I DO NOT OWN EUREKA 7!!!!!!
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Ch 2:Settling In
I feel myself smile as I look at a Eureka's' still-sleeping face. The pale complexion of her face was highlighted by the small amount of pale dawn light as it fought its way through the partiallyopened blinds. Her shoulder length turquoise hair looked magnificent and strong; though when you looked closely at the details it had a fresh look to it, as if it was newly grown out.
"Renton?" Eureka says as her eyes half open.
"Good morning Eureka." I whisper to her.
Her eyes open and focus on me as a small smile forms on her lovely face. "Good morning to you to." She also whispers.
"Do you want to make breakfast with me or sleep some more?" I ask quietly,
"I would like to make breakfast with you." She responds in a whisper.
"Alright." I whisper as I start to slowly and quietly get up.
As I get up I notice the room for the first time. It has heavily faded dark blue paint on the walls and grey shaggy carpet on the floor. The bed is large with well worn thick black covers and light grey pillows. There is a closet door in the left corner away from the bed and the door out of the room is in the center of the wall to the right of the bed. To the left of the closet door is a cabinet.
Eureka also gets up slowly in consideration of the kids.
"Ok, let's go Eureka." I whisper to her as I tiptoe out of the room and find myself inside of a grayish white hallway that had well used carpet that was a light-grey color.
She nods as she fallows me out the door.
"Huh? I don't remember this hallway… oh ya, heh the house was destroyed when Eureka, piloting the Nirvash, crashed into part of our house and the rest was destroyed when missiles hit It which were trying to hit the Nirvash."
"Renton?" Eureka whispers to me breaking me out of my daydream.
"Oh ya, hehe, its nothing, just confused for a moment. I think the kitchen is this way." I whisper back slightly embarrassed.
I start to look around after my short and confused stroll down memory lane by heading down the hallway to the right. I find myself at a simple door after turning the corner. I open the door and see a normal sized bathroom that looked recently cleaned, if old, and had a shower, bathtub, sink, and toilet.
"Nope, not the kitchen." I whisper to Eureka as I turn around and around Eureka to go up the hallway.
When I turn the corner this time I see a door on my left and a door on my right. This would not of heartened me but of what I saw in front of me. There was a small living room and the front door, but next to the living room was the kitchen. It was a simple kitchen with an old counter on the far wall, which was a faded dark green, and a stove on the right edge of the counter. There was an old oven next to the stove that looked like a good model. A rectangular sink, which was scratched up some, was in the middle of the counter and cheap cupboards on the side of the counters. There was a refrigerator slightly off to the left side and was a faded pink color. A windowwasabove the counter on the left side. The kitchen floor was made out of obviously fake wood, though it was laid down well. The border between well-worn carpet and fake wood was black rubber and was partially broken in some areas.
"Yes! It's here Eureka." I whisper at the edge of no longer being quite.
I move towards the refrigerator with a need born or hunger and desire to cook. When I reached it I open it quickly and hear a low screech, I immediately stopped and slowly open it. After it was open I look back at Eureka and smile, once more embarrassed. Then I look towards the hallway to see if I woke anyone up. When no one shows up within a few minuets I looked to see what was in the fridge to cook. I saw a mostly full fridge; complete with eggs and bacon. I take these out and after setting them down on the counter I carefully close the refrigerator door.
I look back at Eureka and whisper. "Ok now its time to find some pans."
She nods and we both start looking through the cabinets. We soon find pans, spatulas, and aprons. Thus we commenced with making breakfast.
POV Change
Axel Thurston woke up to the wondrous smell of the beginning of a well made breakfast. He smiles and then gets out of his single person bed and quickly changes into some other cloths than what he sleeps in. When he was ready he walked through his door and turned left to walk into the kitchen.
"Good morning you two." Axel says in a semi-quit voice.
Renton slightly jumps', almost throwing the eggs in his pan onto the wall, and quickly says in a startled whisper. "Don't sneak up on people grandpa."
Eureka turns and looks at Axel slightly nervously while saying. "Good morning Mr. Thurston."
"Heh Renton, don't be so jumpy, and how are you doing this morning Eureka?" Axel responds.
"Good Mr. Thurston." She replies nodding slightly as she turns the bacon over.
Eureka had on a white apron over her white dress and a white chef-like hat on her head. Renton had on a white apron that had frilly designs on it and a white chef-like hat on.
"Call me Axel, Eureka." Axel quietly and kindly replies.
Eureka smiles slightly and relaxes some. "Alright Axel."
