New Outlook
Aelita, Kila, and Nathan took the bus to the places they visited. First was a mall, a huge one at that. The place was immense, so many shops and stands to visit they killed an hour and a half there. Luckily they had money to buy a few things and to compensate for the food court there that Kila spotted. They took the bus and dropped off their bags of goodies and left for the movies. They went and saw 'Fun with Dick & Jane' they all laughed out loud with the rest of the crowd, especially with the scene where Dick mocked a hostage with his voice distorter. That time Aelita and Nathan's hands touched by accident when they tried to rest their arms on the arm rest. Though Nathan quickly pulled his away and blushed in the dark. The movie ended and they set off to Tracker's Fun, a go carts and arcade with pizza place. The three spent tens on the rides, it was even more enjoyable that there was a line of people for the go carts so they rode with a crowd. Talk about a day of competition and not to mention the three large pizzas they shared with a liter of pepsi. Aelita experienced a great time indeed with new friends, just like as if they where her gang of friends from Kadic. But thinking that left her to ponder and miss them a lot, Kila reminded her of Odd and Nathan of Ulrich.
Her two friends noticed her train of thought and sullen mood as she ate her slices so they talked amongst each other to provide some atmosphere anyways.
After stuffing their stomachs, the group left to one last place. One of Nathan's favorite places, the Splatter Action Paintball course a little wise out of the city. But it was worth it cause they met Guerrmo and Terra there. The girls where surprised but soon figured out this was a planned day. So the boys left the girls to talk as they went and played a few games before leaving.
Aelita and Kila did a total recall of what happened to Terra without missing a single detail. Terra though was a little hesitant at first but she broke down and said she went on a date with Guerrmo. Going to the movies across the city and then to a restaurant for lunch. She showed the two her new crystal necklace, (the present guerrmo bought for her yesterday and gave it today). Aelita gasped at the glimmering surface of the multi dimensional shapes hanging from the plain string. Kila mocked her about the gift from a boy and going on a date, Terra threw a small discarded paint round at her to shut her up. They laughed and turned around to the field from behind the mesh fence.
That day a small birthday party was on for someone turning eighteen and they had ten people attending. The girls got to see them in action and learn a thing or two about this type of sport. The boys and the party crew left into the brush to play "The Alamo", they returned thirty minutes later tired and worn out. Nathan came back holding his neck, he had gotten shot going up to fire from the top level. Aelita was there to help him clean the pulsing area and to give a wet towel for the sweat on his forehead. The girls giggled watching the two quarrel, because he was very tender around that area. Aelita blushed a light pink like her hair when she figured out what they where giggling about.
In the end they left to a shuttle pickup infront of the paint course and to the school again before the sun set. Terra and Guerrmo sat in the same chair section and looked out the window in silence, they look cute together.
Kila and Aelita sat to the section parallel to Nathans and talked about the mall and the people they saw. Though he just pretended to sleep as he held the ice pack to his neck. But half way to the school, Aelita sat next to him voluntarily. The closeness made him shiver so he used the icepack as and exuse as they talked about the paintfield and the movie. They got most interested in the guns mechanics and calibrations, seems she knew a lot about air dynamics and the use of velocity.
They kept it up going into the school and to their dorm room, turns out they stayed in Aelita's room to continue the idea of a sniper variant of those markers he used. Terra and Kila just rested on their beds for the rest of the evening, all that food took some energy from their body. It wasn't till five minutes to eight in the night that Nathan decided to leave, they walked to the door together and stood outside for a short moment. Now something strange but enjoyable happened, Nathan actually broke his character and kissed her on the forehead and took off to his dorm before she could react.
Aelita had just finished her bit on the gas injector for the compressed air when he did that. Took her completely by surprise and left her looking like a cherry holding her forehead like she was running a fever.
"Wow, I wasn't expecting that?" she thought to herself heading in.
"Hey what happened to you, you looked flushed!" Kila yelled enough for all to hear.
"We are in the same room you know." Terra snapped at the purple ponytailed girl below her, "So did you kiss him?" Terra asked like as if she was Aelita's big sister.
"I don't know what your talking about, I'm too close to Jeremie to do such a thing!" Aelita said defensivly.
"You seem to be saying what we want to know through your reaction. So he kissed you?" Terra pressed on putting her book down and looked mischeviously to her.
"Uh….well you see…he just did that out of no where. Oh what do I do, I mean I care about Jeremie a lot and far too much to go for another boy!" the pink princess broke down before them as she fell on her bed still stunned and confused.
"Come on, your how old?" Kila asked trying to get a foot in.
"Fifteen." Aelita answered getting up by her elbows with curiosity.
"So your human, it's not like you and Jeremie are married right. You're a fifteen year old girl and you don't have to tie yourself down to one guy right? Am I right Kila?" Terra began to act like a real big sister, a new character neither of the girls saw.
"Your absolutely right, but it's her choice to stay with a long distance relationship if she wants." Kila lead her into a trap.
"What's wrong with having a boy you care about so far away?" Aelita attempted to defend herself.
"What's wrong is Jeremie isn't the only fish in the sea. Sure he may of done some great things for you and maybe saved your from immenient danger but still what if he starts seeing other girls or girls start going on him while you spend your three years here. If he or you are going to stay together then you should have stayed home, look I know what I'm talking about okay." Terra attempted to cut off the rest of the conversation at that, yet she seemed to have a flashing sign above her head repeating "Ask me what I know!".
"Did something happen to you similar to this occasion?" Kila asked.
A long pause abosorbed the room till finally.
"You remind me of my cousin….she use to think of her boy as such a god a man who wouldn't dare think of cheating on her or her herself doing the same thing! But after awhile, they both ended up going after a different person and lied to each other about it. The truth was hard to endure, the love between them failed and didn't spark as much as the new people did. All ended in a broken heart moment and I had to see my sister sulk for three weeks none stop. Her boyfriend she just got tried to help her but she only distance herself away from him, I was able to keep him as a friend to her by having him stay over with me, my friends, and dad. She didn't recover for some months and finally established her relationship again with the new guy. I never knew what became of Mark, her first one." Terra started to cry into her pillow.
Kila got up and comforted her friend as did Aelita, they got her to return to the happy and day dreaming girl with Guerrmo's gift to her.
"Look I'm sorry for that but I just didn't want to see you go through the same thing, Jeremie lives in france and you here in the U.S. Only pain will come of such even with your webcam there's just no physical communion." Terra said getting down from her top bed.
"You going to be okay?" Kila asked with her hand on her shoulder.
"Ya, I'll just go take a shower now. If I take too long then good night you two." She smiled to them and walked out the door calmly.
"You should go and contact him so's not to worry. Terra's only watching out for you, but you might wanna listen to her words." Kila said to her friend as she changed cloths and went to bed.
Aelita opened the laptop and turned it on, started up the web cam, and clicked the forum. Sure enough Jeremie was there but this time he was prepared as it seemed and not in the same mood as she left him yesterday. He looked sad and apologetic, his eyes light up with kindness as he saw her.
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