Giving Up The Game: Revealing The Games People Play

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Yeah, that’s our first stop. We’ll get you a phone, then I'll take you clothes shopping.” I announce, leaving no room to protest. So yeah, we came up with this late at night while ranting about... something. Probably Amy again, and this seemed like a funny idea. Then we got really into the Punchbuggy portion of it. Then suddenly Taylor and Victoria were characters pushing the story along, and Lustrum was a thing, and Danny was poly, and Amy is still and absolute mess but... Plan “Wait for Taylor to realize how great she is and ask her out” was a go, and Amy was satisfied. Hey, I don’t interrupt you when you go off about robotics!” Victoria says with a smile, jabbing her fork in his direction.

What’s your phone number? I’ll send you links to some papers.” Victoria says, and I blush with embarrassment.I watch her until she gets on the bus, before walking part of the way home. Confusing thoughts swirl through my mind as I go over the events of the day, each new insight bringing me closer to a truth I’m not sure I’m ready to face yet. I know, you already convinced me.” She says with a sigh, before turning to me with a smile. “Not that I can afford too much data.”

Everyone at the table stares at me for a moment, and I start to shrink. Victoria laughs, and I can feel tears pooling at the corners of my eyes. If you want to play a free game go play Candy Crush.... and even they will try to make some money on you.Slumping into her special chair, Amy grabs a cup of coffee and stares blankly at her phone. She hums upon taking a sip, images of Victoria’s lips and eyes filtering through her mind. Amy always associates Folgers coffee with Victoria, especially the way she’d tease her about how she could possibly like such a cheap coffee. Amy was just going to have to deal with having fantasies each time she drank the stuff. Nothing to be done.

But if I robbed the same gas station, wearing the same disguise, but this time I used lasers instead of a knife, it would be completely different. They’d give me a code name, they’d avoid looking too closely at the footage, and they’d make no effort to find out who I was outside of my costume. Lustrum was a villain though, and she absolutely went too far. Her organization was mutilating men and burning down police stations.” I interrupt. She gives me a calculating look in response. Yeah, but you probably should.” Sarah snarks, wrapping her arm around Jacob’s in the process. “If you let him, he’ll talk for hours!” Coming out on top in the category for the GunsOnPegs-sponsored Best Influencer was Billy Wyatt, who founded the Giving Up The Game group on Facebook, which has 24,000 members and counting. I feel my eyes watering as I look at my mom’s journals, and I start crying when I see my dad’s hopeful expression. I stand up and throw my arms around him in a hug. “I’d love that dad.”I pull her into a hug, which causes her to squeak slightly in surprise. Blushing as she extracts herself, she gives me a wave and wanders off towards the bus stop. A part of me wants to offer her a flight home, but it would be too awkward with all her bags. Plus, she might be uncomfortable being that close to me.

Oh uh, I’m reading books on Parahuman history and psychology. School is really bad about this, but one of my new friends is super into it and I want to know what she’s talking about. She recommended these books and I’ve been flipping through them.” I say, shrugging slightly and hoping my blush isn’t too obvious. Lately I’ve been having odd feelings while thinking about Victoria, even having only known her for less than a week. Well, you’re going the wrong way. I’ve got that class next, so if you wanna follow me I won’t complain.” She says with a shrug before pushing past me. Taylor’s a bit skittish, but if half the rumors about Winslow are true, that’s almost to be expected. You don’t get transferred mid year if you’re having a good time at school, especially not for someone dressed like Taylor is.

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I might have more I meant to say but honestly I'm just gonna post this instead cause otherwise I'll just overthink things. Victoria frowns at her. “I’m not doing anything. You know I’ve been working on my control, and I haven’t slipped in weeks.” The cafeteria is nearly completely filled with students, and the noise is deafening. Amy has to practically drag me to her table, and it takes me a moment to convince myself that I’m not the center of attention. Thankfully, I’m distracted as soon as we reach the table. I uh, transferred in.” I mumble slightly. “Things weren’t good at my last school, and my dad was able to get them to transfer me out instead of trying to deal with… well yeah.” I shrug, trying to act casual even as I shudder internally.