Detectives and Thieves
Article Three: Scipio Makes His Move!
Hornet sighed. Why doesn't Prosper love me?
She was walking along the sidewalk when a familiar voice called her name. She looked up and saw Scipio in a gondola nearby waving at her.
"Hey, Hornet!" Then he jumped out of the gondola, after paying the gondola man, and ran up to her. "What's up?"
"Oh, hi, Scip," She responded. "I'm fine. What are you doing here?"
"Running away," He said, and then quickly changed the subject. "So, wanna get some slushies?"
"Running away...?" But before she was able to finish her sentence, Scip quickly grabbed her arm and ran up ahead. "Scip?"
The gondola man was counting the money Scipio had just paid him, and then shouted, "Hey, kid! You owe me one more cent!!!" But Scipio and Hornet were too far away to hear him, so he rowed away.
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"Like the slushie?" Scipio asked her, sitting on the opposite side of the table.
"Yeah, sure. Tastes great." She replied.
"Hm..." Scipio examined her. "Why the long face?"
"Huh? Oh, it's nothing."
"Nothing, eh? Well, then if there's nothing going wrong, then why don't you perk up?"
"I don't know."
"You don't know??? How could you NOT know? You can't expect me to know what you're thinking without knowing!"
"Oh, ok. Can I trust you?"
"Of course you can! Remember, I'm Dr. Phil!"
"No, you're not."
"Exactly!"
"Ok, so I have a friend..."
"A friend?"
"Yes. Who likes this guy..."
"Who's this friend who likes this guy, and who's this guy your friend likes?
"Shut up, Scip!"
"Well, I didn't know you had a friend!"
"ARGH! So, anway... this guy doesn't know that my friend likes him, so..."
"Is your friend a guy?"
"WHAT DO YOU THINK!!!!???? Of course not!!! So, what should my friend, who's a not a guy, do?"
"Hm... I don't know. Why don't you ask that guy what he wants from your friend who's not a guy."
Hornet bopped him on the head.
"Aww... man! Not again...! What was that for???"
"For being an idiot! I'm leaving!" She got up and disappeared within the busy crowd.
"H... Hornet?" But before he knew it, she was gone.
Aww... She's right, he thought depressingly. She'll never like me now...
Too depressed to even finish his drink, he got up and walked back to Victor's appartment.