but I'm not allowing you ein again” “I'm Moon have you forgotten” “I'm Deon have you forgotten I flexed back” “Wow, Uncle you're so competitive” “Isn't that what you said, that we should play a fair match that's exactly what I'm doing” “So what game should we play next?” He asked “Hmmm, do you want us to play basketball?” “No, I wanted us to play something that we both are not familiar with”

Or I was just overthinking it? I and SMILE had been playing games every night till weekend, and it was fun because I switched to other games he wanted to try out too. He also told me that he was playing a new game for demo, and that we should both try it out The game seemed somewhat familiar, but wasn't a standard one yet. I pointed out some errors in the game, and suggested what I felt would be the perfect idea for it. We ended up bonding better than I thought we would, and it wasn't bad at all.

"Darling, come here quickly." Kieran sat down and asked, "What are we playing?" He assumed Valerie wanted to play a more advanced card game, but she surprised him by suggesting, "How about playing 'Rummy' or 'Go Fish'? Or should we try 'Crazy Eights'?" Mr. Kingsley was speechless. Kieran coughed lightly and asked his wife, "Have you visited the casino?" "Is it above or below ground? Boxing or sword fighting?" Valerie quickly asked. Mr. Kingsley raised an eyebrow, "Have you been there?"

They would put the food and drinks in the fridge so I could eat something whenever my anxiety died down enough for me to keep it down. The girls always took turns choosing and bringing a game to play. They got super excited when they found out that I had never played children’s games like Candyland and Chutes and Ladders. I think their goal was to teach me all the games they knew before I left as they never let me get bored and they never let me win.