Andy watched as shirts started being lost across the board. Now things were starting to get interesting. She watched with special interest as Sesshoumaru finally lost his shirt.

Belle grinned and continued watching them, very pleased with the turn of events. Hey, she couldn't help it if they had lots of extremely attractive males around.

Andy was very much enjoying the show, too. It was starting to get more interesting now that shirts were being lost.

Belle watched a couple more shirts were lost with muttered curses. Man this was so much better with more people.

Then a thought occured to her.

"Hey Andy, you said Robin's your favorite, right? Can you imagine him playing with them?"

Andy snorted.

"I think it would end up turning into a contest between him and Thomas," she replied. "Either that, or he would just lose on purpose the entire time."

"That, or he'd lose up until he was down to his boxers," Belle said. "Since he should be, you know, fantastic at poker. Puck and all."

"Which is why I said he'd lose on purpose most of the time, just because," Andy said.

"Oh yes. Because he's Robin Goodfellow, flashy as a peacock and dumb as one too." Belle grinned broadly.

Andy snickered.

"I still need to finish those books," she said. "I got through three so far."

"Well, three is half-way done." Belle shrugged. "I'd offer you a book now but I'm pretty sure now isn't an idea time."

"No, I don't think so," Andy replied, turning back to watch the poker game. Briar had dropped out by this point, leaving Lucivar and Sesshoumaru as the only two of Andy's still in the game.

Thomas, Teaser, and Sebastian had all dropped out as well, leaving Eclipse and Daemon. Although Daemon mostly just seemed interested in beating Lucivar.

Andy snickered when she noticed.

"I think I see some sibling rivalry," she murmured to Belle, grinning a bit.

"Me too," Belle said with a grin. "And you know what? I really don't mind."

Hey, they were both attractive shirtless males. She was allowed to be appreciative.

Andy just grinned.

"I don't mind either, so it's okay," she said.

Belle just grinned and kept watching, rather amused when none of them seemed likely to give up.

"You know, if it ends up being a tie, nobody actually wins," Andy commented to the four remaining players. "You know, just saying."

Daemon exchanged looks with Lucivar. What do they usually win and how often do you think winning would actually have a reward?

I don't know about Belle so much, Lucivar replied, but Andy is too modest for her own good, so typically the reward is that the winner gets 24 hours to do whatever he likes. Last time, I think Sesshoumaru used it to get a little closer to Andy. He glanced over at Sesshoumaru and Eclipse. Neither looked like they were even thinking of folding.

I see. Daemon looked at the other two as well. I assume you usually let one of them win. He could understand why. As long as he beat Lucivar first, he didn't mind letting one of them win.

Right, Lucivar replied. We usually drop out so it's between them and let them decide who finally wins. He knew exactly what his brother was trying to do, and his pride almost wouldn't let him drop out of the game. Almost. And I think it's about time we let them duke it out.

Almost, Daemon agreed. He didn't quite want to drop out without beating Lucivar.

A couple hands later, Lucivar finally dropped out of the game. It was clear that nobody was actually going to win unless it came down to Sesshoumaru and Eclipse first.

Daemon played one more hand before he, too, dropped out. Eclipse glanced at Sesshomaru. Either one of them could win.

Sesshoumaru glanced at Eclipse before nodding and folding. Standing up, he gathered his clothes and went to get dressed again.