Heyla, EHAB here. It's questions and answer time again, and this section
might be longer than the chapter, if not for the fact that Phe-Chan outdid
herself this time.
* Marevanye, I actually don't know whether Mithrandir the Hamster is going
to make any appearances or not. Phe-Chan had mentioned it, but the idea
kind of died.
*LalaithoftheBruinen, yes, I have heard the Hamster Dance Song. It's
adorable.
* Wicked Lady, I'm aware that the story does not make this quite clear, or
hasn't yet, at least, but it is inferred that Ereinion Gil-galad' full
modernized name is Erin Gild (hence the reference in Chapter One to Siobhán
Gild). That way, he is easily provided with a first name and a last name
that make sense.
*General question. More than one person has asked whether or not there will
be any more mention of the Sarah/Haldir pairing. Indeed, indeed, of course
there will, but it must be patient with us, precious, patient, yes, quite.
^-^
* Leah, we're sorry it's taken us so long to answer your question. If you
turn a bottle of water upside down (this will make sense in a minute, I
promise), the water comes out of it in spurts, with air bubbles in between.
However, if you poke a hole in that bottle, the air can escape from the
side opening while all of the water gushes out the bottle's mouth in the
space of (according to my father) a very few seconds. (I think he said just
two, but I'm not sure on that.) It comes out hard, fast, and uninterrupted.
The same is true of an intoxicating beverage, which in Gil-galad's special case would be the Surge. When Derek poked a hole in the can, he provided an escape for most of the air in the can, so that there would be no air bubbles. Thus, when Gil-galad opened the can, the liquid shot straight down his throat into his stomach, causing almost instant drunkenness. Once again, this was a mean-spirited prank by a snobbish jerk. Please do NOT attempt this! I assure you that I have not and that neither has Phe-Chan.
*Hoshinekoyasha, we come to your question lastly because it is the one that has given us the most pause. We are glad you like the story, and we in no way wish to make you annoyed or uncomfortable. However, it is our mutual decision that we simply cannot remove God from our fanfictions. He is an integral part of our lives and our writings, and we feel that we must not ignore Him in either category. Also, we do not see that it is possible to have a fic centering around characters that are Angelic Powers without God. You can have God without angels, but you can't have angels without God. We hope you can still enjoy our fic in spite of its spiritual overtones. - EHAB
Yay! New chapter of a new story! Some notes on this
chapter: Waffles made with pancake mix are good
waffles. That is true. No really, try it!- Phe-Chan
The cold air whirled around her, biting like needles.
Andrea stood alone, surrounded deep shadows. In the
darkness, she tried to figure out where she was.
Across the sky, lightning flashed. Thunder boomed
loudly, seeming to come from all around her. Not
knowing why, Andrea ran. She ran down the concrete
path, passing bushes and unfamiliar buildings. Then
suddenly, there was no ground beneath her.
Andrea rolled painfully down the stairs, not stopping
until she had collided with something tall and smooth
and cold as ice. After a moment, she opened her eyes.
She was leaning against the glass wall of a huge
aquarium. Something large moved within the tank, and
Andrea watched it, hypnotized by the creature's grace.
Cold water lapped over the side of the tank, spraying
her face with drops.
"Salt water?" Andrea asked the emptiness. Again, there
was lightning and rolling thunder. The large creature
moved away from the glass and into the dark gloom of
the water. Andrea stood.
"Where am I?" There was no answer, but none had really
been expected. Andrea climbed the stairs she had fall
down and faced the dark clouds. It began to rain.
Andrea was scared, and cold... and completely alone.
She began to move again, but this time with slow,
trembling steps.
"Hello? Is anyone there? Legolas? Sivi? Anyone?" More
thunder was her only reply. Andrea was crying now,
trying her best to hide from the cold. Then there was
a soft crunch, so soft she shouldn't have been able to
hear it. Andrea looked down and moved her foot.