"The three of us have to talk some, and don't worry about waking the kids. They will sleep through anything. " Axel says as he pulls out a coffee machine from a cabinet and starts to make coffee.
"You sure? Ok and how's everyone been doing while we were gone?" Renton asks, while Eureka waits, slightly pensive, for the answer.
"Great, nothings wrong with anyone, Talho's pregnancy is coming along well and Holland has become slightly mellowed out. All the members of the Gekko State are doing well and making sure that the military tells the truth. It helps that when the truth showed through the military admitted that they were right and immediately started to tell the truth, now all the Gekko State has to do is make sure they don't stop. But that's not what I wanted to talk to you about." Axel replies in a normal voice.
"I'm relieved." Eureka responds and Renton smiles at her.
Renton then turns back to Mr. Thurston. "Well if that's not what you wanted to speak to us about then what is it?"
"Well, what plans do the two of you currently have?" Axel asks
"Ummmm…" Renton looks over at Eureka and continues slightly uncertainly. "Make a life here with the kids and each other."
"And how are you going to do that? What jobs will you have, a family takes money to keep. Not only that but you never finished school here, in fact you were expected to fail." The grandfather says in a knowing voice.
"Ehhh, I'll find one!" Renton says quickly and hotheadedly.
"Don't be so hasty, I have an offer for you Renton." Axel Thurston says to Renton quickly.
"Huh?" Renton simply responds while quickly calming down.
"You can be my apprentice in the shop! I will pay you based on the work you do." Mr. Thurston says quit happy with what he had thought of.
"You would? That would be great; I mean I've already learned a lot about fixing machines from you, I just need to learn the final details!" Renton says with enthusiasm as he puts the eggs onto a plate and puts more into the pan "The only problem I see is that unless you've bought a shop since sending the Nirvash's board and detonating the shop to keep the military off of you." Renton finishes looking back at Axel Expectantly.
"I'm renting a warehouse right now, and there's plenty of business, everyone trying to fix stuff up now that there's finally peace. Business will probably boom when they hear the hero of the Second Summer of Love is working there." Axel says with even greater enthusiasm.
"Huh?" Renton confusedly (and some would say stupidly) said.
"Hahaha, you mean you don't know? You were declared the Hero of the Second Summer of Love." Axel responds laughing merrily.
"I was? Cool!" Renton responds with a big goofy smile on his face.
"What can I do?" Eureka asks.
"Well, what do you like to do?" Axel asks her.
"Umm, I like to reef, cook, be with the kids, and be with Renton." She says looking at Renton with a small blush on her face, while Renton had a larger blush. "I also like to pilot, but I wont kill anyone." Eureka finishes slightly sadden.
"Well I think that it would be best if people got used to you before you get a job alright?" Axel waits for Eureka to respond before continuing.
"Ok." Eureka responds.
"In the meantime Renton can show you around the town and you can have fun." Mr. Thurston says with a smile.
Eureka smiles and happily nodes once. Then she turns and puts the bacon on a plate and puts more bacon into the pan.
"Then I'll just sit down and wait for breakfast to be served by 2 fine chefs."
Axel turns and walks into the living room/dinning area. Here it was a Berber carpet was a normal grey color. A faded black colored couch that had some small cuts on it was on wall next to the door leading to the hallway. In front of the couch was a table that went up to the sitting part of the couch and was clearly made out of fake wood. A medium sized T.V. is sitting on top of a small podium in front of the table, with its back to the kitchen area. Alex sits down on the couch comfortably.
"Hay grandpa?" Renton asks
"Hmm? What Renton." Axel responds
"Why are you living in such an old place?" Renton questions
""Well its not exactly like were rich boy! After our house and my repair shop was destroyed I had to get someplace." Axel hotly responds.
Renton cringes slightly, but doesn't let anything bad happen to the eggs. "Oh, umm ya sorry. Where are we going to work?"
"I have another place rented out right now. It helps that the government gave me a small amount of money due to destroying my house, not enough to actually get another but enough to rent the place for now with some left over in the bank." Axel replies.
"Ohh alright then" Renton says as he turns off the part of the stove that he was using and puts the pan into the sink after putting the eggs onto a plate. Eureka did the same but with bacon. They take out 4 more plates and put sizzling bacon and good looking eggs on them.
"Breakfast is ready." Renton says while taking off his apron and chef hat.
"Ill go and wake the kids." Eureka says after she takes off her apron and while taking off her chef hat.
"K." Renton says while moving the plates to the table in front of the couch.
