Cutie?
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Zee woke up before Ro. He watched her as she sleep for a while before he sat up carefully moving off the bed. He placed an extra blanket on Ro to keep her warm since the heat from his body was gone. He stood up walking around the room looking at different things. He looked some of the pictures on the wall. Many with Ro being happy with others her age.
He saw one where there was a young boy that she was holding. He couldn't have been older than three or four. He turned hearing footsteps out the door and the door opening. "Oh you're up."
"Ro's still sleeping."
"I let her sleep in this morning. She's had a hard week. It was just midterms."
"Hmm."
"She's much older than her classmates since she was not going to school. She couldn't skip more than a grade. She's working hard mostly trying to enjoy high school."
"Hmm, who's the boy in the picture."
"Her younger brother."
"Where is he?"
"He died. He wasn't supposed to live as long as he did. Ro gets sad sometimes. She was his favorite out of the family right away. It was too bad he died a few months after Ro came home. So all of our family was together even if for a few months."
"I wish I could have been there for her."
"Yeah but don't linger on it. She's made it through the stormy days. Nothing can knock her down." Zee knew differently though. IU7 knocked her down. A bullet from the barrel of a gun knocked her down but she stood back up stronger than ever.
"I'll let her sleep. Promise to wake her up?"
"Yeah in how long?"
"Half an hour." She said with a smile leaving Zee alone with a sleeping Ro.
A half an hour later Ro was shutting her eyes tightly trying to block out the sunlight. She was so comfortable just lying there. "Ro wake up." She smiled remembering Zee was here so it wasn't so bad. No one seemed to make her smile like Zee did.
"No it's too early." She said ducking her head under the covers. Zee just sat beside her trying to pull back the covers but she had a firm grip on them.
"Your mother said you could sleep in a half an hour more than usual but you needed to wake up."
"I'm up. See my eyes are open." She said making them into thin little slits moving the blanket from her head. .
"Ro you're mother will be mad at me if I don't keep my promise."
"Fine you win." She sat up not really wanting to wake up. "Enjoy watching me sleep Zee?"
"I went to sleep about one in the morning."
"I went to sleep at eleven. What were you doing?"
"Thinking." Ro nodded. She remember spending some nights just looking up at the ceiling and let her thoughts consume her.
Ro placed her hand on his shoulder. "I have to get ready for a softball game."
"Is that what the trophies are from?"
"Some of them. Some of them are academic awards and different things. I've found I have a knack for being an afterschool activities person."
"Oh. Well you should get ready."
"Yeah I probably should." She got some clothes out of her dresser. "My parents are probably out in the living room if you want to talk to them." She suggested not wanting Zee to get bored.
"Okay." He supposed he should at least get to know her parents as well. He stepped out to see Ro's mother fixing up two boys' shirts.
"There you go. Now you don't look like a little dirt kid."
"But that's what I am mom." The kids fidgeting trying to get away from his mother who was cleaning him.
"Well you can look nice for at least ten minutes." She yelled at them as they went downstairs.
"Alright see ya mom." They yelled back before slamming the door. Both parents shook their heads before turning to look at him.
"Hello Zee how are you this morning?" Mike asked a little tired.
"Fine Mike how are you?"
"Very well thank you. Is Rosalie in the shower?"
"I believe so."
"Good she can't fool around since we let her sleep in this morning."
"Are you and Ro going to do anything after the game?"
"I don't know does Ro still like to go shopping?"
"Are you kidding it's like a sport to her? You should avoid it as much as possible."
"I've been shopping with her a lot."
"Hmm she convince you to take her out shopping all the time while you two traveled together?"
"We did it to pass the time while we waited for anything on my creator to pop up." The two middle aged parents nodded.
Ro came out sitting beside Zee. "Hey Zee I think I know where we could go tonight."
"Where?"
"There's a twilight kind of extreme bowling from nine to two in the morning."
"Okay I've never been bowling."
"I have but I'm not that good maybe we can learn together."
"Okay." Zee took Ro in his car while everyone else went with Ro's parents. Zee arrived seeing the field.
"Have you ever seen a softball game before?"
"I've seen a baseball game."
"Yeah they're about the same. Just watch I'm sure you'll catch on quickly."
"Okay good luck Ro."
Ro was in the batting cages. The game was almost over. She watched as her friends scanned the crowd and noticed a new guy in the crowd. They over the course of the season found out everyone who would come see there games. "Hey who's the cutie over there?" Shea was one of Ro's best friends. Though she had a bunch of best friends. She didn't like placing just one person as the highest friend. She knew whom she could trust and whom she couldn't trust as well.
"Where?" Ro asked looking for the guy who was getting her friend to say cutie.
"The guy in the purple coat and black hair." She said pointing over to the left bottom section.
"Yeah I've never seen him here before." Sega was the other girl in the trio of friends. They where in all the same things and seemed to do everything together.
"Oh him, he's a friend and came for a visit." Ro noticed they were talking about Zee. She could of slapped her hand on her head for being so dumb.
"You didn't tell me you were having a friend visit is he from out of town?" Shea asked sounding interested in going out with him. Though Ro knew both of the girls had boyfriends.
"Yeah actually I think he came here all the way from the East Coast." She said thinking of where Dr. Selig might live.
"Wow that's a long way." Sega all saying things that obvious.
"Yeah I'm just the first of a line of friends he's visiting. He's going to see Bucky and a few others."
"He's gotta be the cutest guy I've seen in a long while."
"He's alright."
"Alright. What are you blind?"
"No you just don't know him like I do."
"I wish I could. I would listen to anything he's got to say."
