Chapter 16

"Checkmate," I laughed as Kevin lost yet another round of chess. He frowned at the board. "I hate this game." "You hate any game that doesn't come with a controller." He thought about this. "Yeah, pretty much." He pulled me up from where I was sitting. "You look really beautiful tonight, Liz." I smiled down at the floor. "Thanks, you look pretty good too." "What's on your mind?" "If you haven't realized, I'm the definition of a party spoiler. Almost drowning, getting on Princess Malorie's bad side, getting kidnapped... I wonder what will happen tonight," I mused. "Nothing will happen tonight," he laughed at my worried expression. "Tonight might be the best." "Or the worst." "When did you get so pessimistic?" he groaned, ruffling my hair, I scowled, pushing him away and fixing my hair. My hair took too long to get done to have him mess it up. Tonight, touslin