I don't know why, but I'm just kind of pumped about this story and can't wait to update.
Anyway, I don't think it's fair for me to not mention that it was Timmy's birthday the day after Valentines, so, late happy birthday Timmy, and uh, sorry for making you a douche in my story. But it will pay off...or would it?
"Babe, are you alright?"
Timmy frowned as he looked at one of the counters in the corner of a bar, where there sat a certain magenta-haired girl conversing with this odd-looking blue-haired man. The worst thing? They're all alone. In this bar. Where people usually hook up and stuff like that.
What's this? Ex-girlfriend is all alone with this strange man and seems to be enjoying his company and vice versa?
What an abomination. Just seeing this man making her happy disgusts him. How dare she enjoy another man's company when she's supposed to look at her ex-boyfriend with another woman and be jealous instead of vice versa?
And what's this he is feeling? Anger? Rage? Jealousy?
He shook his head at this. No, he couldn't be jealous. She should be the one who is jealous. Not him. But why was the tables suddenly turned? What did he do to deserve this?
He clicked his tongue in disgust as he continued to look at the future potential love that is about to blossom. They wouldn't last long. He thought with a smirk. Just wait, she'll come running back before I know it.
Turning back to the girl he's with, he only gave a charming smile at the girl. "It's nothing," He tried to say in the most innocent and convincing way possible.
What's odd is that he's only met this girl yesterday from Tiffany and her gal pals, he doesn't even know her name or anything, something like Val or something? The girl was decent, he had to admit. Plus, she did say she came from Zenith, and that added more to the 'use-this-girl-to-make-ex-jealous' checklist (Cough...not that he had that kind of list...what kind of loser would have that?). The only difference between Vel (he remembered; Vel. Short for Velocity. Odd name as it was a scientific term of some sort, but he wasn't to judge) and Tecna is that Vel seemed to be more capable of emotions and is quick to open up to people...unlike another certain Zenithian out there...
"You know what? I'm thirsty, let's get a drink over there," He said, throwing his thumb over his shoulder as he pointed at the counter where a certain technology fairy and her new friend sat.
He doesn't know why, but he has this sudden urge to get closer to the scene and observe (or rather...judge) the man, seeing if he's better than him (which is very, very unlikely. Tim's ego says so) and all that.
Vel merely gave a sheepish frown at her new boyfriend, "Err...I don't want to," She said, "Tecna over there seems to be having a great time with her new friend and I wouldn't want to be a killjoy and ruin their moment, y'know?" She shrugged innocently.
Timmy also frowned at this, "But..."
Before he could finish his sentence, he felt his arm being tugged by Vel to the opposite direction. "C'mon, I heard their cocktails are pretty good in this side of the bar."
"I...okay, I guess...?" Timmy said hesitantly as he looked back at the counter where two people are sitting on, narrowing his eyes with distrust and hostility at the man, as if saying 'I'm watching you' without the man actually paying attention. But he was soon caught off guard as he saw blunt, gray-eyes staring back at him with the same hostility and distrust he was staring with.
He didn't know why, but he couldn't help but gulp at the man's glare at him. They were pretty far apart, and with a lot of people between and surrounding them, not to mention the loud music blaring at the whole room. How could the man just spot him glaring at him and glare back as if he knew what was happening? What the hell? Does this man have super powers or something?
Tim shook his head. Well, whatever is up with him, that still wouldn't stop the ex-nerd from intimidating him the first time they meet, maybe that way, he will know not to mess with him.
Yeah. He will do just that.
...
"I really don't get how you'd be so concerned about Tecna so much," Brandon sighed as he and his girlfriend walked around the bar for a few minutes, looking for a certain magenta-haired girl, "She's probably fine, tinkering with some gadget or something from a corner or something."
Brandon was quickly and obnoxiously hushed by Stella, "Or, or, or, or!" She exclaimed, "She could have snuck out and hid in an arcade or something!"
The brunette Specialist raised a brow at this, "So?" He asked, "I don't see what's so wrong with that?"
"There's a lot of things wrong with that!" Stella nearly yelled, her face reddening from frustration, causing the brunette to flinch, "First; she didn't stick with our deal! Second; she isn't meeting any man around here! Third; she's being an anti-social by doing this! And I can go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on-"
"Breathe, sweetheart," Brandon instructed to his girlfriend who is running out of breath, "Don't stress yourself, I bet she's just somewhere around this place, having some sweet conversation with some guy and you won't have to freak out-"
"She'd better be!" Stella snapped, "Or else I would have to pair her up with another Specialist again!"
Brandon raised a brow again, "And who is this Specialist you're talking about?"
"Oh, she'd definitely like him!" Stella squealed, suddenly out of her frustrating rage. Brandon assumed it's just that time of the month again. "He's kind of like Riven, only more of a guy who takes everything seriously than a hothead. He's kinda smart for his looks, he has dark hair and dark eyes-"
The brunette Specialist rolled his eyes, "Lemme guess, Troy-?"