Something silver glittered on the ground, even though
there wasn't enough light for it to do so. She bent
and picked up the chain, for that's what it was. A
small charm dangled at the end. Andrea's eyes widened
in recognition of the small dolphin with a missing
tail fin. And she awoke.
Andrea sat blinked up at the ceiling, still trembling
slightly. Slowly, she stood and left the room as
quietly as possible. Luckily, she managed not to wake
Legolas. Once she was out in the hall, she let out a
sigh and shook her head to clear away the cobwebs of
sleep. She made her way to the hall bathroom and found
her hamster awake.
"Good morning, Celi," she whispered as cheerfully as
she could. "I had the weirdest dream, you know." Celi
twitched her nose and went back to eating a sunflower
seed. "So," Andrea went on, "are you feeling better
now?" Celi continued to eat. "Well, that's nice to
know."
"Do you always speak with your pet at four in the
morning?" asked a smooth voice from behind her. Andrea
turned to face Legolas's familiar smile and grinned
back. Celi made a scratching noise and retreated into
the little hamster house.
"I think she may not have
forgiven me yet....."
"She will," Andrea answered, giving her pretty one a
hug. "Ohayo and good day to you." Legolas returned the
hug.
"And may I ask what this strange dream of yours was?"
"Nothing really..... just a weird dream. It's not really
important." Legolas raised an eyebrow, but said
nothing else on the matter. Andrea's stomach growled.
"Hungry, Squee?" Andrea nodded and pulled Legolas into
the kitchen.
"It's a Monday and I'm up early, so I'm teaching you
to make waffles, she announced happily, pulling out a
big box of pancake mix.
~*~*~*~Tuesday Afternoon~*~*~*~
Legolas walked into the room Andrea called the studio.
Upon opening the door, loud music assaulted his
delicately pointed ears. In the middle of the room sat
Andrea covered in what looked to be reddish mud from
her elbows to the tips of her fingers. There was also
a drying swipe going across her forehead and down the
side of her cheek. Her clothes were also covered, but
they had so many spots of paint and other such things
that it was hard to assess what part of the total mess
that covered them was recent. Her bright copper hair
had been pulled back into a messy bun that was all but
falling down. Legolas's keen elven eyes could detect
flicks of the mud hidden among the flame like strands
as well. She had yet to notice him as he leaned over
her shoulder to see what his love was up to.
Between her hands, a small sculpture was forming. For
all that Legolas could tell, it was a tree that was
wrapping itself around a vase. He watched as Andrea
carved out details on the trees trunk. As she worked
she sang softly along with her music.
"Like a small butterfly, like a bird in the sky. Feels
like the star that I'm not. You tell me things that I
never knew. So what am I supposed to do? Running
around like a little kid, one, two, three and I'm hit,
hit, hit. Like a Dragonfly flying high in the sky,
there is a light above and beyond you and I. Like a
Dragonfly flying high in the sky, there is a light
above you and I. As she moved to pick a tool off the
floor, Andrea's hair slipped from its holder. With a
grin, Legolas reached over and pulled it back out of
the way. Andrea jumped nearly a foot.
"Sorry, my Squee, I meant not to startle you," he
whispered softly, braiding the soft strands of hair
and securing them with the run away hair tie. Andrea
waited until he was done before turning to face him.
As she did, Legolas pressed a soft kiss to the clean
part of her forehead. Andrea looked down at the phone
her elf had set aside.
"You mother called," he answered to her unspoken
question. "I was told to pry you way from whatever
project you were working on and put the phone within
your reach." Andrea looked at the phone as if it would
bite. She hadn't talked to her mom since the return
from Middle Earth, as she was not sure how the news of
her new husband would smooth over..... The phone chose
that moment to ring. Quickly wiping her hand on a near
by rag, Andrea answered.
