Chapter 4 Awkward Conversations
For a moment, we both stood there, not saying a word, until Sabin came back shoving Celes and me into the airship saying. "We don't got all day, and besides, what's eating you two?" Apparently, Sabin was the most clueless being in the world, and then a thought popped in my head: You're eating us Sabin, that and everything else within a mile's vicinity.
This thought made me snigger, and just at that point in time I got a sharp smack on the back of the head from Sabin. Once we got into the cabin of the Falcon, I saw the whole crew I had missed for so long: Mog and Umaro sitting in a corner sleeping; Setzer and Edgar drinking copious amounts of heavy alcohol and saying things that made no sense to the great amusement of Terra and Cyan; Shadow, Strago, Relm, Gogo, and Gau in deep conversation about magic and its uses in all situations. It was truly great to be home again. Once again, Sabin showed his gift of the having sensitivity level and empathy of a dull stick; and once again, Sabin shoved Celes and me into yet another room, the engine room of the Falcon Suddenly the air of the room shifted violently to some awkward kind of air that made me want to stab myself in the eye... or maybe that was just the way I felt with one that I liked dearly. It was Celes who first spoke. "Er, how have you been? " then she quickly added, "I mean... if you don't want to say anything--?" I chose to take a while to reply. In the end I said, "I missed you... a lot." At first we stood, and then we drew towards each other. An inebriated Edgar walked into the room and shouts, "WHO WANT'S HORS D'OEUVRES?" Then without any forewarning, Edgar crumpled into a pitiful heap on the ground. I couldn't help it, I burst out laughing and fell on my face clutching my sides; Celes on the other hand looked like someone had slapped her across the face with the blunt side of a sword. Through the open door, I could hear Sabin yelling at Setzer for drinking all the booze (Setzer nodded and said "yssr, I've ben veree baddd..."), and Shadow knocking out everyone that was involved in the discussion of magic because they didn't agree with him. I could tell it would be hard to find some time to talk to Celes alone, what with these violent, alcoholic, lazy and sometimes stupid people that we lodged with, but I knew we must, at least, to sort out our problems.