“Check it, dudes!” Steve exclaimed, barreling into the room. “Got the beta codes!”
“Nice, bro.” Lance offered, eyeing the box he was lugging around warily.
“What’s the rest of the stuff?” Chris offered, pointing to it.
“Some kind of VR peripheral that goes with the game, or something. Like a Kinect, I think.”
Steve unwrapped the box and pulled out three of the four sensor bars in it, giving one each to Lance and Chris, perching the final one on top of his own monitor.
“Who’s the fourth one for?” Chris asked. “Your girlfriend?”
Steve nodded as Lance smirked and mimed a whip crack. “Better to give it to Lee, dude. Girls suck at games like these.”
“First of all, fuck you.” Steve offered flatly. “Second, I seem to recall Linda whooping your ass all the way up and down Rainbow Road the last time she came over.”
“Pshaw”, Lance offered, “Mario Kart is kiddie stuff.”
“And _third_ of all, fuck you again.” Steve pressed on. “She wants in on this, and I’m not getting in the fucking doghouse for Lee.”