#Chapter 81: The Enraged Warrior

Rowena “Did you see the look on Liam’s face when you beat his high score on that zombie shooter game? He was so flustered!” Emma rolled her eyes good-naturedly. “Yeah, well, that’s what he gets when he assumes that girls don’t know how to play video games.” She paused for a moment before shooting me a sly grin. “You and Eric seemed to be having a pretty good time too, by the way.” I felt my cheeks flush slightly at her implication, and quickly looked away to hide it. Last night, Emma, Eric, Liam, and I had gone out to a local arcade; we had spent the night playing games, eating pizza, and… well, just acting like normal people for a change. It had been nice. But there was nothing more to it. “Yeah,” I finally managed, rubbing my hand along the back of my neck. “It was nice to spend some time with him.” “Mhm.” Emma drew out the sound, shooting me a coy look. “If you say so. But you two would make a pretty cute couple if, you know, you weren’t related.”