Chapter 4
Hi! I'm glad you guys like it. I will make this one longer for you guys, I'm glad to know that one of my fav authors (Actually, one's an author, the other's a fan, hee! ~_^) like it! There's a friend of mine in here, my friend from the rink, Megan! Okay, enough mindless babble from the Author, here you go!
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Lina peeked her eye open as the sun streamed through her drapes, and then immediately rolled over. Her alarm clock, which was red and shaped like a flame of some sort, went off and then made a new friend; the wall, where it continued ringing.
Lina moaned as she rolled over once more, this time onto the floor. Now, I'm sure we have all had days like this, you wake up and nothing good happens? Well, Lina's got it worse, to top it all off, she had a migraine. Growling and mumbling about how she was going to kill the first thing she saw, she got off the floor and wandered out to her kitchen. She pulled out a bottle of aspirin and took two, then turned around, and saw her new partner sprawled on her couch, deep asleep.
"What the," She mumbled while rubbing her temples. Oh, that's right, he had to stay because of the storm, it's a good thing it's Sunday. She walked over and collapsed on the chair. As she did, Zelgadis began to wake up. He moaned and then he himself had a nice meeting with the floor.
Lina giggled and tossed the aspirin bottle to him, and accidentally hit him on the head. He grabbed his head and looked for what ever had hit him.
"What was that?"
"That was aspirin, I figured you might have a headache." Lina smiled and helped him to his feet. "Looks like the sun decided to come out this morning."
"Yeah," He agreed sitting on the couch. Lina stood up and walked to the kitchen.
"So, you want any breakfast?" She called out while pulling out a package.
"Coffee," He responded.
"I figured." After getting the coffee started, Lina wandered back over and sat beside him. "What have you got planned today?"
"What? Oh, nothing really," He said, picking up the aspirin bottle and taking a few himself. "Sundays I usually just take it easy,"
"Well I do, and since I need a ride," Both winced when they remembered that Filia had smashed both her car, and Xellos's. "You're going to take me!"
"What?" Zelgadis turned to her.
"Oh, come on, don't you like me?" Lina put on her cute act, pouting to get him to do it.
"Well, yeah, but," Zelgadis stuttered, trying to find a way out.
"If you like me, wouldn't you do it?" Lina asked, giving him puppy eyes.
"What are you," He said, still trying to escape the grasp of the act.
"Would you do it for me?" Lina asked, smiling, she almost had him.
"Well, yeah,"
"Great!" Lina jumped up and bounced off to her room. "I just have to get ready!"
Zelgadis only sat there, wondering; now how did she do that? She came back out a few minutes later, dressed in a yellow short-sleeved shirt and red jean shorts, and with a cat on her shoulder. She walked over into the kitchen and pulled out some cat food. She then reached on top of her refrigerator and pulled down a few lollypops. Smiling, she selected one at random and wandered over to him.
"Okay! Let's go!" She said, still smiling. Sighing, he shook his head and walked out the door, pausing briefly to wait for Lina as she locked the door.
They headed out of the apartment ring and headed in the general direction of the mall. Lina had, for some odd reason, grabbed her red jacket before they left.
"Now how did you get me to do this? Left or right," Zelgadis said as they approached an intersection.
"Right, I guess it's because I'm so unbearably cute!" Lina answered. Zelgadis shook his head.
"Right, keep telling your self that and it might come true," Lina then began to hit while shouting to shut up. "Hey! I'm driving here!"
Lina stopped and laughed nervously. "Sorry! But that was pretty mean,"
"Right, I'll remember that, which way?"
"See that big blue building?" Lina pointed off to the side where a big building was.
"Yes," Zel answered.
"That's where we're headed."
They entered the parking lot, which was incredibly busy. On the side of the building were big white letters: A H S A. They parked and Lina popped his trunk, pulled out their skates, and dragged him into the building.
Inside the building it was quite cold, with people scattered all over. There was a counter with a cash register the minute you walked in, and to the left there was the snack bar. There was a set of double doors with the words SOUTH RINK written above them, and then a long hallway that led to an area with a lot of benches, which were mostly occupied. Lina grabbed him and dragged him to a bench. Sitting on the bench was a tall girl with straight jet-black hair pulled into a high ponytail. She looked up revealing dark brown eyes. (Think Korean!)
"Hey Lina! Nice to see you!" Lina and the girl gave each other a quick hug. "Oh, wait, where's Gourry?"
"Gourry's not my partner anymore, Meg, This is Zel, my new partner." Lina introduced him and 'Meg' smiled. "Zel, this is Megan."
Zelgadis nodded and turned to Lina. "Is there a reason we're here?" Megan giggled.
"Still have to break him in, eh Lina?" She asked. Lina smiled and nodded.
"You've never skated at this rink before, right?" Zel shook his head and Lina went on. "Well, you're going to try it. Today is the best day for skating!"
"I beg to differ, this rink is way to crowded."
"Nope, this is slow for a normal day Keep in mind that there's a hockey game going on, hence all the people with sticks?" Zelgadis then noticed the people spoken. "Now get your skates on, we're going skating."
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Pretty short, eh? Well, don't worry, next chapter I'll have Lina and Zel on the ice.