"Hello? Oh, hey Mom..... er..... That was Legolas,
he's..... um, well, you might could say that..... well, um
..... IkindagotmarriedtohimafteratriptoMiddleEarth."
Legolas raised an eyebrow, impressed that Andrea could
talk so fast. There was silence for a moment. "Mom?"
Andrea asked after a while. There was another stretch
of silence. "Yes, we are..... er, not very long ago?
..... You're mad, aren't you? .....Yes, I understand,
but..... it's hard to explain..... no, we've know each
other for a long time..... it was a..... er..... long distance
relationship..... no, I very much doubt that he's a
crazy stalker..... Speak to..... yes'm." Andrea handed the
phone to Legolas, a look of panic on her face. Legolas
took the phone cautiously, not knowing if it was safe
to hold the device close to his ear or not.
"IF YOU ARE A CRAZY STALKER, I WILL MAKE YOU VERY
SORRY, YOUNG MAN!" shouted a voice on the other end of
the phone line.
"He's NOT a stalker!" Andrea shouted at the phone. "Or
crazy!" Legolas blinked, the loud yelling making him
feel slightly dizzy.
"Put Andrea back on the phone." Legolas did as he was
told, too stunned and confused to do otherwise.
"Mom, he's not..... But I have work on Saturday and
classes Monday mor - yes'm, I -- we will be there. Yes..... I
love you..... Bye." Andrea slumped back on her little
stool. "We are going to visit her this weekend," she
informed Legolas, sounding tired and worried. "I do
not think she was very happy....."
~*~*~*~Noon the following Saturday~*~*~*~
Andrea stopped the car in front of a two-story house.
She reached over and squeezed Legolas's hand before
opening the door. In her head, she was praying for
some sort of miracle. Never had she been so nervous,
not even when she had been facing orcs and evils her
own world could only imagine. A glance at Legolas told
her that he was just as nervous, and had no clue what
to expect.
They approached the door, and Andrea rang the bell
before letting herself in, pulling Legolas close
behind her. Suddenly, there was a brown haired blur
tackling Andrea and she let out a surprised squeal as
she fell to the floor.
"ANDREE! I MISSED YOU!" shouted the small boy now
sitting atop his older sister. "Come home more,
Andree!"
"Hey, Tony..... I love you too..... let me up now,
alright....." Andrea choked out.
"NO! You have ta promise to come more!" Tony replied
loudly. Legolas decided the pair must be related.
"Let your sister up, Tony. Andrea, come here,"
demanded a voice Legolas recognized from the phone.
Andrea stood as soon as the weight of the small child
had been removed. She led Legolas into the living
room. Several things were apparent to Legolas upon
entering the room. The first was that, if Andrea's
mother had designed it, then she liked blue. The
second was that he would learn a great deal about his
Squee simply by looking at the hundreds of pictures
scattered about the place.
"Er.....Hi Mom." Andrea's mother did not look very
happy. "Um.....meet Legolas." Legolas found himself
being pushed forward to face the woman on the couch.
Her eyes widened a bit when she saw him.
"You are the stalker?"
"He's not a stalker. He's an elf," Andrea muttered.
"I am Legolas. It is a pleasure to meet yo-- "
"Where are you from, Legolas?" Andrea's mother asked,
cutting the greeting short.
"Mirkwood." The phone rang. With a few words
declaring she would be back, Andrea's mother went to
answer, leaving the two alone.
"I think.....well, it could have gone worse," Andrea
whispered. Legolas smiled slightly and went over to
examine some of the photographs on the wall.
"Mom's a
photographer," Andrea said in way of explanation of
the number of the things.
"What's this one?" Legolas pointed to a picture of a
man and a very young red headed girl in front of a
glass whale tank.
"That's at Sea World. I used to go there every year
for my birthday....." Legolas looked over to see his
Squee looking away from that picture.
"Is this your father?"