"Are you sure?"
"He can't be that bad can he?"
"You have no idea."
"Rowen you're up."
"Sorry coach." She stepped up to the plate. She hit the first ball with a satisfying ping. Getting on to the bases. She looked out into the crowd and notice Zee was staring at her like a hawk. She turned her focus over to second base. There was a hit way out into the outfield. She ran to third base and stopped. There was a person on second and she was third. Another base hit and she made it home.
She went over to her bag and grabbed a towel to wipe the sweat off her face. "Ro are you alright?"
"Yeah just one more inning to go."
"Okay." Shea and Sega went over quickly to where Zee stood by the fence.
"Hi my name's Shea. What's yours?"
"Zee."
"Hi Zee I'm Sega. Were friends of Ro."
"Really so am I."
"We heard so are you guys doing anything after the game?"
"I was thinking about taking Ro shopping. She suggested we go to a um extreme bowling was it?"
"Yeah Zee."
"Oh what a coincidence a group of us are going there maybe we'll see you there." Zee nodded. Ro looked to see the final out was made. She had to go out to the field. She stood at her place in third base. The inning was quick. Three quick outs. They were behind by two runs still though.
She was sixth in line. There was three base hits and two strike outs before her. She thought the pressure couldn't get anymore. The game Zee comes to see and she might blow it. She watched the pitcher. She missed the first pitch given to her. At least the crowd was quiet or she had tuned it out.
She pulled way back and brought it forward with all of her strength. She heard a loud cling she had hit it. It went way out farther than she ever hit it before. Everyone ran and they got four more runs in. The team all gathered around her to give her congrads on hitting it under that much pressure.
Zee was standing by the fence smirking. She limped her way over having twist her knee while running. "Ro what's wrong with your leg?"
"I twisted my knee."
"Here let me help you." He wrapped an arm around her. She place her arm around his shoulder. Ro turned to see her friend smirking. Zee looked to see what she was looking at. He smiled and waved. They went all girly and into a fit of giggles.
Zee was confused why they went like that but shrugged it off. He suddenly scooped Ro in his arms. "Zee!"
"You don't mind do you?"
"It's embarrassing."
"Ro you shouldn't be walking on your knee. It's just easier to carry you anyway."
"There's no way you're carrying me in the mall."
"Okay I won't." He set her in the car. Shea and Sega looked at Ro relaxing in the car as her cutie friend, Zee walked over and started the car. They were convinced that Zee and Ro were either really friendly friends or one of them had strong feelings for the other.
"Hey Zee do you know where the mall is?"
"Yeah you're brother told me."
"Where did he say?"
"Go on Interstate 32 about ten miles, and there will be a sign saying Kansas City Shopping Mall."
"Good he wasn't giving you wrong directions."
"Why would he do that?"
"If he doesn't like you and to irritate me."
"Oh do you get along well."
"Just sibling fights. Nothing serious Zee." Zee nodded pretending her understood. He drove over to the mall. Where he got Ro some lunch. They talked all the while. He enjoyed spending time with her. Soon they got to the shopping. Ro was going to get an outfit for tonight.
Zee sat outside the fitting rooms. She had found the perfect outfit. Zee sat around not believing he had missed this sitting around waiting to see Ro in a different outfit of clothes. "Alright Zee tell me what you think."
Zee sat turning towards her direction. He saw her step out in some blue jeans that hung low on her hips. She was a little taller because of her platform shoes. She had a white spaghetti strap under a white over shirt. She had buttoned the buttons in the middle leaving the top and bottom few buttons open. Her lightly tanned well toned belly showed. Her sleeves where short at the top and hung down at the sides letting her arms show.
"Well what do you think Zee?" She asked shyly.
"Beautiful." He said simply.
"Really?" She asked looking down. He stepped up and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Yeah." She smiled as she looked in the large mirror. She saw his face appearing in the mirror. He looked so young.
"I like it too. You think I could wear tonight at bowling?"
"Sure Ro what ever you want." She smirked at him in the mirror.
"You're such a sweet guy Zee."
"Why am I sweet?"
"I don't know but don't change it. There could never be enough sweet guys around. Too many of them are just scum."
"Okay Ro." He was bewildered why she had called him sweet. He was sure he didn't taste sugary or anything of that sort. She smiled at him in the mirror and laughed to herself. "What?"
"My friends think you're cute."
"They don't know I am a synthoid?"
"Nope."
"Do you think I should tell them?"
"No let's keep it a secret if we can." Zee nodded. He pulled out his cred card. He had seen something that caught his eye earlier.
"Ro I'll be out at the register okay."
"Alright Zee." He went over to the jewelry section. He found a necklace and bracelet set, a silver link chain with a heart charm. He paid for them already and would hide them in the other bag later. Ro stepped out. They paid for the clothes and shoes.
Ro and he sat on some benches in the middle of the mall. "Ro I have a question to ask you."
"Yeah?" She said leaning over to him.
"When's you're birthday?" He was hoping she wouldn't get mad for asking.
"Ha I never told you did I?" He was relieved she thought it was funny.
"No."
"You're going to have to guess."
"April?"
"Yep guess the day?"
"April 16?"
"Close."
"April 15?"
"Yep." Ro smirked. "Why?"
"Well I think I should know my best friend's birthday."
"When's your birthday?"
"I always thought of it on January first. Why?"
"Well you're one of my best friends I think we should know each other's birthdays."
"I just wanted to know so I could get you a gift."
"You can get me a gift anytime Zee. I'm sure I won't mind." Zee knew she liked getting presents. That was one thing he at least knew.
