·your manic ways have got the best of you·

[❀ Melíssa]

      Parker pushed through the front door, calling out to see who was home. He heard a faint response from Natalia out above the garage, and Nate and Troy upstairs. Leading Eric and Beverly up to his room, hitting the power button on the universal remote.

[Tori]

Beverly and Eric followed Parker into the warm home and up the stairs to his room. "Nice place you got here." Beverly commented, just before Eric spotted the game system he's been waiting hours to play. "Ohh! Dude, this is even more awesome up close!" as he sprinted up closer to get a better look at it, immediately grabbing one of the controllers, hooking it up to the system.

[❀ Melíssa]

      “We’ll have to take turns,” Parker stated. “It’s only two players at a time. Pretty sure Eric has dibs on player one,” he held out the other controller to Beverly. “You want first round or do you want to play spectator first? Also, we’re going to need more space,” he set to pushing the bed closer to the far wall. “My sisters broke a lamp the first time they played on here.”

[Tori]

"You bet I do!" Eric shouted, plugging in both controllers while holding the player one controller close to him as he hung out the other controller with his other hand. "So, who's up first to get beaten?" he cackled, obviously in his game mode now. Beverly rolled her eyes at her brother as usual, grabbing the controller from his hands and handing it over to Parker with a smile. "I think I'll play spectator first." she said sweetly, laughing at his next comment of his sisters mishap with the lamp. "Ah, that much into the game, huh?" she laughed out again, plopping down on the bed before Eric did next.

[❀ Melíssa]

     Parker just laughed and shook his head at Eric. “Oh boy,” he pointed his controller at the screen as the game loaded. “What do you want to start with, volleyball, Frisbee golf, gladiator, or table tennis?” He looked over his shoulder at Beverly. “You might want to sit over there, depending on what we play,” he gestured at the chair in the far corner of the room.

[Tori]

"Hmm.." Eric thought aloud, while Beverly nodded at Parker's suggestion, taking a seat on the far end of the boys, giving them plenty of room to swing and whatnot, while still giving herself a good front row seat to watch from. "How about some Table Tennis? They say I'm a champ at that one." he said, already gloating before the game had started. Beverly scoffed at his response. "And by they, you mean you, right?" she laughed, crossing her arms with Eric simply just shaking his head, not taking his eyes off the screen. "You'll see, Bev. You're next up, remember?"

[❀ Melíssa]

      "Don't worry Bev, you'll be playing me next," Parker preferred to do his trash talking in a back handed way. He selected table tennis and then stepped in from the the PS Eye, so it could calibrate his movements. He held the controller down at his side, then his shoulder, and at his waist, waiting so Eric's controller could then be calibrated as well. He then took up a position towards the left of the TV screen, motioning for Eric to move to the right. "You ready?" he mimed the first serve, and the paddle on the screen hit the ball, bouncing it to Eric.

[Tori]

Beverly nodded, excited to finally be playing someone other than her brother. Eric moved in to the middle, readying his arm with the controller, nodding at Parker showing he was ready, just as he served it perfectly. Eric watched the ball, not taking his eyes off of it, swinging his paddle straight back to Parker, a bit harder and faster than Parker started out.

[❀ Melíssa]

      Parker managed to avoid a full-on dive to return the ball. "Nice shot," he taunted. "That the best you got?" He swung hard, angling toward the opposite corner of the table from where Eric's paddle shown on the screen.

[Tori]

Eric watched as the ball swung back towards him, almost passing him. He stretched his arm back to the other corner quickly, just barely passing the ball back, but loosing his balance as he did so, nearly falling over, doing his best to get back up on his feet before the ball came back to him again.

[❀ Melíssa]

      Throwing his head back, Parker laughed so hard that he did miss the ball as it was lobbed back at him. "Crap!" he made a feeble attempt to return it but only succeeded in firing the ball off the screen. "Aw man," he grumbled as the ball appeared on Eric's side of the screen, waiting to be served. "Lucky shot."

[Tori]

Scrambling back to his feet just as the ball got hit off the screen, it was Eric's turn to laugh next. "Score!" he snickered, pumping his fist in the air before serving the next ball. "Dude, you could of had that point too, if you hadn't stopped to laugh at my stupidity." he added in mockingly, waiting for the ball to return back to him, while Beverly was sitting in the background giggling and shaking her head to herself.

[❀ Melíssa]

  "Shut up," Parker grumbled. "We'll see who laughs next game," he drew his arm back as far as he could before letting it rip as the ball approached. "Take that!"

[Tori]

Eric continued laughing hysterically, getting in position again waiting for the next serve to happen. "I have a feeling I'll still be laughing." he snickered back, watching the ball be served back to his side. Eric swung his arm at the ball, but it backfired, and the ball ended up being hit out of bounds. "Ahh! Damn it!" Eric yelled, nearly throwing his controller on the floor, but stopping himself to get ready for the next serve.