Chopsticks! But ALSO talk about what you think might be up with Lexi.

"Chopsticks good!" You beam.

The two of you square up, maintaining your cross-legged position across from each other on opposite sides of the door. You both extend the pointer finger of each of your hands, and the game is afoot. Ones turn ones into twos, twos turn ones into threes, threes eliminate twos, a one turns the three into a four, and the four takes down the one. A textbook defeat! An easier match couldn't be asked for. But this next time you'll do better.

Cameron scratches at the side of his nose, and you both reset your hands to one. This is getting pretty intense! You might need something to cool off a bit.

"What do you think Lexi's doing?" You ask, buying yourself precious seconds more of mental arithmetic.

"No clue. {if VentFind == True}You'd know better than me, you actually saw the room.{elseif PuterLooker == True}You'd know better than me, you actually saw the room.{else}Taxes?{endif}"

"{if VentFind == True}It's a computer lab. Really big! But she wasn't in there.{elseif PuterLooker == True}It's a computer lab. Really big! But she wasn't in there.{else}Don't think so.{endif}" You reply as you make your move on his hand. Ahaha! Take that, two!

"{if VentFind == True}Maybe she was checking her email. Or using the room to get somewhere else. Was there another door in there?{elseif PuterLooker == True}Maybe she was checking her email. Or using the room to get somewhere else. Was there another door in there?{else}Whatever it is, she's being quiet in there. That's probably good. Most bad things are loud.{endif}" Cameron responds as he returns fire on the back of your hand. Unacceptable! "Anyway, she'll tell us if she wants us to know. I like her, she's really nice. Reminds me of my sister."

"Maybe she's secretly an alien!" You strike.

"True, actually." The rally continues.

"How'd you guys meet, by the way?" You ask. "I didn't see you guys together at all yesterday."

Cameron's brow starts to sweat as your immaculate strategy starts closing in on him. "During lunch. I was at a table in the food court, eating a sandwich, and she just kind of sat down on the table like she'd been with me the whole time and just got back from the bathroom."

"On the table?"

"Lexi."

"Good call."

He absolutely blitzes your hand. How'd that happen?! It doesn't add up! Well, it does, but whatever, you're still in this! You've got a hand left! "She got me talking and we spent the rest of lunch chatting. I don't even know how she did that."

"Witch, probably."

"Yeah, that's fair."

You've weighed your options long enough. You counterattack as best you can, and hope that he doesn't notice the three-step plan by which he can strike the killing blow. "So that's all, then?"

"Nah, also later on.... hmm...." Cameron pauses to analyse the game situation in front of him. C'mon! "Later on, when we had a class free, I was walking around and found her. She was-"

"HA!" You cry, as he strikes you with the wrong hand! "Wrong move, buster!"

"What? What'd I miss?!" Cameron desperately searches the hands, and shock takes to his face. "Oh, come on!"

This is it! Victory is in your hands! You can almost taste it.... just four more turns! You check if there's any way he can stop you....

"When I found her, she had a guitar strung on her shoulder. I didn't know that she played, and I actually used to play drums." Cameron speaks quickly.

"Shhh!" You hiss. He's trying to break your concentration. He won't win!

"Turns out she plays, like, every instrument. Probably not, but a lot. I bought us both a milkshake because of how nice she was at lunch."

"Be quiet, Cameron!" You strain your head. That'd make 6.... no, 7!

"{if PaintTalkCam == True}We talked about a bunch of stuff -- including you, because it turns out we both liked you quite a lot and were worried about if you were okay, but I had no idea how to check.{else}We t-talked about.... fruits! Favourite ones! Mine is apricot! I like them best just before they're ripe, when they're still a little hard, but ripe is just a human construct of when fruit tastes the best, so technically for me they are ripe just then. There are zero health benefits to eating fruit at one time period over another! That's why bad bananas can be used in banana bread and it's fine! You've all been tricked by supermarkets, but my mind is clear!{endif}"

{if PaintTalkCam == True}Awww, that's really sweet. You feel all nice inside. Hey, wait, he got you!{else}"CAMERON!" You shout.{endif} You waited too long!

The door gently opens between the two of you, cutting off your hands' linking air and thus ending the game of chopsticks. You had him! You should've just gone for it! That game was totally yours!

"That game was totally mine, Cam!" You shout angrily as Lexi steps through the door and closes it behind her, looking side to side at where each of you sit.

Cameron looks like he feels bad, but also like he's about to burst out laughing, and then his expression falls as he looks up to Lexi. "You're bleeding!" He says, scrambling to his feet. And he's right -- there's a bunch of small cuts and scrapes across her face and upper arms. Nothing big or serious looking, but still, something happened! There's also pieces of grass loose in her hair.