TO PAUL’S SURPRISE he and Alex end up on the same team — because Alex insists on it. Paul expects to lose track of him quickly, but he sticks by Paul’s side. Twenty minutes in, Paul realizes, chagrined, that’s not because Alex wants to be an epic team of awesome. Alex is covering him, because Paul sucks. It’s embarrassing, but it’s also sweet.
Alex loves the whole exercise. Paul, to his own surprise, does too. He’s hardly done anything but work on set or at home for months. He hasn’t had time even to go running. Tearing around a field while getting to shoot friends with paint is the perfect sort of outlet.
Paul feels guilty about going after any of the girls right up until Darcy shoots him in the chest. She runs away giggling while he frantically tries to wipe the splattered paint off hi
