[center][u][i] - Maria - [/u][/i][/center]

She smiled as the round came to a close. Well, that was one couple down. As far as she remembered, this game was both good for making friendships and ruining them. They'd see which would happen tonight, if not both.

She grabbed the paper from Mercy and then went around collecting from everyone else, ignoring any words or facial expressions sent at her. She shuffled the bowl of paper around a bit and then went around handing them out again.

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[center][u][i] - Xanthus - [/u][/i][/center]

His attention had been brought to her when the first round started. She sitting with a bunch of other people and talking to a boy... Which would have bothered him had the girl next to him not blushed and pointed at him for the round. That solved that problem. Still, she looked so happy... She couldn't see him yet as, like her, he was hiding his energy now. He didn't want to make her upset and for some reason he was avoiding trying to talk to her. Maybe after the game... Or next week. He didn't know. He really just wanted to disappear at this point. Still, he stayed and... took the paper from Maria.

[center][u][i] - Alex - [/u][/i][/center]

His eye visibly twitched when Kathy pointed to Crash as someone attractive enough to date. Why did he feel this way? Wasn't she just supposed to be his mother? Maybe that was it. Crash was trying to steal away his mother. He needed to defend her but... how? How was he supposed to convince his mother to stay away from him and spend time with Alex? Alex needed time with her just as much as Crash did, probably more so.

After all, Alex always had been a Momma's boy.

He picked up the paper when Maria passed it to him and put his head on the table to think.

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[b]Brako was just relieved that he hadn't been in the last round. He picked up his paper and sighed.[/b]