Chp.10: Irvine gets jealous, Silverwolf asks

Irvine sat in his room fiddling on his pawn shop guitar. He hadn't played it in forever, and even considering, he was still pretty good. He played a few chords and stopped. Van walked in watching thoughtfully.

"Hey, you're pretty good," Van smirked.

"Eh, I used to be good. I used to be able to play guitar better than Silverwolf. I dunno, I guess he's practiced. Where is he anyways?"

"On a date with Moonbay," Van said nonchalantly. Irvine twitched.

"Oh…" Irvine said flattly. Van didn't seem to notice as he went through Irvine's assortment of instruments. He pulled out a mandolin and began to mess with it.

"My dad played one of these. He taught me a little, then I taught some more to myself," Van sat down on the bed and continued tuning it, then put it down. "What's up?"

"Nothin'" Irvine said. "Why?"

"I dunno, you just look-well-angry," Van said shrugging. "I mean, more than usual. Whatsa matter?"

"I-I don't know, I just-Well, I guess since my two best friends are dating, it feels weird," Irvine said.

"Woah, that'd be like you and Fiona dating," Van shivered. "No offense, but that's just creepy."

"Yeah, Fiona's like my little sister or-my daughter even,"Irvine said.

"Yeah! I mean, whoa-" Van looked Irvine in the face. "I don't believe it…"

"Wh-what?" Irvine asked blinking.

"You---You're jealous!" Van perked up.

"Wh-what?!" Irvine grew wide eyed. "AM NOT!"

"Are too!"

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"Am not!"

"Am not!"

"Are too!---Aw, shit," Irvine muttered as Van danced around.

"Irvine I-IS JEAL-ous, Irvine I-IS JEAL-ous!" Van sang, skipping around the now standing mercenary.

"SHUT UP!" Irvine said, now blushing madly.

"Aw, powe widdle Uhvine is embawesed," Van gave a funny fake pout face with sparkly eyes.

"Van…?"

"Yes?"

"DIE!!!"

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"So, uh-the weather is really nice tonight, eh Moonbay?" Silverwolf asked. Moonbay walked next to him in an orange dress with no straps and her hair hanging down and pulled back. She had on her brown platforms and felt like she stood out compared to him and his average outfit. "Oh, uh-sorry I didn't have anything nice to wear. I know I must be embarrasing you."

"Aw, no. I'd settle for average clothes more than this anyway," Moonbay said smiling.

"Hey Moonbay? I was wondering…"

"Yeah?"

"Well, I uh-have this group you see, and I- I need to get back to it soon. So uh-will you-will you come w-with me?" Silverwolf gave her a sideways glance with his cheeks blushing.

"Wh-what?" Moonbay flung around and stared into his eyes. "B-but Van and Fiona a-and Irvine and Thomas…"

"Y-you don't have to come if you don't want to…" Silverwolf looked at his feet. "I-I'll understand if you want to stay with them. After all, they mean so much to you." His voice had a certain dissapointment in it that wrenched Moonbay's heart.

"Well….I could go check it out. I could stay for a few days…" Moonbay said.

"Really?" He looked up in delight, taking her hands in his. "You mean it?"

"Uh-yeah, sure," Moonbay said with a fake enthusiasm. To tell the truth, she wasn't very sure about this. He wasn't eleven or ten anymore, he was an adult, and she didn't know anything about him anymore. What she did know was that he was Irvine's best friend, and a very sweet boyfriend. For some reason though, she felt like she was also betraying Irvine.

"Oh, wonderful!" Silverwolf, on the other hand, was ecstatic. "Just great! It'll be so great1 We'll spend so much time together, and we'll go around, and do all kinds of other stuff!" He spoke quickly and couldn't seem to stand still.

"Y-yeah," Moonbay laughed nervously. Her mind kept trailing back to Irvine, his voice ringing in her head and telling her she was making a mistake.

"It'll be so awesome! You and the other girls will get along so good and then they'll stop RAGGING me about playing the flute and we'll get to fight in battle and go out together and we'll just be together and get to know each other and-and-oh, I'm talking to much!" Silverwolf sat down and exhaled. "Hoo boy, I need to remember to breathe."

"You're silly!" Moonbay laughed.

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"Goodness, look at Van run," Fiona watched as Van bounded past, Irvine behind him with a guitar raised high in the air.

"Yeah…" Reese sipped her tea. "Men do that."

"W-wait for me, Irvine! I wanna hurt him too!" Raven yelled, jumping over the couch and bounding away.

"Really?" Fiona asked. Reese sweatdropped.

"Girl, didya not notice?"

"I thought it was a game," Fiona blushed in embarrasment and looked at her feet.

"Only for the predator, hon, only for the predator," Reese said. "Ya' know, somethin' about pink dresses and long blonde hair makes people a bit dense, eh?"

"I am NOT dense," Fiona said.

"I know, I was just testing you…Ya' know, you need a new look," Reese nodded. "Definitely. Ya' need a man at your feet. It's wonderful, believe me I know."

"A new look?"

"Yeah…Tomorrow, you and me and Moonbay will take you out to town and make you a NEW WOMAN!"

"Uh…okay?" Fiona felt afraid…Very afraid…She could trust Moonbay and Reese though, right? They were her best friends, right? They'd never do anything to bother her, right? RIGHT?!

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Oooh…Short. Dang. I've been writing short chapters today. Wuh-oh, Moonbay is going with Silvy, but Silvy's group is…bum bum bum…THE BAD GUYS!!!!!!! PLOT TWIST! WAH-HOO!!