Bonfire novel Chapter 6

"Thank god you were smart enough to do that." Alex tossed the card over to Nicky, and she received her light blue card.

"Nicky do you have any idea of what you've done?" Piper said hitting Nicky on the shoulder.

"Yeah, do you?" Alex said.

"You know what, when I win this game, you'll be sorry." Nicky replied.

The game went on for a while longer. Houses and hotels started to appear, and more and more money was lost and earned.

Piper checked her phone and saw an unread text.

Todd- hey there. I thought tonight was great. Maybe next time you will come over?

She ignored the text and checked the time. 12:23.

"Shit it's getting late." Piper said out loud, even though she didn't mean to actually say it.

"You're welcome to stay over tonight, if you're able to." Alex said hoping that Piper would actually say yes.

"Uh. I'll- Yeah. sure." Piper knew she should check with her parents, but they wouldn't have been awake. They never checked up on me. Weird. She thought.

"Epic. We're gonna have a great time." Nicky said as she leaned over and gave Piper a pat on the back.

Alex didn't say anything, she just look over and smiled at Piper. She didn't know this girl well at all, but she was just so drawn to Piper. There was just something about her.

It was almost 1:30. The three of them had ordered another pizza, as they all got starving.

The game was almost finished, as Piper had started to mortgage her properties. Alex wasn't doing so well either. After Alex and Nicky's trade, everyone seemed to keep landing on railroads. At first $200 didn't seem like much, but Nicky never landed on any other the other two's properties. So she kept gaining money, while the other two lost it.

"Okay this is just pure luck." Alex said as she mortgaged her last property. Piper had gotten out just before Alex started to lose money fast.

Nicky just laughed as she counted her money. "Well, look at who just won." Nicky had a smug look on her face. She was never going to let this win down.

Alex got up and put the two pizza boxes by the front door. She walked back over to the two girls sitting there, looking exhausted. Nicky less than Piper.

"Alright, well I'm wiped. I totally call sleeping on the couch." Nicky said as she got up and hopped onto the couch beside them.

Piper started to pick up all the property cards and organized them. She put away the money properly. She followed up the board and put everything into the box. She didn't think she had to clean it up, it was just an instinct. She was normally the one to clean things up, although no one ever seemed to be grateful for it. It had gotten to a point where it was just her thing.

"Thanks for cleaning that up kid." Alex said looking down at Piper.

Piper looked up and smiled at Alex. "No problem."

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