“Yeah, and it taught us to always be on the same team.” Eden grinned.
“But not tonight!” Cari exclaimed. “You have to give us a chance.”
“We’ll see,” Randi said, narrowing her gaze.
“Let the games begin,” Eden said.
Chapter Nineteen
“Let’s play Celebrity first,” Eden suggested. “Does everyone know how to play?”
“Oh, I love that game,” Analise said while Randi passed out little pieces of paper.
Everyone started writing celebrity names on the papers, folding them then throwing them into a large bowl when they finished.
“Are there any specific categories that are off limits?” Cari asked as she kept writing.
“Nope,” Randi replied. “Sports, entertainment, the arts, politics, everything goes.”
“That’s what makes it fun,” Eden said. “What might be a celebrity to me may not be to Analise.”
“Right,” Analise said. “I may know literature, but that doesn’t mean I know a lot about sports.”
They continued to write and add to the bowl until Eden declared it full.
“Okay, we can do two teams of three or we can pair up,” Randi said. “It’s your night, Gabi. How would you like to play?”
“Uh, let’s do partners,” Gabi said. “Will you be my partner, Eden?” She grinned and grabbed Eden’s hand.
“Oh, okay,” Eden said. She’d been out with Gabi twice. The first time she’d taught Eden how to dance so there was a lot of touching. The second time they went out for lunch and met at the restaurant. Tonight Gabi had had her hand on Eden’s shoulders, her back, and now she’d grabbed her hand. It felt a little too familiar and Eden wasn’t sure why it bothered her. They’d been texting each other since the pitch event so Eden was getting to know Gabi, and liked her, but something didn’t feel right with this. Was it because her friends were here?
“Randi and I will team up and let’s see what the sisters can do,” Analise suggested.
“Sounds good to me,” Randi said. She slid a pad of paper over to Eden. “You can keep score.”
Eden took the paper and pen from Randi, letting Gabi’s hand go. When she looked into Randi’s eyes she could tell she’d noticed Gabi’s touches because her cheeks were pink. “Are you going to time us?”
“On it,” Randi said, reaching for her phone.
Each team had a minute for one partner to give clues and the other to guess what celebrity was on the piece of the paper. When time was up, the correct guesses were their score.
They played several rounds and unsurprisingly Cari and Paige were in the lead.
“We’ve still got it, sis,” Cari said with a big smile.
“Hey, we’re not far behind you,” Randi said.
“Yeah, we make a good team,” Analise added.
“Ugh, I’m not too good at this one,” Gabi said.
“You’re doing fine,” Eden said. “We haven’t known each other for long.”
“I’m sure Randi knew all the clues you gave. Sorry about that,” Gabi said.
“What? No,” Randi said. “I think it depends on your interests. There were several celebrities I’m glad we didn’t get because I was clueless.”
Eden gave Randi a grateful look. She didn’t have to say anything but was still being kind. Gabi was right. When Eden was giving clues to Gabi, she’d noticed out of the corner of her eye that Randi obviously knew the answers. But that worked both ways. When Randi was giving clues to Analise, Eden had known them all even though Analise missed a few.