"He's not here anymore," Andrea said, mostly without
emotion, though she wouldn't meet his eyes. Then she
laughed. "Hey look, this is one of Sivi. She was
acting in a play. That was a fun day. The guy playing
Romeo tripped, and the whole set fell on him. That
night, we had to remake the entire thing..... I don't
think I've ever had that much coffee since." The elf
knew very well that she was trying to change the
subject. Still, he accepted that, and let her babble
on about other pictures. After a while, the hyper boy
called Tony joined them. When Andrea's mother
reentered the room, she was surprised to see Legolas
giving her son a ride on his shoulders.
"Elf is tall! Now I'm up higher than you, Andree!"
"That's not a very difficult task, actually."
"LEGOLAS! Quit teasing! It's not very funny."
"I'm sorry, Melamin."
She sighed, almost sadly, as she watched her
children. As angry as she wanted to be.....they were
happy. Perhaps that made it, if not alright, then at
least a little bit less wrong. Besides, there were
reasons Andrea didn't know..... might never know..... but
they shouldn't affect her when she was this happy. She
walked into the room.
"You said you had work?" she asked of Andrea. Andrea
looked up, confused.
"Yes'm."
"Then go. And tell your friends I said hi." Andrea
smiled brightly and gave her mom a huge hug.
"Thanks, Mom. I love you." The couple said goodbye to
Tony and headed to the car. They stopped by the
apartment so Andrea could call and let people know
that she would be at work that night, and then they
headed to The Place.
Its actual name was "The Place To Be". It was a
two-story restaurant with brightly painted doors that
clashed with the dull brick of the outside walls. Once
inside, the noise and color were enough to make one
dizzy. The tables didn't match, and the bright walls
had drawings and writing all over them. The music was
currently a bouncy sounding song called Butterfly, but
the next one could well be something slow and sappy.
A sign by the entrance proclaimed that the specials of
the day were Klah, hot chocolate with cinnamon and
nutmeg, chili in a bread bowl, and that the poetry
club was holding a can drive on Wednesday. Andrea
slipped her hand into Legolas's before diving into the
crowd.
"Hey! Andrea, over here, girl!" shouted a girl over
the noise.
"Ohayo, Bonnie-chan!" Andrea shouted back, making her
way to the girl. Legolas looked at the girl with
interest as she talked excitedly to Andrea about the
used bookstore having a sale. The girl had loose hair,
but no bangs, and long fingernails. She wore flared
pants with lacing and a crimson shirt with similar
lacing. She also appeared to enjoy laughing..... a lot.
"By the way, who is the hot guy with you? Is the
Squee finally dating?" Bonny asked with a grin. Andrea
blushed like a tomato.
"Well..... you could say that..... I guess."
The same is true of an intoxicating beverage, which in Gil-galad's special case would be the Surge. When Derek poked a hole in the can, he provided an escape for most of the air in the can, so that there would be no air bubbles. Thus, when Gil-galad opened the can, the liquid shot straight down his throat into his stomach, causing almost instant drunkenness. Once again, this was a mean-spirited prank by a snobbish jerk. Please do NOT attempt this! I assure you that I have not and that neither has Phe-Chan.
*Hoshinekoyasha, we come to your question lastly because it is the one that has given us the most pause. We are glad you like the story, and we in no way wish to make you annoyed or uncomfortable. However, it is our mutual decision that we simply cannot remove God from our fanfictions. He is an integral part of our lives and our writings, and we feel that we must not ignore Him in either category. Also, we do not see that it is possible to have a fic centering around characters that are Angelic Powers without God. You can have God without angels, but you can't have angels without God. We hope you can still enjoy our fic in spite of its spiritual overtones. - EHAB
Yay! New chapter of a new story! Some notes on this
chapter: Waffles made with pancake mix are good
waffles. That is true. No really, try it!- Phe-Chan
The cold air whirled around her, biting like needles.
Andrea stood alone, surrounded deep shadows. In the
darkness, she tried to figure out where she was.
