Diego was glum. Tamera saw his face and tried to cheer him up. "Hey, let's go somewhere!" she said to get his spirits back on track.
Diego looked at her with sad hazel eyes. It was no use, he just would not cheer up.
"I don't feel so well," he said, though it didn't look at all true. He looked too strong to get ill.
"Do you want to go to the infirmary?" Tamera asked concerned.
"I'm sure it's only indigestion or something," he explained quickly. Wouldn't that be great having the healer find out nothing wrong?
Tamera didn't want to believe it but she knew, deep down he was sad about the performer fairiette. If he was any other guy, she would have gladly let him be obsessed with the other, but he wasn't. He looked like the heavens.
She took his hand and they traveled away from the hall back to her room.
"Look, Tamera you're great but I need to get out of here. I swear I'll come back but please let me do something else," he said as soon as he saw her door.
"Are you saying I'm getting boring?" Tamera whirled around angrily.
"NO! No...I'm tired, let me be me. I need fresh air, I need to be free," he said in an over dramatic rhyme.
"Why can't we both go outside together?" Tamera asked.
Diego didn't want to tell her that she got scary and possessive when he was around her, so he just shrugged, "I guess there's no problem in that."
She squeaked happily and grabbed him around his bicep. They turned around to go back toward the bird hanger.
"So what club do you want to go to?" she asked casually.
"What clubs am I allowed at?" he asked just as casual.
"It doesn't matter, I can get you into all of them," she answered assuredly.
"Why don't we go to Coko Grotto? I haven't ever been there before," Diego suggested.
"Sure," Tamera agreed and they walked to Taquis. The peregrine flacon chirped happily at the sight of them.
"Hey baby," Tamera greeted fondly and climbed up onto her bird. Diego got on behind and grabbed her waist, she liked it. (Slag alert!)
She whistled and Taquis hopped off his perch and dove out of the bird hollow. She guided Taquis through the jungle and then lower and lower. They finally came to a small pool of royal blue water and she landed Taquis on a high branch near there.
"Coko Grotto is a great club, it's an underwater cavern," Tamera explained as they flew to the hidden entrance. There was a bouncer about half way in.
"Miss Almengod, welcome. Who is he?" the bouncer asked because he knew that the Lord's nephew had just came in the other day with her.
"This is 'Heath Marquee'," Tamera said cuddling up to Diego. Diego was by far stronger and bigger than the Grotto bouncer.
"How is his association?" The bouncer asked unevenly,
"He's my boyfriend, and from...Helia Hills," she said remembering what he had said to the Dalton-guy the night before.
"Very well," the bouncer nodded a bit intimidated by Diego's size. He lifted the rope and they walked in. The rave music was bouncing off the cavern walls. They walked through a winding tunnel, dimly lit with fireflies. The music got louder and finally, they came to the cavern itself. The royal blue water was reflecting off the ceiling in a frenzy. The whole place was a world of endless blue.
Tamera felt an excited chill go down her back, that happened every time she walked into that place.
"Whoa," she heard Diego breath in amazement.
Coko Grotto was also a club shared between Aquita and the Earthen kingdom. He saw a mix of monochromatic earth skin tones and blue ones.
"Let's go get something to drink," Tamera suggested taking his hand and leading him to the bar.
"What will it be Miss Almengod?" the tender asked, happy to see her. Any male would be happy to see her. She was pure eye candy.
"I'll have a HONEY SUCKLE, what do you want?" she asked Diego.
"Er, whatever..." he said. He wasn't quite keen on the different clubs' drinking menus.
"He'll take a BLUE ISLE," she ordered for him. It was the most potent drink in the Grotto, she secretly hoped it would loosen him up enough so that she could make a move.
The bartender mixed the ferments and alcohol. He served them their drinks. Tamera sipped hers slowly. Diego quickly drank his, it tasted great.
"This is good," he said and hiccupped.
"You're done already?" she asked unbelievably.
"Yeah, can I have another?" he asked licking his lips.
Tamera smiled. It only took one to get smashed, and he wanted more!
"Go ahead," she smiled.
"Hey, can I have another BLUE ISLE?" he asked.
The bartender served another.
He took it happily and drank it. When he turned to Tamera for another she quickly told him to go dance with her. She wanted him drunk, but not unconscious.
They made their way to the illuminated dance floor and started dancing. Tamera's copper blonde hair was loose and as she swung her head, her hair flipped about crazily. The dance floor was tight and the body heat was scorching. Diego and Tamera were practically pressed together.
Diego hiccupped again and was most certainly drunk. He noticed they didn't have any room, so he simply picked Tamera up and twirled her.
"What are you doing?" she laughed from above him.
"Dancing," Diego replied drunkenly and flipped her over his shoulder and around his waist like back in the old days of flitter-kick clubs.
Tamera laughed with delight. Fairies began to notice the different dancing and backed up to watch. A circle gathered around them until they were the only ones left.
Diego twirled Tamera around many times, she dropped and he pulled her back through his legs. She continued to giggle with delight. He grabbed her into his arms and started to do the tango in a frenzy. She walked backwards as he walked forward and then he dipped her. She came back up and spun her self. He let her go and she felt the rhythm. Her feet did the grape-vine perfectly then she leaped and did a back flip in the air with the help of her wings. Diego caught her by her waist and looked down on her with joy. Then the music ended. A howl went up from the crowd, they whistled and cheered.
Tamera finally noticed them and became embarrassed. She was having so much fun dancing, she forgot there were other people there watching.
Diego set her down and she ran into the crowd, covering her red face.
Diego was breathing heavily. He decided to sit down at the lounge to catch his breath. He also noticed he was really sweaty.
Not a minute he was sitting down before he was approached by a female.
He looked up at her sky blue skin. She had feathery aqua hair and piercing blue eyes. She was an Aquatic equal to Tamera's beauty.
"Hey stud," she leaned down and smiled seductively.
"Yo," he nodded, his head was clouded by the BLUE ISLE. She had the token Aquita vernacular. Aquitians said all they're long 'e's like long 'I's .
"You dance like a deity," she complimented.
"Why thank you," he smiled drunkenly.
"Hey, what do say we get together?" she asked with gleaming eyes.
"Whatever," he shrugged in a drunken happiness.
She took it as a green light and instantly threw her arms around him and kissed him. To an Earthie, kissing an Aquatic was very soothing because they're lips felt like cool running water. She sat herself onto his lap. His body became limp to her charms, and hard for other things.
Tamera was in the fairiette lounge, making sure her face wasn't sweaty or red. She was worried about the way she was dancing in front of those people. But many came up to her and complimented on it, so maybe she was over-reacting for no reason.
As she stepped out of the lounge, her date from the other night appeared. "Tamera."
"Oh, hey..." no use, she didn't know his name.
"I saw you dancing. Who was he and what does he have that I don't?" he demanded bitterly.
She should have remembered not to bring Diego there because of the fact she had just gone out with the owner's nephew.
"That is none of your business," Tamera stated and tried walking away but he blocked her.
"At least I never cheated on you," he hissed.
Tamera stopped. "WHAT?"
The guy smiled, "I saw him leave with that one beautiful Aquatic who hangs here."
"No!" Tamera growled and pushed past him. She rushed to the place where she saw him last. Gone. He was nowhere in sight.