"Not likely." Aurora replied, raising an eyebrow at the two of them. "Logically speaking, we cannot play strip poker. We would not have an equal starting amount and that would hinder our success. For example, while you Reed, have your shirt, jeans and boxers to bet, I only have my dress. Which is not fair and therefore, unacceptable." She insisted, pushing the dealt cards towards their temporary owners. "And anyway, we can't play without a dealer and I refuse to see the emotionally scarring image of both of you naked in the PlatinumView Lobby with Ariadne in the Lounge. Back me up here Rhi!"

"Strip poker? Not much of a fan of it, and aurie is kinda right." Rhi looked at her, hoping that she wouldn't flinch at the word aurie. "And the ambiance is not helping either." She looked around seeing the people working here with fake smiles and hidden glares.

Reed never mattered that because it's been roughly 4 years for him to pose half naked in front the camera and he forgot that they just innocent girls. He chuckled and crossed his arms while leaned against the chair.

"Well we can't bet money, we'll be arrested before I won it. So since at the first time I'm betting my cigarettes, you all decide what you want to offer. Then again, this play gets boring soon, I'm more interested on seeing you show us some tricks."

Micka bit her lip and nodded. "Mhm tricks Re better! I uhmm dont even know how to play poker.." she giggled softly.

"Aurie?" Aurora echoed incredulously, she had never been given a nickname before. Most of the time, she was called Miss Bosley. People hesitated to use he first name and this girl, Rhi had given her a nickname barely few minutes after they met. "I like it." She added slowly, not sure how to behave in such situations.

"You won't win it. How can you be so sure?" She questioned Reed, shuffling and reshuffling the remaining cards again and again just for something to do. "And once again, I have no idea what you are talking about. I do not know any tricks." She repeated firmly, looking up to give a reassuring smile to Micka. "Do not worry, it is easy to play."

"Cool." Rhi smiled at her, proud of taking a brave step as she made her a nickname. Even though she lives on the brightly lit stage, she is a still down-to-earth person. Human interactions are the only escape from her hectic scheduled world.

"So wait, we will be playing poker?" Rhi asked a little too loud. Poker was fun but it was not her piece of cake. Instead of blabbing of how indecent it is, she agreed with the dude. "Yea, he's right. I mean, we rarely see a magician do magic tricks around this neighborhood. Right?"

Reed grinned at the two of them before he looked at Aurora and notice how skillful she could shuffle the cards. Thinking she must have nimble hands. "You can't fool us that easily." he said " and it's three against one." he raised an eyebrow at Micka to clarify if she agreed with them.

Micka blinked and nodded. "uhh yeah... im agreeing with whatever.." She smiled sheepishly at them.

"Then agree with me." Aurora piped in, playing the helpless girl card. There was no way she was going to be forced to do something she didn't want to do. Not a chance. "I take it that we aren't playing anything then." She added softly, taking the cards back and pulling them all into a single pile. Getting up, she brushed her dress and added, carefully avoiding eye contact with each of them and instead focusing on her family in the background. "Now if you all will please excuse me, I have somewhere to go to."

The last part was a lie, her family was clearly not looking for her and she didn't want to go back to them, but it really seemed like she had no option left.

Rhiannon shot the dude a glare, signaling him to stop her. Their cute little fits made her think that he'd be worthy enough to get up and make her stay. Then she looked at Micka playing with her beautiful hair. "Great, how did i get stuck with two persons who are totally opposite of my side of the world." She mumbled to herself.

Reed notice the glare Rhi been giving to him and his eyebrows went up like asking her 'why me?'. He stood up though and caught her hand in time before she could leave the table.

"I don't think you like being with your parents than us." he said, remembering the time they were at behind the bleachers. He gave her a forced smile that look like a real one since he's good at acting it.

"Listen I promise not to tease you anymore Aurie, you can even have my cig even though it's a bit high for newbie like you." he joked, "so just stay." this time he truly smile.

Micka looked at Rhi and pouted. "Heard that!" then she turned her attention back to the strand of hair she was playing with.

"I don't like fact. I can't argue with it.' Aurora mumbled to herself as she glanced one more time towards her family. She definitely did not want to spend time with her family, and she didn't like the fact that Reed knew this, whereas, she knew very little about him. Blushing slightly as she noticed Reed's hand on her own. She felt angry at herself fr blushing, she didn't like blushing because blushing brought attention to her cheeks and she did NOT need more attention to her cheeks. Usually, whenever people saw her slightly chubby cheeks, they had this insane urge to pull on them. And she didn't like her cheeks being pulled at. "Deal?"

"I do believe that can be taken as a compliment." She said to Micka, looking past Reed at her. She didn't like fights and avoiding them was something that she had grown used to over the years.

"Wow. You guys have really sensitive ears." Rhi noticed Micka looking at her again, giving her goosebumps all over. She looked at her feet fidgeting. "And that was also a compliment." She added quickly then, transfixed her gaze at Aurie and the dude. Couldn't they be cuter or what? Letting out an exasperated sigh, Rhi asked Aurie. "Are you coming or what?"

Reed stared at her a little stunned before he grinned and pinched her cheek lightly . "Deal." he said as he sealed the deal and quickly pulled his hand away before she could slap it. He laughed at her face, thinking how cute she is. Then he looked at Micka and Rhi. He was about to say something when he notice he was really late to his set.

"Maybe let's all hang out next time. Duty call." he said feigned a super hero voice perfectly then hurried out.

Mick waved. "Bye Reed!!!" then she turned to Rhi and Aurora. She hugged Rhi and her eyes sparkled. "Really?! Was that really a compliment????!!"

Aurora smiled brilliantly as she started plotting about what she was going to do with the cigarette. Smoking was out of the question, of course, what she planned to do, was try and set of a small explosion using the powder mixture inside the cigarette. For weeks she had been planning to buy a cigarette but she had never managed to pluck up the courage now an easier alternative was presented before her. Her smile turned into a grimace as she was snapped back to Earth by reed pinching her cheeks. "Never, ever take up a superhero role." She called out after him, her eyes sparkling.

Turning to the Rhi and Micka, she turned just in time to see Micka give a gigantic hug to Rhi. "Uh....yes, yes I am coming Rhi." She replied as she instinctively took a step back.

Rhi hugged Micka back, unsure of what she's going to do. "Yes, that indeed was a compliment." After hearing the dude's farewell, she looked at him and made a quick wave as he went to the door. She let out a short laugh, hearing Aurie's reply. "Oh, and next time bring your cape" she added. As Aurie faced her, she let out a smile easing the moment. "So what do we do now? Superman has left for his undies."

Micka smiled widely and let her go happily.

"We could play?" Aurora suggested holding up the cards and smiling at Rhi. She didn't know what else they could do, perhaps if she stayed at this hotel she would know better but since this was her first visit, she had no idea what you can do here.

"Well, we could.." Rhi looked at Micka. "What do you say?"

Micka clasped her hands together. "Lets play!"

'SO what do you want to play? Strip poker is out of the question. Bluff?" Aurora suggested, playing with the cards but not with the previous air of knowing what she was doing. She had to be careful, very careful if she wanted to avoid getting asked too many questions.

Micka tilted her head and smiled as she nodded, "Lets play that!"