The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0582

The rain poured down so heavily that it was even starting to reach us in the covered deck. Elva dove to cover her precious coloring book pages.

"Everyone, inside!" Nicholas said.

We grabbed our things and hurried inside. I helped Elva with her crayons and coloring pages, careful not to get them any damper than they already were.

The moment we were inside, the storm truly began outside. Lightning struck and wind howled.

"So much for volleyball," Jessica grumbled.

A particularly loud thunderclap made Elva jump. She cuddled closer to me, hugging my thigh.

As we were standing around there, watching the storm outside the windowed sliding glass door, Selma came out from the kitchen. When she saw us - or rather, when she saw Elva crying, she came forward, leaned down, and asked her, "How would you like some ice cream, little one?"

As I came with Elva into the kitchen, I quickly learned from the excess of ice cream in the fridge, that Selma was looking for ways to get rid of the ice cream. She had planned many big desserts for our remaining nights, but with our trip ending early, there was no longer any need for such surplus.

If the ice cream stayed after we all left, it would just go to waste and have to be thrown away.

Because of this, twenty minutes later, all of the candidates, even Bridget, and the princes and Elva, had a pint of ice cream each as we lounged around in the living room.

The sugary ice cream was helping with everyone's mood somewhat. No one was mad about the storm anymore. Jessica had even put on a couple of records, upbeat dance music.

Yet still the overall mood was still glum. What was supposed to be a fun island beach vacation had turned into more or less a nightmare.

I was still determined to lift up everyone's mood.

"Since we're all already here, why don't we play a game?" I asked.

"We can't play volleyball," Jessica said.

"It doesn't have to be athletic," I said. Especially not with us feeding our faces with ice cream. "We could play something else... like... charades!"

Everyone looked around.

"I don't know..." Veronica said.

clapped her hand. "I think it's a

at her. "You

could be great fun! It's the best rainy day

eyes. "Fine. I guess

Veronica. She

want to,

coloring pages and crayons in the space before her. She picked up

and I will be on a team," Bridget said. "Piper, Julian, and Veronica on a separate team." She jumped to her feet. "Hold on while I

she was taking charge so adamantly. It was just a silly party game, not a challenge or an

little better, when she returned with a bowl of words written on

knew that she had taken a hit lately with her terrible behavior. This must have

it. Let her do whatever she wanted as long as we

our teams, sitting together. Nicholas, when choosing where to sit, picked the spot outside

one!" Bridget said. "I'll

I just barely caught myself before I could roll my eyes. With the camera catching all, I

words and pulled out one. She wasn't

this is an easy one!" she announced before putting the paper in her pocket. "Now, don't feel back, Piper's team, if you don't do as well as us. Keep in mind that I'm an actress, after all.

I looked

"Get on

started the kitchen timer Selma had brought

"Go!" Jessica said.

gyrating her body, kind of like a fish out of water but standing up? It didn't make any

"Dancing?" Jessica said.

kept moving, which meant that

showed how well we were in sync. That was

to

shrugged, and

Swimming? Being electrocuted?" Jessica shouted, calling one quickly after the

continued her

just shook

trying. "Bubbles? Mermaids? Trying on

her strange

opened his mouth. He immediately closed

in confusion. "You didn't even move your