As Cleo walked home from school, she was looking forward to a relaxing bath to taker her mind off the stress of school, work, and the mystery of the tentacle. Unfortunately for her, these all hopes of relaxation were shattered as soon as she walked through the front door.
"Cleo," she heard a voice call from the family room. She looked into the family room. It was Ryan. Of course it was. Ever since discovering that Cleo had a boyfriend, as opposed to leaving her alone like she had hoped, he had become more and more pushy.
"Ryan... hi." Cleo responded reluctantly.
"Look, we need to talk" Ryan said
"What about?" Cleo asked uncertainly. As far as she was concerned, it would be perfectly fine if Ryan left, and never came back.
"Why don't you sit down?" Ryan asked. As usual, he refused to give her a straight answer. He must be here to ask more questions about the rock. Great. Cleo sighed, gave in, and sat down. "alright, but make it quick, I'm meant to meet up with friends soon" she said.
Ryan seemed a little dissapointed at her reluctance, but he decided to continue on with what he was planning to ask her anyways. "Will you go out with me?"
Cleo stared at him for a few seconds, frozen in shock "...What?"
"Will you go out with me?" Ryan repeated.
"Ummm, I have a boyfriend..." Cleo answered. "Didn't I already tell you that?"
"Well yeah," Ryan replied uncomfortably "but I was thinking that maybe, since he's left and all..."
"You thought we'd have broken up by now." Cleo finished for him.
"...yeah"
"Well, sorry to dissapoint you, but that's not going to happen" Cleo snapped. "I have to go." And with that, she stood up and headed for the door. "great," she thought to herself. First he refuses to stop interrogating me about the rock, and now this?
Almost as though he had read her mind, Ryan stood up and yelled "wait! If you go out with me, I'll never bring up that rock again"
Cleo gave him a long, withering look. He was really willing to stoop so low? "You disgust me." She told him.
And with that, she walked out the door.
The echo rang in Ryan's ears.
So, that's how it's going to be, he thought to himself. Let the games begin.