"Hello, beautiful," he said with a large grin. Ever since Holly had saved his life, he'd been much slower in getting her message. Holly groaned and stood up, tray in her hand.
She searched for another table, and unfortunately, every one of them was full, except for the one occupied by the Kelp brothers. She sighed. Trouble was more than OK, but that brother of his...
Reluctantly, she sat beside Grub Kelp, who was sitting across his brother, telling something to him quite animatedly. Trouble looked like he wanted to rip his brother's head off. She made out the words "Mother" and "You'll see when I tell her". She sighed again and started eating her burger.
"Holly!" Trouble said rather exaggaratedly. He was relieved to find someone else to talk rather than Grub. Or maybe he was relieved that he wouldn't fratricide today.
They started to chat, leaving Grub out of it. He tried to poke in a few times, but Trouble didn't let him. He obviously had enough Grub for a day. Though when Grub came to the point of crying, Holly jumped out of her seat. Better to leave a crying, annoying Grub alone before both she and Trouble smacked him and made him cry even more.
She winked in order to encourage Trouble on her way, searching for a new place. She spotted Terry Geld leaving her table. She walked towards the vacant place before anyoe else could take it.
She sat down to eat the remaining of her burger. Quite unluckily for her, she hadn't looked where she had sat. She was right beside Lili Frond, who showered her with questions right on the moment.
"Does this look good on me? Do you think he'll notice?" She was wearing a sparkly top and tight jeans. at work. Figures.
Holly didn't know who this "he" was, she just knew if she went on a little longer, her ready-to-blow temper would explode.
"Oh, and by the way, are you and Captain Kelp dating?" Holly choked on her Milkshake. Trouble was a friend, a good friend at that, but she's never thought of him that way. She glared at Frond.
"I mean, you're always together and stuff..." Holly's insides began to boil with anger. How could people jump to conclusions like that? She grabbed her remaining food for the umpteenth time and headed for Foaly's office. at least it would be peaceful there.
How wrong she was.
Foaly was about to invent a new set of wings when she reached there. He was pretty excited.
"...This will definitely send Julius over the moon! It has all the new--"
"Foaly, will you just shut up! I'm trying to eat here," Holly said between her teeth.
He managed to be silent for only about thirty seconds.
"You know what makes these better than Koboi's, it's that--"
"Foaly."
"Yes?"
"Shut. UP."
This time silence didn't even last for twenty seconds.
"We have much better gear now-"
SPLaSH!
Foaly gazed after Holly Short as she walked out of the office, her temper very Root-like, with a gaping mouth and dripping Milkshake.