Eureka goes back to the room where the kids are sleeping and quietly enters. She goes to the bed and says. "Linck, Maeter, Maurice breakfast is ready, its time to get up."
"Five more minutes." Maeter mutters as she snuggles closer to Maurice and Linck.
Eureka smiles as she goes and shakes the kids slightly as she says. "Come on now, you don't want your breakfast to get cold."
Maeter says, during a yawn. "Ok mama." Then with a sudden jolt "MAMA your still here!" Maeter finishes as she throws herself on Eureka happily while waking her brothers.
"What?" Maurice says after he jolts up to a sitting position and stares quiet eyed for a moment before smiling and continuing. "Good morning mama."
"Mama!" Linck says as he also hugs Eureka.
"Morning kids, breakfast is ready and Renton and Mr. Thurs-Alex are waiting." Eureka happily says with a smile.
"Ok" The three kids say almost simultaneously as they start to leave the room; with Maeter trying to quicken Eureka up by dragging her.
"It smells good." Maurice simply says.
"Really good! Better than Axel's cooking." Maeter loudly agrees.
"YA! Really good!" Linck quickly adds in with a big smile after looking at Maeter for a little bit.
"Hay, I heard that! What's wrong with my cooking" Axel says, his voice raised only enough to get across the room with it's gravely sound intact.
"Eep, Nothing, it's just that mamas' and daddy's' cooking is better than yours." Maeter replies haughtily.
"Hahahaha." Axel laughs while Maurice and Linck smile; Eureka blushes slightly and Renton has both a blush and a wide eyed look on his face, and finally Maeter has her nose slightly up in the air.
"All-right then, let's eat." Says Renton, who looks unsure about how to act right now, as he sits down on the couch. He had taken off his apron and chef hat after putting the food on the table.
POV Change
About halfway through the meal I notice Maurice looking at myself and Eureka, I look over at him and smile after swallowing some eggs.
Maurice smiles vary slightly and asks. "What are you going to be doing today?"
"I'm probably going to be showing Eureka around the town, why?" I answer
"Can we come along?" He asks as Linck and Maeter suddenly look up hopefully.
I smile and say. "Of course you can!"
Maurice smiles and goes back to eating while Linck and Maeter just look back down and continue to happily eat the good food.
Well now let me think what I should show Eureka first. I think to myself as I look at her. She looks really pretty in the white dress; I wonder if she has anymore dresses… wait, we don't have any cloths!
"Ahhh, grandpa, we don't have any cloths here!!!" I practically shout in a panic while standing up.
"Hmmm? Oh, hahaha, don't worry Renton, Holland and Talho dropped off your stuff here when they dropped off the kids." Axel says, amused at my antics.
I calm down immediately, and then I sit back down and say. "Ohh ok, well that makes me feel better."
I look at Eureka and see her with a small smile on her face. Ok so all of our cloths are here, I still wonder if she has many, no really if she has ANY dresses. "Hay, Eureka do you have any more dresses?"
She looks at me and blinks then she says. "I don't think so, why?"
Oppps "Ehhh, hahaha, wellll I just think you look really good in them." I say with a full face flush and my right hand behind my head smiling.
I see Eureka's cheeks flush, in an admitably cute way, and she smiles.
"Ya, you do look good in them mammy!" Maeter says as Linck looks up and nods.
"Thank you Maeter." Eureka responds looking at her.
"We have some extra money, Renton why don't you go with Eureka and buy her some dresses that she would like?" Axel asks in a slightly amused voice.
What? Well that's ok… I think to myself slightly
"We can get you some new cloths too Renton!" Maeter says happily
Wait what was that? I start to think a little worriedly
"Ya Renton can get dresses to!" Linck says right after Maeter
WHAT? At this point I was going to speak up but I was beaten to speaking bye Maeter.
"No! Renton's a boy and boys don't wear dresses!" Maeter says to Linck in a superior exasperated voice.
"Ohh ya." Linck says sheepishly as I'm hoping my shocked expression isn't noticed and will fade fast.
"You look funny Renton!" Linck says, dashing my hopes, with his goofy smile on his face.
"Umm ya haha…" 'Great, just great.' I look over to Eureka to see her smiling, and then she giggles slightly.
"Alright I'll give you enough money for some dresses for Eureka and some new cloths for Renton." I hear as my salvation from this slightly embarrassing situation.
"I wonder how nice you will look like in new cloths." Eureka says to me as she's finishing breakfast.
"Ehh, I do to, hehe." I respond
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