Oh look, BrocktreeJustLeft finally hit the thousand mark again, maybe people will reward me with reviews!

I own that pesky little laptop lady with the awesome hair and her husband who doesn't even get a description.

Sorry if you find anything... offensive in this chapter... just incase...


Eventually Krystal and Fox got tired and quit.

"Come on, lets go get something to eat." Krystal said.

I followed them to the cafeteria, grabbed a sandwich and left.

Gwin, true to her non-eating nature, was sprawled across the couch with a laptop on her (you guessed it,) lap.

"Hi." I said, taking a seat in one of the lounging chairs.

"Hey. So you going to the group date tonight?" she asked.

"No, is your mysterious husband going to make an appearance and grace us with his presence?"

"When did I say I was married to a he?"

My eyes bulged out, that wasn't expected.

She laughed, "No, he isn't coming, I don't want to go. We don't eat, remember?"

I sighed, I wasn't familiar with anything relating to or pertaining with homosexuality. The only romance I ever came across was heterosexual, and the only time I witnessed romance was here anyway.

"Although I don't personally support it, dissing gay people is as rude as dissing... some other sexually oriented person..." She looked confused, "Never mind... I need to stop before I offend someone..."

"Yes, you do." I laughed.

She went back to her computer and I walked away to go find something to do.

"So, how're Peach's skills helping you?" She asked.

"I think I'm going to shoot that girl next time she-"

I had been walking backwards, not paying attention to where I was going and turned around while standing on a piece of paper that had been left on the floor.

I slid backwards and felt the pain of a twisted ankle, but was caught before hitting the ground.

Snake, who had probably been walking by though I hadn't been watching, caught me by the back of my shoulders, under my arms from the front.

I took a moment to register what had just happened.

"Thank you." I breathed, half forgetting how to talk, what was going on here?!

He half smiled. "Don't mention it. Do you think you hurt anything?"

He pulled me up, making us very close to each other. I tried my foot and cried, twisted ankles really weren't the most painful thing I had felt in my life, but I never got hurt out of klutziness and wasn't used to injuries like that.

Letting go of me with his right hand and sliding his left across my shoulder, Snake led me to the couch and ran to the cafeteria for ice.

"Samus?" Gwin asked.

"Yes?"

"Breathe."

I inhaled. "Why was there paper on the floor?"

"I bet that someone meant for that to happen."

"Yeah, like they planned it."

"While thinking of cute and fluffy things to happen."

I looked at her sideways.

Snake walked back in and handed me a zip-lock back full of ice. I set it on my ankle.

"Thank you."

"No problem." He left for a match.

V

Love is a very diverse feeling, or ability, or whatever Love is.

I could go on and on about the different branches of Love, but that is not my point.

My point is that a new friend of mine was feeling lovesick, and I wanted to help her.

Mei Ling, a young woman from the same game as Snake, had come here for a reason.

She hadn't come for a break from work, as I had often seen her talking to someone with a computer, or phone, or whatever else.

I had investigated and found that my new friend had developed feelings for one of her coworkers.

Although being nosy is not something I take pride in, I worry about sad people, and seeing someone in pain makes me want to help them.

When I asked her if she was okay, she looked away, stating, "I'm fine."

"Tell the truth." I put my hand on her shoulder and looked her in the eyes.

She sat down, we were in one of the training rooms, watching a few of the guys show off.

"I'm just infatuated by someone who has a girlfriend. That's all."

"I see. Do you like him as a person?"

"...Yes... Can we not talk about this?"

"Oh, I'm sorry if that made you uncomfortable."

She smiled, "Oh, I'm fine, talking about feelings just isn't my thing." She stood up and left.

"Did you find out who it was?" Peach asked behind me, I hadn't noticed her. That was probably the point.

"No. And don't go stealing things and pulling threads to find out yourself. This is Mei Ling's business."

"I know, but wouldn't it be se sweet, picture it. Mei Ling, looking so sad and down, at dinner, in a nice romantic restaurant,"

"It's actually kind of offensive to some of the smashers, what with half the lights of a normal restaurant and the giant bar."

She gave me the look. "Anyway, so she's alone, then mystery man walks up! Do you think it's Snake? I thought they were dating but they act like..."

"No. I don't, and they act like coworkers. No deep feelings."

"Could you stop ruining my moment?"

"Anyway, mystery man."

"And asks her to dance!" Her euphoria was evident to say the least.

"I'm gonna go consult Otacon!"

She ran away while I wondered who that was.

Oh Peach, can you even try to give it a rest for at least one day?

Of course, she found out that it was this blonde fellow who had a girlfriend that sounded like a hollow rip off of some character from a romantic novel.

"How do you get this information?" I asked her, trying to make the annoyance as evident in my voice as possible.

"I'm just charming like that." She smiled, "Any anyway, his girlfriend's an idiot."

She started blabbing on about why his girlfriend was an idiot.

Maybe, someday, she would realize that her help wasn't as helpful as she thought it was.


Erm, so yeah... I had a bunch of things to put here but forgot them... Oh yeah... sometime soon I might have to take a break from the computer and won't be able to write for ten days give or take... it's a long story but will probably happen. Lovelovelove reviews. Thank you, until next time!