Probably time for more video games

None of the girls wanted the TV, so I decided to get back to the complicated business of shooting people in the face over the internet. I managed a good 30-40 minutes, with my headset on, before I felt a body sit down next to me - Kate.

"What're you doiiing?" she asked in a deliberately irritating sing-song voice.

"Chopping tomatoes", I replied, sticking my tongue out. Kate thumbed her nose as a response.

"Can I play?"

"Have you ever played before?"

"First person shooters? Yes. This one, no. Would you help me?"

"Of course", I replied. I spent a minute pointing out the controls and we started multiplayer. "Don't worry if you're not that good, nobody cares". But she was good. Not as good as me, but I expected Kate to be regularly coming last - she finished in the upper half of the scoreboard almost every time. After a few games she turned to me.

"Shall we make this a bit more interesting?"