Decent food and decent company

With everything finished, Mike plates dinner and starts carrying it over to people. Christian all but inhales the food, but everyone else seems content to savour it, complimenting the impromptu chef on his work,

"This is really good Mike! You're like a proper chef or somethin'!" Amy grins,

Smiling proudly, Michael takes a seat around the coffee table with everyone else and digs in, "Thanks Amy, I tried my best"

"Damn this is better than when I do it," Dani feels compelled to confess, biting into a steaming potato, "How'd you get these to not be dry? I can't figure it out."

"Touch of olive oil, and you gotta take em out just before you think they're done" he informs her, leading to Danielle giving him an impressed look.

"Jesus Christian, you're like a fucking hoover" Kate scoffs, noting the swimmer's already empty plate,

"My bad, after swimming I always feel like I could eat a horse." he excuses himself, wiping a bit of steak juice from his chin.

The teens eat in relative silence, nothing breaking the quiet besides the slight scraping and tapping of cutlery on porcelain as they each eat their fill. Washing it down with water, soda or **** for those eager to get into the nightly drinking.

"Thanks for cooking Mike" Brianna grins, "If you want I'll do the dishes?"

"Nah, I got it" the Australian offers, setting his fork down on the plate once he finishes eating,

"Nuh uh." Dani interjects, smacking him on the forearm as he reaches to start carrying plates, "You don't cook dinner and clean up while I'm around, you leave all that to me."

Michael holds his hands up, surrendering to the cheer captain's demands as she starts gathering up all of the empty plates and glasses. Dani carries everything back to the kitchen, Mike's eyes all but trained on her the whole way, looking at her starting to clean things up whilst still only dressed in shorts and a bikini top.

Kate leans into Amy's side, half cupping her mouth as she whispers to the blonde, "Looks like we've got us a group Mom and Dad" the goth snickers, getting a soft chuckle from Amy which leads to Brianna frowning at the two, curious about what was just exchanged.

The redhead's attention is pulled to the side by James, who likewise leans in to whisper. "Do we... have to drink for this game?" he asks nervously,

Brianna just smiles back, understanding his anxiety but nonetheless trying to push him to try something new. "Don't worry, you don't have to drink the strong stuff, maybe just sip a beer whenever you have to drink? That's probably what I'll do."

James furrows his brow, but acquiesces and slinks back into his arm chair. After a few minutes, Dani's done washing up and returns to the living room, leaning towards the TV as she sets up some ambient music for the group while Amy and Kate start dishing out glasses and setting the drinks up around the table.

Once the cheerleader is finally happy with the selection, she brazenly plants herself down next to Michael and gives him a sly look.

"Well, you suggested the game, so how about you show us how it's done huh?" she challenges, reaching for some rum and vodka and sliding it towards the two of them. Everyone else sets their eyes on him, and for a moment he feels a little intimidated to be the centre of attention, but fair is fair, and he pours himself a glass of rum and holds it up.

"Alright then, let's begin." he smiles.