"Which one of us were you talking to?" Kyle asked serenely before Maria
could open up her mouth and give rein to her retorts. If he did let her it
would get bloody...and soon. Michael hadn't counted on Kyle answering
first. He had expected them to be a bit cowed...well at least Kyle to be
cowed. He had always been sort of scared of Michael just like most everyone
else was when he or she saw him when he was mad. What was going on here?
Nothing was as he had imagined it. Maria instead kept quiet and glared at
him while Kyle sat there staring at him with an annoyed look on his face.
This is definitely not going the way I pictured it would. It's not
supposed to go like this!
"I was talking to Maria. If YOU don't mind," Michael growled at Kyle.
"Certainly and you can even have my seat," Kyle said. He kissed Maria's cheek and whispered,
"Be strong Maria. You can do it." then he slid out of the booth and headed towards the bathroom. Both of the people at the table watched him but for different reasons. Finally Maria broke the silence,
"Well what do you want? You're ruining the first decent date I've had in a long time," Maria said icily.
"What are you doing with him? I thought you were my girl..." As soon as the words left his mouth he knew he had made a grave mistake. Maria's eyes flashed and she replied,
"I am NO ONE'S girl. I would THINK that YOU would remember that. But then again it's only YOU who didn't give a care about his girlfriend when he had her. I think you need to LEAVE....I mean NOW not next millennium," "Maria, you know I didn't mean to call you that...it just hurts to see you with another guy..."
"Maybe you should have thought of that BEFORE you broke up with me for the sixth time. And YES I've been keeping track. But since you seem to have your butt glued to the seat, I'll be the one to leave," Maria said sliding out of the booth and heading towards the counter to get boxes for Kyle's and her food. When she arrived at the counter she realized she they hadn't put in their order. She looked at what was waiting and took a Sigourney Weaver wrap and a Galactic Burger. Hope he likes it... Maria was about to sit down on a stool when Kyle came out of the bathroom. He rubbed his eyebrow and said,
"Didn't go well I take it?" Kyle asked. All Maira did was nod her head.
"Come on then we'll stop by...nevermind on that idea. It appears you stole someone else's dinner. Well we'll go to the park and have an alien picnic, it'll be fun," Kyle said forcing a cheerful smile. He knew how it probably hurt, like it always hurt to argue with the person you love. Kyle took the food boxes from her. Michael watched as the two went out the door. Something about the incident didn't feel right to him. He muttered to himself,
"There's something going on here and I mean to find out what it is." Liz also had been watching the couple. A few minutes earlier she had figured out a plausible explanation. She had started thinking about it because of the way Maria had acted. Liz could always tell when Maria was excited and nervous and so forth. Maria had been all three. She usually yelled from the roof when she was going out on date with someone for the first time and you could spot her from a mile away with all the excited energy coming off of her. But tonight it hadn't been like that at all. She decided to keep her observations to herself to not ruin what Liz though they were doing. She hoped it worked and decided to call BOTH of them to find out all the details and the idea. Then if she felt the idea sound enough she would take her course of action. Kyle wondered in his head if Maria had yet to figure out that this wasn't a favor. Over the months of Maria and Michael doing the make-up/break-up dance he had discovered that he admired her more and more. He admired her for her ability to hold her own against Michael. Well now is as good a reason as any to tell her I guess. Unbeknownst to Kyle, Maria was also thinking along those lines.
"I was talking to Maria. If YOU don't mind," Michael growled at Kyle.
"Certainly and you can even have my seat," Kyle said. He kissed Maria's cheek and whispered,
"Be strong Maria. You can do it." then he slid out of the booth and headed towards the bathroom. Both of the people at the table watched him but for different reasons. Finally Maria broke the silence,
"Well what do you want? You're ruining the first decent date I've had in a long time," Maria said icily.
"What are you doing with him? I thought you were my girl..." As soon as the words left his mouth he knew he had made a grave mistake. Maria's eyes flashed and she replied,
"I am NO ONE'S girl. I would THINK that YOU would remember that. But then again it's only YOU who didn't give a care about his girlfriend when he had her. I think you need to LEAVE....I mean NOW not next millennium," "Maria, you know I didn't mean to call you that...it just hurts to see you with another guy..."
"Maybe you should have thought of that BEFORE you broke up with me for the sixth time. And YES I've been keeping track. But since you seem to have your butt glued to the seat, I'll be the one to leave," Maria said sliding out of the booth and heading towards the counter to get boxes for Kyle's and her food. When she arrived at the counter she realized she they hadn't put in their order. She looked at what was waiting and took a Sigourney Weaver wrap and a Galactic Burger. Hope he likes it... Maria was about to sit down on a stool when Kyle came out of the bathroom. He rubbed his eyebrow and said,
"Didn't go well I take it?" Kyle asked. All Maira did was nod her head.
"Come on then we'll stop by...nevermind on that idea. It appears you stole someone else's dinner. Well we'll go to the park and have an alien picnic, it'll be fun," Kyle said forcing a cheerful smile. He knew how it probably hurt, like it always hurt to argue with the person you love. Kyle took the food boxes from her. Michael watched as the two went out the door. Something about the incident didn't feel right to him. He muttered to himself,
"There's something going on here and I mean to find out what it is." Liz also had been watching the couple. A few minutes earlier she had figured out a plausible explanation. She had started thinking about it because of the way Maria had acted. Liz could always tell when Maria was excited and nervous and so forth. Maria had been all three. She usually yelled from the roof when she was going out on date with someone for the first time and you could spot her from a mile away with all the excited energy coming off of her. But tonight it hadn't been like that at all. She decided to keep her observations to herself to not ruin what Liz though they were doing. She hoped it worked and decided to call BOTH of them to find out all the details and the idea. Then if she felt the idea sound enough she would take her course of action. Kyle wondered in his head if Maria had yet to figure out that this wasn't a favor. Over the months of Maria and Michael doing the make-up/break-up dance he had discovered that he admired her more and more. He admired her for her ability to hold her own against Michael. Well now is as good a reason as any to tell her I guess. Unbeknownst to Kyle, Maria was also thinking along those lines.