Across the sky, lightning flashed. Thunder boomed
loudly, seeming to come from all around her. Not
knowing why, Andrea ran. She ran down the concrete
path, passing bushes and unfamiliar buildings. Then
suddenly, there was no ground beneath her.
Andrea rolled painfully down the stairs, not stopping
until she had collided with something tall and smooth
and cold as ice. After a moment, she opened her eyes.
She was leaning against the glass wall of a huge
aquarium. Something large moved within the tank, and
Andrea watched it, hypnotized by the creature's grace.
Cold water lapped over the side of the tank, spraying
her face with drops.
"Salt water?" Andrea asked the emptiness. Again, there
was lightning and rolling thunder. The large creature
moved away from the glass and into the dark gloom of
the water. Andrea stood.
"Where am I?" There was no answer, but none had really
been expected. Andrea climbed the stairs she had fall
down and faced the dark clouds. It began to rain.
Andrea was scared, and cold... and completely alone.
She began to move again, but this time with slow,
trembling steps.
"Hello? Is anyone there? Legolas? Sivi? Anyone?" More
thunder was her only reply. Andrea was crying now,
trying her best to hide from the cold. Then there was
a soft crunch, so soft she shouldn't have been able to
hear it. Andrea looked down and moved her foot.
Something silver glittered on the ground, even though
there wasn't enough light for it to do so. She bent
and picked up the chain, for that's what it was. A
small charm dangled at the end. Andrea's eyes widened
in recognition of the small dolphin with a missing
tail fin. And she awoke.
Andrea sat blinked up at the ceiling, still trembling
slightly. Slowly, she stood and left the room as
quietly as possible. Luckily, she managed not to wake
Legolas. Once she was out in the hall, she let out a
sigh and shook her head to clear away the cobwebs of
sleep. She made her way to the hall bathroom and found
her hamster awake.
"Good morning, Celi," she whispered as cheerfully as
she could. "I had the weirdest dream, you know." Celi
twitched her nose and went back to eating a sunflower
seed. "So," Andrea went on, "are you feeling better
now?" Celi continued to eat. "Well, that's nice to
know."
"Do you always speak with your pet at four in the
morning?" asked a smooth voice from behind her. Andrea
turned to face Legolas's familiar smile and grinned
back. Celi made a scratching noise and retreated into
the little hamster house.
"I think she may not have
forgiven me yet....."
"She will," Andrea answered, giving her pretty one a
hug. "Ohayo and good day to you." Legolas returned the
hug.
"And may I ask what this strange dream of yours was?"
"Nothing really..... just a weird dream. It's not really
important." Legolas raised an eyebrow, but said
nothing else on the matter. Andrea's stomach growled.
"Hungry, Squee?" Andrea nodded and pulled Legolas into
the kitchen.
"It's a Monday and I'm up early, so I'm teaching you
to make waffles, she announced happily, pulling out a
big box of pancake mix.
~*~*~*~Tuesday Afternoon~*~*~*~
Legolas walked into the room Andrea called the studio.
Upon opening the door, loud music assaulted his
delicately pointed ears. In the middle of the room sat
Andrea covered in what looked to be reddish mud from
her elbows to the tips of her fingers. There was also
a drying swipe going across her forehead and down the
side of her cheek. Her clothes were also covered, but
they had so many spots of paint and other such things
that it was hard to assess what part of the total mess
that covered them was recent. Her bright copper hair
had been pulled back into a messy bun that was all but
falling down. Legolas's keen elven eyes could detect
flicks of the mud hidden among the flame like strands
as well. She had yet to notice him as he leaned over
her shoulder to see what his love was up to.
Between her hands, a small sculpture was forming. For
all that Legolas could tell, it was a tree that was
wrapping itself around a vase. He watched as Andrea
carved out details on the trees trunk. As she worked
she sang softly along with her music.
