"Very funny Mari, now I gotta go wash my face real.." THWAP Before Tom could finish his sentence a wet rag gets thrown and slaps him in the face. "Thanks.." As Tom wipes his face clean he looks up to see Mari is gone.
"Seriously.. what are we ten? you've never beat me at hide and seek before and you won't now" Tom walks through the house checking behind the couches and in the kitchen he decides to look in the basement since the door was left slightly ajar. "You down here Mari?" Tom asks as he flicks the lights on and off making ghost noises.
"hmm alright maybe the bathroom" Tom runs up the stairs and knocks on the bathroom door. "I'm about to open in five seconds so it's your fault if you're not decent!" he shouts counting to five out loud before creaking the door open and cutting on the light.. only to find her old clothes and a towel on the ground. *hmm if I yell out her bra size she might come out.. or just hit me when I find her* .
Deciding against his bad thoughts for fear of retaliation Tom checks his dad's room then the study... "Dude seriously Mari why are you in my room? you already found the worst.." Tom stops complaining after going into his room last only to see Mari sitting on his bed smirking while holding the half jar of wine.
"Dishes are done." "yes.. they are?" Tom answers confused, "And everyone is gone" Mari blushes a little and fidgets with the jar lid.
"Uh huh, here let me help you" Tom reaches for the jar and unscrews the lid. "You know what that means?" Mari whispers while getting close to Tom's face. As Tom opens his mouth Mari screams "Smite Night!!!" and starts laughing, "You should look at your face Tom you're redder than Larry's hair haha I told you that you had to be the..."
Tom kissed Mari on the lips mid sentence and walked away laughing while she sat there stunned. "Grab your laptop Mari I'll play support if you wanna carry." Mari stormed after Tom finding him at his dad's desktop.
"You did not just steal my first kiss like that!!" "Well I gave you my first kiss for it so we're even" "BULL!! that is not how that works Tom". "You should have seen your face.." Tom replied while mimicking Mari's accent after booting up the computer and feeling Mari staring daggers into his neck Tom turns around.
"Fine I'm sorry I was so sneaky Mari, how can I make up for.." Mari kissed Tom before saying "Just don't feed and I'll forgive you this time.. next time you try that though we better be dating" "Deal" Tom replied while grinning like a goof ball.
The two of them played smite for about an hour before finally getting a very close win. "Christ man we would have won ages ago if that Chronos didn't feed so hard." Mari complained while Tom cracked his knuckles before replying "Tell me about it, who knew Jorm and Skadi make such a good combo though".
The intense match helped knock some of the tension out of the air between them. "So you ready for me to drop you off? cause I gotta start working on my ride soon and once I tear
it down it won't be running till the morning.."
Mari looks at Tom and smirks. "Who says I'm not trying to stay the night?"
Before Tom could say anything Mari shoves him and continues "I'm joking Tom yeah I'm ready to go home" Mari walks out and collects her things from around the house. After they get in the jeep Mari turns up the music just as domination kicks on. "Soo romantic" She says sarcastically.
"I have some old crooners music in my CD case if you want?" "No thanks I'd rather this" as Tom drives Mari home they stayed quiet as Pantera played in the background. After Tom dropped Mari off he went straight home and pulled the jeep into the side of the garage he leaves empty for car repair.
After taking the valve covers off Tom gets a Skype call from Larry. "Hey man the youth group is about to start you ready to get your Jesus on?" Shortly after Tom See's Mike smack the back of Larry's head lightly "None of that in the Lord's house, Hey Tom" "What's up Mike I'll be listening I'm gonna mute my Mic though so the power tools don't interrupt you guys". "No problem man".
Tom mutes his mic and syncs his phone to the Bluetooth speakers so he can listen in as he works. Apparently today's lesson is about the book of Job. As Mike takes questions and gives out a few answers and different parts of the Bible to read, Tom carefully removes his head gaskets and checks for any nicks or pits on the Pistons.
By the time Mike's study group finishes Tom got to a decent stopping point and took his mic off mute. "How does Satan talk to God if God sent him to Hell and forbid him from heaven?".
Mike pauses and realized it was Tom on Larry's phone, "That's a good question Tom, in this part of the Bible a lot of confusion is caused by improper translation, The 'Satan' they're talking about is actually the Hebrew word for opposer or accuser, Basically it's not Satan the devil but one of gods angels who were asking him, kinda like an attorney at court wanting evidence of guilt, or in this case innocence or piety."
A voice Tom didn't recognize chimes in "So are there other parts of the Bible like this?" To which Mike replied "More than we can count or know of, see the Hebrew language is very complex and depending on sentence structure the words can have different meanings...." as Mike continued on more and more people raised even more questions. Tom muted his mic again and continued working on his car.
About an hour later Mike's youth group ended and as they all walked out Mike walked over to Larry and picked up the phone to look at Tom. "Hey man youth groups over you need a hand working on your jeep? I could probably get my dad to drop me and Larry off" Larry chimes in "Your just trying to avoid going over the video with your old man" Mike shoots a nasty look at Larry "Shut up dude, so what do you say Tom?".
Tom takes his mic off mute again before replying "I could always use a hand man come on over." "Alright we'll be there in thirty" Mike says before hanging up.