Well, you guys, the hair dye I had didn't stick... Apparently, I have to bleach my hair before doing vibrant colorsT.T NOT MY HAIR! No girl wants to lose her hair...My precious...Precious...Anyway, next chap up, who can guess what Navin's going to do?


"Say, would you ever consider letting me drive this thing?", Navin asked lightly

"Sure...when I'm dead and gone.", Enzo gave him a small, clever look.

"What? But, that could be hours away!", Navin let out a reasonable whine

He felt a small but forceful tap on the back of his head, "Stop that, and behave..", his mother said in a whisper. Karen gave Enzo an apologetic look and he smiled at her.

"Say, kid. Why don't you go play with your sister?", Enzo suggested

"But, she's training right now.", Navin protested. Emily had told him never to inturrupt her during a training session, once.

"Then go watch. Cheer her on.", Karen gave him a comforting smile. Navin walked grumpily out of the room and headed toward the field in which Emily and Trellis were training.


Trellis sighed and ran a bare hand between his eyes, "Again...", he sighed

Emily watched him closely. His body language was a little off, but she decided to ignore it. Today, she had upgraded from the downed tree to an acorn. She crossed out the word upgraded and replaced it with downgraded. She rolled her eyes at the small nut, and lifted it without effort, then throwing it far into the distance. Trellis seemed infazed as he watched it fly, he'd clearly known that she was capable of this much.

"Very good.", he said blandly

"Emily!", a shrill voice cried. Emily and Tellis looked up towards the noice in unison, both giving confused and annoyed looks.

"Oh, great...", Emily groaned. Yes, she loved her brother, but she certainly didn't always want to be around him. And to top it all off, Trellis was there with her. Navin and Trellis had never really been aquainted to each other, and she was reluctant to find out what would happen. As Navin ran nearer, she quickly spun around to face Trellis and whispered,

"Behave yourself.", to which he gave her a look as if she were crazy, "Don't I always?", he replied smartly. She sighed greatly, and felt like she was raising too many children a once. By the time she had finished grumbling to herself, Navin was already there.

"Hey, what are you guys doing?"

"Oh, uh...nothing really..", Emily turned towards Trellis, who was now behind her, only to find that he was smirking slightly. She gave his a very desperate and disapproving look, but he just slipped his eyes closed and turned his head, and smirk, to the side. Silently telling her she was on her own here. Meanwhile, Navin watched the display between the two in wonder. They seemed a lot more friendly with each other than before. More tolerable, too, at least on Emily's side.

"Are you two really training, or is it something else?", he asked mischievously. Both teens jumped, wide eyed. Emily looked to Trellis again, to find that he was looking at her with the same expression. Shock and Embarrassment. And a slight blush. Navin smiled knowingly,

"Oh, I see now. HEY MOM!", he yelled.

"No!", Emily slapped her hands over his mouth, "Look, there's nothing going on, we're training. I do have responsibilities, you know.."

Navin was silent, but still had that devilish look in his eyes, "O...kay.", he said

Emily unwound her hands from his lips.


Emily felt great! She had gotten so much done, and she felt like she made Trellis proud. In the middle of her self-appreciation, she stopped. Why did she care if Trellis was proud ofher or not? She thought for a moment, also thinking about what Navin had said earlier.

"Are you two really training, or is it something else?" , she shuddered at the words. How could he think that she would be involved with Trellis? In any other way besides "teacher/student" or "friend/friend"? She didn't even know if they were friends. Now, that she thought about it, she didn't know where she stood with him. She sighed, leave it to Navin to screw up her day.


Trellis sat on the floor at the foot of his bed. Luger had found a very interesting book and thought he should read it, it had to do with natural science, flying machines and how they worked, he was currently on the section about flight patterns. He, personally, had no interest in the book, but didn't really want to hear Lugar complain about how unwilling he was. Besides, he was already through most of it, so he decided that it couldn't hurt to finish. He heard a knock at his door. Expecting it to be Luger, he tried to put on a good mood, he let it fall and replaced it with suprise when he saw that it was Navin.

"Uh, hi.", Navin held up his hand and put on a wide smile.

"Hi...Navin.."

The two sat there awkwardly for a few moments, until Navin spoke up,

"So...about Em...", he said slowly. Trellis smiled on the inside. How predictable.

"Look, I know what you're probably thinking, and I can assure you that there's nothing between us.", Trellis tells him.

Navin looked both reassured and disappointed, "Really?"

"Really. So, there's nothing for you to worry about."

Emily was out taking a late night walk around the ship, but stopped at Trellis' door, overhearing the conversation. It sounded too mumbled for her to hear, so she gently put her ear to the door in time to hear,

"I promise. There's nothing special between your sister and me.", she could only make out the words of Trellis. She set her eyes downcast and backed away from the door. She didn't think it was hurt so much to hear him say it. He felt nothing for her...at all...

To get away from it all, she decided it best to go back to her own room and sleep off her sadness, though she was sure that it would follow her through morning.


Navin soon came out of Trellis and Lugers room to get to his own. He'd always thought of Trellis as a brother figure. Unlike his sister, he never did anything to set him off. Navin was slightly saddened by the fact that Trellis seemed to have no sort of attraction towards Emily. This thought gave Navin many idea on how to get them together. and knowing himself, he would try them all. By all in the morning..


Okay, maybe not the longest chap. Or it could be, I'm not really going to bother looking atm. I'm debating whether or not to go to bed, it's already 12:09 here in Arizona. But, I want to write about Navins ideas! Damn! Okay, okay. I'll try to do part of the next chap tonight, then I'll finish it tomorrow, k? K.