Kylie is challenged to the next video game

After a while, the girls seemed satisfied with their tans, so they moved from the towels, over to the patio chairs. Darla, Robin and Melissa were preoccupied with Sam, no doubt fishing for information about his "sister", which he was more than happy to provide. As a consequence, Kyle was conversing with Eli and Liam, both very interested in the new girl in the neighborhood. Kyle kept trying to find an opportunity to grab Sam and run, but it never presented itself.

"So, Kylie, Sam was telling us that this is your first visit to this part of the country, right?" Liam asked.

"Yeah." Kyle replied. "For both of us."

"Cool." Eli said. "Enjoying it so far?"

"Well, it's only been a day and it takes some getting used to. Especially with Uncle Mark's house." Kyle replied.

"MARCI, right?" Liam asked. "She hounds Amy and Sami all the time. It was funny, a few years back Mark and Mrs. Gladstone went away for a week and programmed MARCI to stop all their activity if it looked like they were gonna throw a wild party."

"Yeah, I've been having trouble with it. Sam tried to fix it, but I think he made it worse." Kyle said.

"I'd never try to touch anything Gladstone until I get a Masters in IT." Eli laughed.

"Was the new TV all it was cracked up to be?" Kyle asked, hoping to shift the conversation off of himself.

"It was amazing!" Eli exclaimed.

"Do you play?" Liam asked.

"Uh, does a 12th level space knight carry a digisword?." Kyle replied. "Don't look so shocked."

"I'm not, it's just that while the girls like to play, they're not as into it as we are." Eli said. "Part of me thinks Lissa has the systems so that we hang around more."

"Wanna go a few rounds?" Liam asked.

"Yeah!" Kyle replied, happy to get out of the girl zone and into a game.

"Come on." Eli said and got up, walking back towards the house.

Liam followed Eli and Kyle eagerly followed the two boys into the house.

They sat down and started to play. Kyle was having fun, but his newly lengthened nails were taking some getting used to with the joysticks on the controller. Eli seemed to notice his trouble and reached over.

"Need help?" he asked.

"I'm just a little out of practice." Kyle replied.

"Lemme help you. The girls usually use their fingers like this." Eli said, positioning Kyle's fingers onto the controller a certain way. He seemed to linger more than he had to, but Kyle was quickly distracted by the game. "Usually helps them."

"Thanks." Kyle smiled.

"No prob." Eli smiled back.

Kyle started to play a lot better, though he kept thinking about the lingering. Eventually, Sam and the girls rejoined the group, watching Eli, Liam and Kyle playing the game.

"Sam, we were wondering if you have plans tonight, or if you and Kylie wanted to stay for dinner with the gang?" Melissa asked.

Sam was still internally laughing about how great the prank was going, but he can't let Kyle squirm for this long, can he? He figured that he should probably take Kyle home and let him relax after the day he put him through, but on the other hand, the three girls seemed pretty interested in him, and it was because of his "sister". He mused on the idea for a moment.

"Dinner? We probably should get back to Uncle Mark's, but..." Sam started.