Together
"Why am I doing this?" Werner mumbled, "Since when have I become Elliot's messenger boy? If he can't wait until he's got free time to head to the store, he shouldn't have to send me to get him some more wine. Not my fault he binged on most of it when he was writing that letter. Or that he and Pete drank all the stuff hegot from Ekatrina in only two days, as they were celebrating their latest discovery. I certainly didn't tell him to get drunk while he wrote it. So why am I running his errands for him now?"
He was walking towards Little Rock, in order to get some of Elliot's favorite wine. Werner had acquired a whole afternoon off, since he'd finished his work early. So he'd ended up being the one who had to replace the alcohol that Melody and Malik had broken during their argument.
After purchasing the refreshment, Werner decided to pick up some baked goods to send to his brother. Tesla had just recently gotten a new girlfriend named Shalte, and he wanted to give him his congratulations. Once finished, the young man began to walk towards the exit of town.
"Werner, is that you? I heard you wouldn't have a day off until next week. So what brings you to town today?" a voice inquired. When he turned around, he could see Ekatrina standing there. She had apparently been walking Haley, as the dog was running around on her leash, and barking loudly.
He said, "Hello Ekatrina. I'm just running some errands for my friend Elliot. Wanted this certain wine with dinner tonight. Got enough free time for finishing my work early and all that. So how have things been going with you? Your father find anything of value on his mining expeditions?"
She looked at him. "I think you know how things have been going. I received a letter from an admirer just the other day. We're supposed to meet next week, but I guess the day's been pushed up."
He wondered if Leehalt had managed to get some time off early as well, probably begging it off of Duran by offering to hook him up with a girl in the near future. And then he'd gotten a letter to her quickly by one of the carrier pigeons that Pete kept. Then he wondered when that was going to be.
"That's really nice," he told her, "So, do you know what you're going to do on this date?" He hoped she could not see the look of sorrow in his eyes. She apparently couldn't, as the young woman was all smiles, and giggled after he had said those words. Werner wondered what was so funny.
"Oh, you're so cute Werner. But I haven't thought of what to do on this date yet. I was thinking we would try to figure something out together. So how about it? What do you want to do?" she asked.
Werner looked shocked. He thought, 'This is strange. She wants to go out with me, but it was "Leehalt" who wrote her the note. Now how in the world did that happen? Oh, Guardians. I am going to be in real deep when he finds this one out. Cuz I know how long that man holds grudges, from past experience. Heck, I still think he's held that time I beat him in Simon Says when we were little kids against me. And it's been over two decades since that thing happened.'
She looked at the pastries in his hands. "Oh, are those for me? You shouldn't have. I knew you were a sweetheart, but I didn't think you would be this kind to someone you have a crush on but barely know. Then again, I should have thought so after reading that nice letter you wrote me."
She held up the poem that Elliot wrote. Werner now saw the mess his friend had made in his drunken stupor. He looked upon the flawless poetry and beauty of the words, and his eyes fell on the miswritten name. The young man was so shocked that he forgot that he'd brought the pastries for his brother, and gave them to Ekatrina. He regained his composure quickly.
"So, how about I take you to dinner tonight. We can enjoy a nice meal together, just the two of us. Then, we can go for a nice walk before I've got to return to the lab," Werner said.
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Elliot was waiting for Werner to get back with the wine. When he didn't return, the man began to worry. Werner had shown such reluctance to go to Little Rock, perhaps due to the whole letter incident. So why in the world had he decided to suddenly stay there hours more than needed be?
He got his answer all too soon after. Werner came back to the lab, and knocked on his friend's door. When Elliot answered, he saw an all too familiar look on his friend's face. It said something to the extent of, "I am so screwed, I am gonna take the fall for something that I didn't do."
Elliot pulled up a chair, and sat his friend down. "So what happened? Did you get the wine? Because my mouth is sooooooooo parched about now, and the workday was hectic. Malik and Melody were fighting again, and I had to listen to the whole thing. I could really use a drink to calm my nerves."
"You need a drink, You need a drink," yelled Werner, "Maybe you should have thought about that before you downed all of the alcohol I gave you in one setting, and ended up writing that letter to Ekatrina while punch drunk. Do you know how much trouble you could have caused?"
"No, I don't know what trouble I could have caused. What's the worst that could have happened? I throw up from too much and have to start all over on another piece of paper. And that didn't happen at all, so you don't have to get all bent out of shape about it," Elliot told him.
Werner replied, "You signed my name to the letter instead of Leehalt's. Ok, granted I got the girl, but now I'm gonna get myself in some serious trouble. You know how Leehalt can get."
Elliot looked at his friend. "Don't worry Werner. I can come up with a plan. How about you tell old Leehalt that you signed the letter anonymously, since he was so embarrassed, and she'd confused your role as messenger with the letter's sender. I'm sure he won't let a mistake on her part make him lose his cool and start another fight with you. Besides, it's not like he'll ever see the letter."
Although Werner wasn't a hundred percent sure that he wasn't in for a fight with his rival, he saw no reason to go along with Elliot's plan until a better one could be found. After all, he had a few more days until Leehalt was getting a day off. So that was a few more days to plan on how to deal with this.
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Teefa's Last Words…
Werner is soooooooooooo dead, and it wasn't his fault. You remember Toros and Layon? Even though Oscar was the one who wrote the note, Layon wouldn't listen, and spent how many episodes trying to cream Toros, even going as far as to sell himself out to the series villains. Jet reminds me of Inu Yasha, and Virginia reminds me of Kagome. Oh, don't mind me, just a little Inu Yasha slipping in.