"Like a small butterfly, like a bird in the sky. Feels
like the star that I'm not. You tell me things that I
never knew. So what am I supposed to do? Running
around like a little kid, one, two, three and I'm hit,
hit, hit. Like a Dragonfly flying high in the sky,
there is a light above and beyond you and I. Like a
Dragonfly flying high in the sky, there is a light
above you and I. As she moved to pick a tool off the
floor, Andrea's hair slipped from its holder. With a
grin, Legolas reached over and pulled it back out of
the way. Andrea jumped nearly a foot.
"Sorry, my Squee, I meant not to startle you," he
whispered softly, braiding the soft strands of hair
and securing them with the run away hair tie. Andrea
waited until he was done before turning to face him.
As she did, Legolas pressed a soft kiss to the clean
part of her forehead. Andrea looked down at the phone
her elf had set aside.
"You mother called," he answered to her unspoken
question. "I was told to pry you way from whatever
project you were working on and put the phone within
your reach." Andrea looked at the phone as if it would
bite. She hadn't talked to her mom since the return
from Middle Earth, as she was not sure how the news of
her new husband would smooth over..... The phone chose
that moment to ring. Quickly wiping her hand on a near
by rag, Andrea answered.
"Hello? Oh, hey Mom..... er..... That was Legolas,
he's..... um, well, you might could say that..... well, um
..... IkindagotmarriedtohimafteratriptoMiddleEarth."
Legolas raised an eyebrow, impressed that Andrea could
talk so fast. There was silence for a moment. "Mom?"
Andrea asked after a while. There was another stretch
of silence. "Yes, we are..... er, not very long ago?
..... You're mad, aren't you? .....Yes, I understand,
but..... it's hard to explain..... no, we've know each
other for a long time..... it was a..... er..... long distance
relationship..... no, I very much doubt that he's a
crazy stalker..... Speak to..... yes'm." Andrea handed the
phone to Legolas, a look of panic on her face. Legolas
took the phone cautiously, not knowing if it was safe
to hold the device close to his ear or not.
"IF YOU ARE A CRAZY STALKER, I WILL MAKE YOU VERY
SORRY, YOUNG MAN!" shouted a voice on the other end of
the phone line.
"He's NOT a stalker!" Andrea shouted at the phone. "Or
crazy!" Legolas blinked, the loud yelling making him
feel slightly dizzy.
"Put Andrea back on the phone." Legolas did as he was
told, too stunned and confused to do otherwise.
"Mom, he's not..... But I have work on Saturday and
classes Monday mor - yes'm, I -- we will be there. Yes..... I
love you..... Bye." Andrea slumped back on her little
stool. "We are going to visit her this weekend," she
informed Legolas, sounding tired and worried. "I do
not think she was very happy....."
~*~*~*~Noon the following Saturday~*~*~*~
Andrea stopped the car in front of a two-story house.
She reached over and squeezed Legolas's hand before
opening the door. In her head, she was praying for
some sort of miracle. Never had she been so nervous,
not even when she had been facing orcs and evils her
own world could only imagine. A glance at Legolas told
her that he was just as nervous, and had no clue what
to expect.
They approached the door, and Andrea rang the bell
before letting herself in, pulling Legolas close
behind her. Suddenly, there was a brown haired blur
tackling Andrea and she let out a surprised squeal as
she fell to the floor.
"ANDREE! I MISSED YOU!" shouted the small boy now
sitting atop his older sister. "Come home more,
Andree!"
"Hey, Tony..... I love you too..... let me up now,
alright....." Andrea choked out.
"NO! You have ta promise to come more!" Tony replied
loudly. Legolas decided the pair must be related.
"Let your sister up, Tony. Andrea, come here,"
demanded a voice Legolas recognized from the phone.
Andrea stood as soon as the weight of the small child
had been removed. She led Legolas into the living
room. Several things were apparent to Legolas upon
entering the room. The first was that, if Andrea's
mother had designed it, then she liked blue. The
second was that he would learn a great deal about his
Squee simply by looking at the hundreds of pictures
scattered about the place.
