A couple of emotional viewpoints

It took them some time before the group was ready to keep playing again - as they first had to sort out their places and the tokens they'd won -, and then ended up chatting for a while, while enjoying some snacks to their drinks. All that was of course just according to plan however, at least for as far as Heather was concerned, and she watched with a growing smile on her lips as several of her friends were quickly getting tipsy from the potent beverage.

She and Brandon had ended up taking the two ends of the 'U'-shaped formation of couches around the table, and much to her delight she'd had Chloe picking the same one as herself - which meant that Zachary was **** to squeeze himself down between them, once they'd determined to keep the same rotation as before. This in turn meant that Ashley and Vicky had to spread a bit, though they were still practically leaning on one another over the armchairs of their respective couches, while Gavin ended up a bit on his own - even if he could easily reach out for Chloe across the gap that separated them, if only he'd wanted to.

In a way Heather felt a bit sorry for the poor guy, as she could see him glancing sideways at her every now and then, and was becoming convinced that his feelings for her were more or less real - and not just an erotic fantasy, as she might first have thought from reading his stories. At the moment she wasn't quite sure how to return his interest though, as she'd never really had a serious relationship in her life, but had to admit that he'd proven himself a very good candidate in the very least.

Perhaps she could make it all up to him a bit later, after they'd finished this game, and she'd seen where the change of roommates would lead them...?

Meanwhile, Brandon was having a couple of regrets as well. While he didn't actually mind how his girlfriend was practically drooling all over Vicky at this point, he couldn't keep from worrying about the way their relationship had been drastically changing over these last couple of days - and there was no way for him to put all the blame on Ashley of course, while finding his own attention being constantly drawn towards another of the girls in the room.

Sometimes he even found himself wishing that he'd noticed Chloe several years earlier, although he'd never want to switch out all the good times he'd shared with Ash, but there was simply something about that lovely redhead that made him feel every bit like he'd done for his current girlfriend during their first couple of weeks with one another. That said, he still had feelings left for Ashley though, and what was troubling him most at the moment was the fact that she'd barely been looking his way throughout this entire day.

Perhaps she was a bit mad with him again, he pondered to himself, as she'd probably figured what he'd been up to with Heather the same morning. Somehow he'd thought that his girlfriend's busty cheerleader friend was 'neutral ground' for both of them by now, after what they'd shared together several days ago, and simply hadn't bothered asking for some kind of permission before joining the lustful brunette together with Gavin.

That couldn't possibly be the sole reason however, and after studying the girl for a while he couldn't help from noticing how her eyes quite frequently drifted off in the same direction as his own. It wasn't Chloe she was looking at though, even they did share a few rather intimate glances every now and then, but instead it seemed like her curiosity had been awakened by the guy who was seated in between the redhead and the brown-haired cheerleader captain.

Strangely enough he couldn't feel much envy towards Zachary for the interest his own girlfriend was showing him, but rather found himself quite at ease by the fact that she too was having what seemed like a budding crush on another in the group - with her more obvious feelings for Vicky not counting in the same way. What actually did stir something up inside of him though, was the way which Chloe too would occasionally look at the guy with her beautiful blue eyes, or sometimes even prop herself up really tight to his side.

Brandon already knew that the two of them had always been close of course - and up till recently he'd been certain that they'd one day make a lovely couple together -, but right now he couldn't stop from wishing that she'd taken the spot right next to himself, instead of being **** to just be able and look at one another across the table that separated them. But then again, those glances she did give him every now and then were every bit as heated as the ones he was giving her back in return...