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"Have you ever thought about exploring space?" asked Serena. "Like in Star Trek or something."
Darien raised an eyebrow at her. "To boldly trip where no klutz has tripped before?"
"Not funny!" She glared at him and huffed.
"Where would you want to go, anyway?" he asked.
"I don't know." She shrugged and reached for her milkshake. "Maybe just travel the stars; explore the universe."
"Alone?" he asked, stealing a glance at her.
"I don't know," she said shrugging. "Maybe. It's not like I could fit the whole Earth in the ship."
"Yeah?" he asked, turning towards her. "And how long do you think you can survive this exploratory trip without—"
He snatched her milkshake before her fingers could grasp the cup.
"That's mine!" she called out, reaching for it.
He raised his arm high to keep it out of her range. "—without your precious milkshakes? You can't even survive two minutes without this one."
"That's because I already started drinking that one! Give it back!" She clawed at empty space trying to retrieve her stolen drink.
"Woah-woah!" cried Andrew, rushing over to them. "What's the matter—"
"Just proving an addiction, 'Drew," said Darien, leaning back and keeping the milkshake out of Serena's reach. "Can't go up in space if you're hooked on these, Meatball head."
"I can, too!" cried Serena. She leaned into Darien, trying to climb him to reach her drink. "Just let me finish this one—"
"That's what they all say: the next one is always the last one. Better to stay on Earth!" He reached further back to keep it away from her. "I'm doing you a favour, Meatball—"
"Ah-hem!" Andrew coughed low in his throat. Serena and Darien both turned to look at his glaring eyes. "I'll take that," he growled, snatching the milkshake out of Darien's hands.
"Thank you," said Serena, returning back to her seat as he handed her the milkshake. "Nyah!" She stuck her tongue out at Darien before sipping on her returned treasure.
"So," said Andrew, taking a deep breath, "what was this about?"
"Tell her she can't go exploring space," said Darien, pointing at Serena.
"Not fair!" she cried, turning to Andrew. "Tell him I can explore the universe if I want to!"
"No way!" said Darien. "She has enough things to trip over on Earth; she doesn't need to go to the Andromeda Galaxy to fall flat on her face!"
Andrew rubbed his forehead, feeling another headache coming on.
"Keep out of it!" She turned to glare at Darien. "It's my spaceship and I'll take it wherever I want to!"
"How do you plan to survive without milkshakes? There are no milkshake planets you can visit whenever you want one!"
"Then maybe I'll take Andrew with me!"
"Great," he grumbled, turning to glare at Andrew. "She'll take you with her. Just you and Meatball Brains clunking into comets and asteroids!"
Andrew groaned, rubbing both temples. He glared at Darien. "Why don't you just ask her if you could—"
Darien's eyes narrowed.
Andrew stopped mid sentence and closed his eyes. He took a deep breath and rethought how to proceed.
"Serena?" he asked, turning towards her. She looked up at the bartender, sipping her milkshake. "In this big adventure in the sky—"
"In space," she corrected.
"Right. Space. Anyway," he caught a glance at Darien, who was pretending to examine his nails. They seemed horribly fascinating at the present moment. "Would you mind if Darien were to join us? You and me with the milkshakes. And Darien."
"In the starship?" she asked.
"Yes," said the bartender, nodding and smiling at her.
"Sure," she said, turning towards the raven haired man. "If he wants to come."
"Oh?" said Darien, looking up from his nails. He shrugged his shoulders, pretending to be cavalier. "Well, I guess if I'm not too busy. Yeah, I guess I could squeeze it in."
"Squeeze in a fictitious trip to explore the galaxy?" asked Andrew, rolling his eyes. "How kind of you. We're so honoured you could join us."
Darien ignored his friend and turned to Serena.
"So, where should we go first?"
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