Scene 10

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Matthew's POV

We were walking up to the house to get a snack as we ran into our dads with a bow and arrow.

Hannah: Okay, Robin Hood where are you and your merry men going?

Matthew: I would be willing to bet arrow roulette.

Eric: How do you know about arrow roulette?

We all just look at Higgins. Kurt slaps him in the back of the head.

Matthew: We're joining in.

Lenny: You think you can handle it?

We looked at each other.

The 5: Yeah.

Kurt: You guys really need to stop that.

So we walked to a clearing in the woods. We were far enough from the cabin that no one should notice what's going on.

Lenny: All right, fellas.

Alice and Hannah cleared their throats.

Lenny: And ladies.

Eric: I can't believe we're doing this.

Rob: How do we always let Lenny talk us into the stupidest stuff?

Alice: It's probably how he became a successful agent.

Lenny: Remember, whoever stays in the circle the longest wins.

Adam: Simple enough.

Marcus: I don't like that part.

Hannah: Whoever stays longest.

Lenny: Okay, guys, here we go. And a one. And a two...Why are we doing this? Go.

Matthew: Hold.

Max: I don't see it.

Kurt: Where is it?

Lenny: I lost it in the sun.

Hannah/Alice: I lose.

Almost everyone went running. The dad's all fell one way or another. Adam carried Alice away, and Hannah ran towards the tree line. She even jumped over her father as he fell over a tree stomp before face planting in bear feces. Max disappeared. Me and rob stayed still as Rob was praying.

Eric: Curly!

My dad screamed. I then turned towards curly and ran to get him I picked him up and carried him to the tree line.

Rob: I am the champion. I beat all you pansies.

The arrow fell on his foot. I carried curly as Adam was still carrying Alice. So, all the dads carried Rob back to the cabin.

Sally: What's going on?

Lenny: Rob got attacked by an Indian.

Matthew (Whispering): Really?

Eric: Yeah, but he got away.

Deanne: What?

Sally: He got attacked by an Indian?

Amber: Daddy, what happened?

I saw Max grow a look on his face I never saw before. This wasn't lust this was something more. Okay, now I'm sounding like Mrs. Potts in my head. Anyhow, I pulled my group away as the adults talk about the arrow. Alice stayed with her dad and older sisters though.

Matthew: Oka, I assume that since the blonde is Jaisne this must be Amber?

I asked Adam.

Adam: Probably. Hannah always said that Bridgette was the spitting image of her father.

Hannah: Why?

She sounded both scared and jealous. I smirked as I was about to have so me fun with that.

Matthew: Well, why do you sound so concerned?

Hannah: It's nothing.

She looked away.

Matthew: Hannah, if it makes you feel better this meeting is because Max is interested in her and I don't think that it is just sexually.

They both looked at Max and then back at me.

Adam: Are you sure?

Hannah: Yeah, you said he was a sex addict.

Matthew: Okay, I never said he was an addict. Although that would of been much easier to say. Plus, I've seen him look at girls before this look is different. We need to get them together somehow, but I say we just let Max try his hand first.

Then we saw  a female Rob come down the hill after our little huddle.

Adam: It's uncanny.

Hannah: Yeah.

Matthew: Asexual reproduction?

Eric: I think we gotta pull it through.

Lenny: Oh, let me do it.

Eric: It was my idea, I said it first.

Everyone started arguing about it. Until Gloria started to shush us.

Gloria: We're gonna be all right here. All we need is a poultice with some maize that will draw...

Rob: Oh, shut up! That poultice shit doesn't work. It never worked. Are you insane? Get some alcohol on this bitch! You should know plenty about that. You were born during the Prohibition!

Lenny: And there's the snap. That was bigger than I thought it was gonna be.

Kurt: Snap, crackle and pop.

We just dropped our jaws.


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