Lightship Chronicles Chapter 6 : The Junker

by Florin Nicoara

you want me to apologize for ringing your bells, it won't happen."

  "Oh no-no, I totally deserved that. No, not at all. I just want to make peace with you. I was wrong."

  "O-kay." She turns her face with a slight suspicious glare as she reaches out to shake his hand.

  "Sorry. I promise I won't be a jerk any more."

  "Really?"

  "Yes, I promise I'll be respectful to you."

  "And Andee?"

  "And Andee, sure."

  "Hmm, OK, that's cool."

  "Are we all friends now?" Gono intervenes pleased.

  "Sure, why not. So we're all going to the prave, no?" Nayaa asks looking at both Gono and Dirin.

  "Absolutely." Dirin responds becoming more lively. "And in fact I would like to invite you as my guest."

  "But I'm already going."

  "I know. But I would like to make it up to you. For how I behaved last time. In fact, I was hoping... to be perfectly honest, that maybe, if you would like, you know... maybe we could spend some time together, get to know one another."

  "Huh?" Nayaa seems baffled, frowning, not understanding.

  "I'd like treat you to a berry-fizz, if that would be ok?"

  "Now?"

  "Tonight we'll hang out at the prave. All of us. But maybe tomorrow or some other day, I can invite you out, just you and me. If that's ok?"

  Nayaa is staring at him with a frown. Gono is staring at both of them with big round shocked eyes.

  "Are you asking me out?" It finally dawns on Nayaa, but she's still frowning with a confused and angry looking glare.

  "Ah, I mean, ah-yeah sure. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend. I just want to make up for being rude to you."

  "Hmm." Nayaa muses as she looks off to the side. "Maybe she was right." Mumbles under her breath. "OK. Maybe."

  "Oh, really, great." Dirin reacts surprised. Gono looks furious but impotent.

  "Or maybe not. I'm not sure, I don't know. Can I just think about it?" Nayaa is suddenly struggling, fiddling with her hair, looking confused

  "Yeah sure. No pressure. Listen, lets just go to the Prave, hang out, have fun, and tomorrow will be a new day."

  "Ok, cool. Yeah, lets do that."

  "Great. I can't wait to see you break the floor with your amazing acrobatic dancing. You're quite a sight to behold on the dance floor." Dirin focuses his attention entirely on Nayaa, his own excitement growing.

  "Hmm. Ok." Looking at Dirin and his buddies behind him. "You guys go ahead I'll catch up with you, I just..." But loses her words. Dirin nods his head and drags his buddies away. Gono turns to follow but with no energy, straggling behind the guys. He looks pissed. He's literally red in the face. Nayaa grabs him by the shoulder and stops him from following. He struggles to look normal as he turns to her.

  "Hey G, was that flirting? Is that what he was doing?"

  Gono stares at her for a moment, struggling to contain his real feedings. "Yeah." He finally answers with a meek voice.

  "Really?" She responds than looks away from Gono and muses out loud. "So she was right."

  "I'm sorry, but who was right?" Gono asks Nayaa but she is still just thinking out loud, and responds, but mostly musing and not directly to Gono.

  "So every time guys kept offering to buy me berry-fizz they were flirting with me. And this whole time I thought they were making fun of me, that I looked dehydrated or something." She turns and locks eyes with Gono. "God it was pissing me off. Man, and I was so mean to most of those guys because I thought they were screwing with me, but they were just flirting. Crap. No wonder I don't have a boyfriend."

  "Ah, ok, I guess. I don't know..." Poor Gono looks utterly confused.

  "Dude!" She shouts and whacks Gono gently in his arm. "Andee's mom is a genius."

 

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