Just for a Moment

6 | Bonding

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Joshua
"Ok, is everyone here?" Tim asked, looking around.

"Wait, where's Matt?" I asked.

"Uh..." Frankie was looking at the ground.

"Frankie, what did you do?" Joe questioned him.

"I may have locked him in a cage," Frankie responded slowly.

"Why?" Julia asks.

"Because I bet him $5 he couldn't fit. Then, when he was in, I locked it shut because I didn't want to give him my money."

"You really are Carlos," Sofia said to him.

"Let's go get Matt. I don't want to have to get a new EJ because you refused to give him 5 bucks," Tim said. Frankie led the way into what I think was the rehearsal room. When we walked in we saw Matt asleep in one of the cages.

"MATT!" Frankie screamed. His eyes slowly opened.

"How can you sleep in there?" I asked him.

"What else am I supposed to do? I can't reach my phone or the lock through these holes."

"Here." Julia and I helped him down out of the cage.

"I want more than 5 bucks for that little stunt," he said walking over to Frankie.

"Fine, but you're ok. There was plenty of air getting through the holes." Frankie pulled $20 out of his wallet.

"Filming starts next week, please don't kill each other over these next few days," Tim begged. We all nodded. "Now, do we have everyone?" We all looked around, and there were in fact ten people in the room. "Great, let's head back to the conference room."

Once we got there, Tim was standing by the door and began speaking to us. "So the bathroom is through that door, that's just a closet, and the pizza is over there," he said while pointing. "You guys are going to spend the next few hours here. Yes, this is how you're going to become lifelong friends. By being forced to hang out together. Have fun!" And he shut the door, and we heard the door lock.

"What do you guys want to do first?" Sofia asks, breaking the silence.

"There's Monopoly," Matt says pulling a box off the shelf.

"Sure," Liv says. We all sit in a circle around the board. I have Liv and Matt on either side of me. I thought it was going to be awkward, but everything turned out fine.

Olivia
So... Tim just locked us in a room, and we don't know when we get to leave. Yup, how to make a group of strangers get along 101: Lock them in a room together with no way out.

We were currently playing Monopoly, but I couldn't stop thinking about what happened with Josh and me in the auditorium. Sitting next to him didn't help stop the thoughts. I hope things don't become awkward between us.

I was so zoned out I didn't notice it was my turn. "Liv? Liv!"

"What?!" Sofia was saying my name and tapping my shoulder.

"It's your turn," she said.

"Oh, yeah, right." I take my turn then return to my thoughts.

Sofia
Liv was not quite with us during Monopoly. I noticed Josh wasn't either. Something had to have happened between the two.

Matt
Something's up with Josh and Liv. I'm pressing for details later.

Joshua
*One Hour Later*
We finished playing Monopoly, and Matt won. I wasn't exactly focusing much on winning, I was hoping that whatever happened between Liv and I wouldn't affect things later.