Chapter 4

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"You want me to!?" I stood in front of Jimmy in shock. He laughed and replied, "Yeah! It would be you and Higgins versus me and Bradley Cooper!" He couldn't be serious.

"We'll have to vote on whether we want to play Facebreakers or the doubles ping pong, or maybe even Flip Cup or Musical Beers!" I laughed as Jimmy smiled widely. "Why me?" I asked, and he smirked. "I told Lorne how competitive we are, and he said it would be great to see you beat me, and so I wanna prove him wrong." I laughed and replied, "In your dreams."

"I think you guys should do Facebreakers, or the game that you did with Blake Shelton and Tom Cruise- the basketball game and the football game- do you remember that?" Patrick asked, and I laughed along with everyone else. "Okay, then it's settled. We'll play that. Two of each item that's thrown has to be on each table, so that everyone throws the same things." Jimmy smirked, turned to me, and yelled, "You're going down!" The whole crew laughed, and I rolled my eyes.

"Please welcome back, Bradley Cooper!" Jimmy announced, and I stood by Patrick behind the curtain. "Beat him. I wanna see his reaction." I laughed as Pat squeezed my shoulder. "... Joining our announcer Steve Higgins is one of our knew writers, Megan Fallon!" I came out onto the stage and hugged Jimmy, Bradley, and Higgins, and I stood next to Higgins. He spoke up and said, "In case you couldn't tell, they're siblings." Jimmy and I laughed at Higgins' remark, and we got in our places to play.

"Since it's the 13th week in the NFL, we're playing the arcade football game, but with a slight twist." Jimmy said. The lights illuminated the tables, and I smirked. "Each teammate will throw the same 5 things, trying to get them through the hole. Team with the most things through the hole wins!" The audience clapped, and Jimmy said, "Since Bradley is our guest, he'll go first, then Higgins, then me, then Megan. Let the games begin!"

The first object we were throwing was a volleyball. Jimmy's eyes shot over to me and he exclaimed, "This is rigged, she played college volleyball!" I laughed and replied, "Stop making excuses." Bradley made it easily. Higgins stepped up to throw it, and he launched it over the entire backstop. Jimmy threw it and missed. All eyes were on me as I slipped my heels off and grabbed the volleyball. "Oh... She's serious." Jimmy whispered, and the audience laughed. I backed up and got a running start- I was serving the ball through the hole. I jumped up and hit the ball, and it flew through the hole cleanly. I smirked at Jimmy as he pouted.

"The next item we'll be throwing is... Hockey sticks!?" We all laughed as we began taking our turns. Bradley missed, along with Higgins. Jimmy launched his hockey stick, and it rattled through the hole. "HA!" He yelled, and he looked straight at me. I threw my hockey stick and missed, and Jimmy laughed competitively...

It was the last round, and we were tied at 3 a piece. The last object was revealed... It was a New York Cheesesteak. Bradley threw his, and it went in. Higgins launched his into the hole. Jimmy was so hyped to beat me, but he missed the hole by almost a foot. I smirked evilly as I grabbed my cheesesteak. "For the win!" Higgins yelled, and I threw my cheesesteak-

Straight through the hole.

Higgins and I jumped up and down and rejoiced in our win, and Bradley hugged Jimmy. Jimmy looked over at me and looked down. I laughed and said, "What, you're not used to losing to me yet? You should be." Even Bradley laughed. Jimmy grumbled and said, "Oh, you just wait... I'll get you." We linked to a commercial break, and Jimmy grabbed a volleyball and began bouncing it. I laughed as I talked with the three guys, and Patrick eventually called me back to the writer's room.

The show ended soon after that, and I was writing down some skit ideas that I had come up with with Patrick when Jimmy came into the writer's room. I was completely immersed in my writing, so much so that I didn't notice Jimmy. "Meg?" He asked, and I looked up. "Hm?" I replied, and he smiled. "Nancy texted me and said that she took Winnie up to her parents and they're staying the night up there. Would you wanna go out to eat and then call it a night?" I smiled and said, "That sounds great."

Jimmy and I left Rockefeller Plaza and walked down the street towards a nice little restaurant. Finally, some quality time with my brother again.

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