His words were suddenly cut off as Stella squealed unexpectedly, "There she is!" She pointed at a nearby counter where a certain magenta-haired fairy and a mysterious man is sitting. "Finally!" She cheered, and was about to cheer a bit more until Brandon stopped her.
"Hey," He said, looking at Tecna and this mysterious man conversing and seems to have a genuinely great time, he was about to say that they should probably let the two be, until Bloom, Sky, Helia, and Flora approached them.
"Hey, guys." Sky greeted them as Bloom yawned, "It's getting pretty late and uh, some of us are getting pretty exhausted, so..." He said, referring to a sleep Bloom and Flora in their boyfriends' arms, Helia also seems to be yawning.
"What?" Layla questioned as she, Nabu, Musa, and Riven approached the group, "You're tired already?"
"But the night's still young! And there's still lots of booze to come around!" A very drunk Musa whined, her voice slurred as she tried to balance herself, but failed as she passed out on the floor, if it weren't for a tipsy Riven catching her and throwing her over his shoulder, "I'm a real adult...!" She wailed as she slowly drifted off to sleep in Riven's grip and would most likely wake up with a killer headache tomorrow.
The gang blinked at the drunk couple, "What happened to you two?" Sky asked.
"They got into this dumb drinking contest." Layla rolled her eyes, "And let's just say that's how I learned Musa is a really, I mean, REALLY, bad drinker. One bottle of beer and she's already passed out drunk." She said, gesturing to a passed out Musa. "Riven drank, like five and he's just tipsy at this point."
"What about you two?" Helia asked.
"I don't drink," Nabu shrugged, "And Layla only drank some cocktail."
"Good." Brandon nodded, "Because we don't need any more drunkards to begin with."
"So," Sky looked around, "We ready to go?"
"Hold on," Stella says, turning to the direction where she last saw her tech-savvy friend, who's still there by the way, "We're not just gonna leave Tecna here, are we?"
The gang shook their heads at this.
"Same with Timmy and Vel." Helia spoke.
The gang groaned at this.
Helia sighed at this, "Fine, I'll tell Timmy and Vel that we're leaving," He turned to Stella and Brandon, "While you two, go tell Tecna, okay?"
"Sure." Brandon shrugged as he and Stella turned to where Tecna was and walked towards that direction.
Once they arrived, Tecna didn't seem to notice them at first when the man was telling her something about some video game, but she eventually did when the man noticed them first. "Oh, uh, hey Tecna! There you are" Stella greeted, not batting an eye to the man, until she eventually did and pretended to be surprised. "Oh, hi! You must be Tecna's new boyfriend!"
"Stella!" Tecna exclaimed in shock and embarrassment. Did the blonde just refer to Adam as her boyfriend?
Adam didn't seem to be affected at this as he merely smiled, "Hi, you must be the Princess of Solaria and one of Miss Tecna's friends, correct?" Stella nodded, "Well, hello there, I'm Adam." He cut her off before she can say anything, "And no, I'm not her boyfriend..." He trailed off.
"...yet," Stella muttered under her breath with a grin, but only looked at them innocently, "Well, whatever! Look, I'm sorry for interrupting your discussion about some doohickey, but-uh." She turned to Tecna, "We're leaving."
"What? Oh," Tecna frowned for a moment, before sighing, gathering her belongings as she bid her goodbye to Adam, for now, that is.
"Tecna, wait," Before Tecna can leave with Stella, Brandon, and the others, she was cut off as a hand grabbed her own. Turning back, she saw Adam, "Uh, look, I know we just met and all, but-uh," He trailed off rather nervously, "Can I have your number, perhaps? You know, so we can hang out some other time." He smiled as he nervously scratched his chin, she found it somewhat adorable, one of those cute gestures one does when he's nervous, like the one Timmy used to do, except that Adam seems to have more natural confidence then her ex ever did.
Once Tecna gave him her number and left with her friends, Adam stayed in the bar for a bit, feeling a sense of pride as he entered Tecna's number in his phone. After he did just that, he stood up and also left the establishment and to his apartment. "Her friends seem nice." He muttered as he unlocked the door to his apartment. "That is, except one of them. But I'm not sure if I should consider him her 'friend'."
Nothing to say other than something about Vel and how I made a somewhat reference to another story...can you guess which?!
Anyway, Vel, yeah, Vel, it was totally last minute but I decided to make a rather important role for her in the story. Since I'm pretty excited about this story and would love to drop off hints, let's just say that between Vel and Adam...one of them is the potential villain of this story, and the other is a good guy, so yeah .-. But yOU'LL NEVER KNOW WHICH. MWAHAHAHAHAHA :3
Anyway, thanks for reading!