Matt (alt path)

Part of you is filled with fury at what you've just seen and had done to you by that asshole Tom and you struggle to keep from leaping out of the chair to pound his face in; god knows Tom did that probably as much to spite you as to get his rocks off, and nothing would have made you more happy then pulling his name so that you could try to come up with something horrible in retaliation.

Instead though, fate has given you Matt to dare.

The same guy who stuck your crush in the closet with that bastard.

"Matt..." You take a moment as you glance around the room at the other players, Tom with his smug grin idly playing with his tool still slick with Miranda's juice, Sarah looking oddly serious, Matt looking worried at your barely contained fury, Miranda trying to compose herself and Nicole who mouths two words to you quickly so that Tom doesn't notice as your roving gaze takes her in.

Dark souls.

It was a game that Nicole played and was good at, one that had an absurd difficulty curve and was legendary for causing players to go insane with rage at the utter unfairness of it. You'd never been that good at it, but Nicole had just told you that the trick to the game was not letting it get you angry, because if that happened you'd never get anywhere with it.

Calm.

Matt hadn't known what was going to happen and he sure as hell wouldn't have done anything to help Tom. Further he had just watched you fuck his crush at Tom's behest, and while you'd certainly enjoyed it, he couldn't have felt any better about it then you do now. Moreover, he was your friend and you wanted to actually be able to look him in the eye a week from now.

".... If their is someone in the room who you care about, go and sit beside them. At least one of us should be able to be with the one we want."

Matt Looks at you, a mix of gratitude and surprise on his face before silently getting a chair and sitting beside Sarah.

Reaching into the bowl Matt smiles as he draws a name and looks at....