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"Is it a tie?" Chal asked. He had honestly not been keeping track of the score and whatever track he had was lost in the fun. He felt back that the fun had ended, and wished that he had hit it better so that she could have hit it back again. No, that was not how competitive games were played, but she also wasn't one of his brothers.

"Sure!" Chal said, remembering the picnic that she had assembled for them. "That was great," He smiled at her trying to encourage her. She was smiling too, but Chal thought he had seen a trace of disappointment when she had dropped the ball, "We'll have to play again."

Chal couldn't help but notice that she had said 'this time'. "You're right." He said, agreeing to a statement she hadn't actually made. "It was probably beginner's luck." The male said it with a playful smile.

Chal took a seat next to Alma, close, but just enough space that he wasn't being too forward. "Got to wonder what its like inside there after the beating we gave it." he mused as he picked up the coconut and moved it from hand to hand, inspecting it. "Anything I can do to help?" This was supposed to be him making up for the first date, sort of, and so far she seemed to be leading the way. Chal didn't mind that so much, but he wanted to at least try to be a gentlepae.

"I'm at least glad you didn't suggest we use bricks." Chal teased, thinking of Alma's ability to make brick houses. He thought for a moment of something that might be better, but was stumped. "A pillow would be softer... but I'm not sure it would work the same way."

The male nodded his head slowly, looking at the coconut in his hands once again. He certainly wasn't as coastal as Alma was, but he was sure he could figure something out. "You bring any knives in that magical basket of yours?" Chal inquired.

Chal took a deep breath, if she threw a brick at him, there was no way he was going to be able to toss it back. He would just be bricked. "I should stop giving you ideas." Chal said thoughtfully, although he knew she wasn't being serious... or at least he hoped.

Chal took the rock-knife from Alma, "Perfect." His family had similar utensils so he was well familiar with them. It had been pretty impressive that she could do something like that. "I didn't realize your ability had so many uses." He thought it had just been for houses. Using the knife, he whittled a hole into the top of the coconut. "Juice?" He offered, peering into the hole to see if the inside looked like mashed potatoes now. It didn't.

Chal had a boyish smirk on his face, her attempt at evil laughter was just... adorable. Alma was just too sweet to ever be able to pass off as bad. The boy laughed right along with her, "I'm not sure you have it in you." He teased her lightly. He paused for a moment to stare at her bright, grinning, youthful face.

Chal hadn't really anticipated this. He was just trying to have some fun, do something special for Alma even though he had never been obligated to after the first date brought on by a dare. It was just the right thing to do, he had never anticipated actually starting to feel something though. Sometimes he was the more serious brother in the family, and she was just... fun. At some point, Chal realized he had been staring and took in a deep breath as he glanced down to the ground. Hopefully, he hadn't been caught.

His eyes focused intently on the coconut as he poured the milk into the jug. Chal finally looked back up, he couldn't stare at the coconut forever afterall. "That worked great, want the first sip?" He questioned her, trying to recover.

Oh yes, that had been a very adult response, and it only encouraged the thoughts that Chal had been having. He had been in such a daze, just lost completely in the other pae and his own thought that he had hardly noticed that they had been caught in each other's gaze for so long.

Chal nodded his head in agreement with her statement as he took the second cup for himself. It looked like they wouldn't be having a rematch anytime soon. "Mmm, amazing." He wouldn't normally say that he loved coconut, but it felt so refreshing after their little game that he felt like he loved it now. Chal set the cup down and began working on cutting what was left of the coconut in half. He was completely avoiding his brain for now, best to stay busy.

Chal finished up the work on the coconut, it gave him the opportunity to settle down his nerves at the least. He glanced up, setting the coconut halves down with he rest of the snack. "A great prize." He insisted with a gentle smile on his face. Though the real prize was getting to spend time with Alma. He reached for one of the snacks, scooting a little closer to Alma in order to reach it, he might have done it on purpose, but it was subtle enough. "Mhh hmm" he nodded as he stuffed his face with the snack.