"Er.....Hi Mom." Andrea's mother did not look very
happy. "Um.....meet Legolas." Legolas found himself
being pushed forward to face the woman on the couch.
Her eyes widened a bit when she saw him.
"You are the stalker?"
"He's not a stalker. He's an elf," Andrea muttered.
"I am Legolas. It is a pleasure to meet yo-- "
"Where are you from, Legolas?" Andrea's mother asked,
cutting the greeting short.
"Mirkwood." The phone rang. With a few words
declaring she would be back, Andrea's mother went to
answer, leaving the two alone.
"I think.....well, it could have gone worse," Andrea
whispered. Legolas smiled slightly and went over to
examine some of the photographs on the wall.
"Mom's a
photographer," Andrea said in way of explanation of
the number of the things.
"What's this one?" Legolas pointed to a picture of a
man and a very young red headed girl in front of a
glass whale tank.
"That's at Sea World. I used to go there every year
for my birthday....." Legolas looked over to see his
Squee looking away from that picture.
"Is this your father?"
"He's not here anymore," Andrea said, mostly without
emotion, though she wouldn't meet his eyes. Then she
laughed. "Hey look, this is one of Sivi. She was
acting in a play. That was a fun day. The guy playing
Romeo tripped, and the whole set fell on him. That
night, we had to remake the entire thing..... I don't
think I've ever had that much coffee since." The elf
knew very well that she was trying to change the
subject. Still, he accepted that, and let her babble
on about other pictures. After a while, the hyper boy
called Tony joined them. When Andrea's mother
reentered the room, she was surprised to see Legolas
giving her son a ride on his shoulders.
"Elf is tall! Now I'm up higher than you, Andree!"
"That's not a very difficult task, actually."
"LEGOLAS! Quit teasing! It's not very funny."
"I'm sorry, Melamin."
She sighed, almost sadly, as she watched her
children. As angry as she wanted to be.....they were
happy. Perhaps that made it, if not alright, then at
least a little bit less wrong. Besides, there were
reasons Andrea didn't know..... might never know..... but
they shouldn't affect her when she was this happy. She
walked into the room.
"You said you had work?" she asked of Andrea. Andrea
looked up, confused.
"Yes'm."
"Then go. And tell your friends I said hi." Andrea
smiled brightly and gave her mom a huge hug.
"Thanks, Mom. I love you." The couple said goodbye to
Tony and headed to the car. They stopped by the
apartment so Andrea could call and let people know
that she would be at work that night, and then they
headed to The Place.
Its actual name was "The Place To Be". It was a
two-story restaurant with brightly painted doors that
clashed with the dull brick of the outside walls. Once
inside, the noise and color were enough to make one
dizzy. The tables didn't match, and the bright walls
had drawings and writing all over them. The music was
currently a bouncy sounding song called Butterfly, but
the next one could well be something slow and sappy.
A sign by the entrance proclaimed that the specials of
the day were Klah, hot chocolate with cinnamon and
nutmeg, chili in a bread bowl, and that the poetry
club was holding a can drive on Wednesday. Andrea
slipped her hand into Legolas's before diving into the
crowd.
"Hey! Andrea, over here, girl!" shouted a girl over
the noise.
"Ohayo, Bonnie-chan!" Andrea shouted back, making her
way to the girl. Legolas looked at the girl with
interest as she talked excitedly to Andrea about the
used bookstore having a sale. The girl had loose hair,
but no bangs, and long fingernails. She wore flared
pants with lacing and a crimson shirt with similar
lacing. She also appeared to enjoy laughing..... a lot.
"By the way, who is the hot guy with you? Is the
Squee finally dating?" Bonny asked with a grin. Andrea
blushed like a tomato.
"Well..... you could say that..... I guess."