Chapter 5
Here's the fifth chapter! I don't know that much about Luke, but I tried hard to get his personality right. I hope you enjoy. Please review! ^^
"Finn, I want to go home! I'm tired of trying to get guys to fall in love with me." I complain loudly, drawing attention from random people walking by.
"You need to quite down!" Finn hisses. "People will think you're insane."
"At this rate, I am going to go mad!" I say, exasperated.
Finn sighed and floated in front of me. "Why don't you go meet Luke? He's up near the mines."
"It's so far away though..." I mumble.
"C'mon. Let's get going. If you go fast enough, we can meet Luke before dinner!"
"Fine." I say, striding forward.
We reach the Garmon Mine district. In front of me is a long dirt path leading to the mines, alongside it various shops. The mountain that contains the mines is tall, bigger than anything I've ever seen. It just keeps going up and up, and I can't even see the top.
I wonder what's up there. I think.
"OK, Luke should be in the Carpenter's shop. So go check him out!"
I give Finn a weird look. "Finn, please don't use the phrase 'check him out' around me ever again."
Just as I finish speaking, a blue-haired boy wearing a bandana with flames on it exits the carpenter's shop with a blonde-haired boy that's looks younger than I am.
"Wasn't I so awesome! I totally need like, a fan club or something!" the blue-haired boy shouts with a laugh.
The blonde one nods, and I walk over to them.
"Hi, my name is Hikari." I say. "I've lived here for a little while, but I didn't introduce myself."
"Sick!" the blue-haired boy says loudly. "I'm Luke, and this is Bo."
"It's a pleasure to meet you, miss." Bo says politely.
Luke grabs my arm excitedly. "Do you have a boyfriend?"
My eyes light up. "Um, no!" Finn swirls around me excitedly.
"Aw dang it!" Luke cries. "We could have gone on a double date!"
I tilt my head in confusion. "Wait, what?"
"If you had a boyfriend, you and him and me and my girlfriend, Selena, could go on a double date!" he says. "But I guess not."
I glare at Finn. "I thought you said he was a bachelor!"
Finn shrugs uneasily. "I guess the Harvest Goddess meant any guy who's not married...and isn't way older or younger than you."
"So does that mean I need to have him fall in love with me, while he has a girlfriend?" I hiss back.
Luke and Bo, who were chatting while I was whispering to Finn look back at me. "Hey." Luke says quietly to me. "Do you want to do something really reeeally fun?"
Bo groans. "Luke, don't. Selena wouldn't like that."
I tense up. "Wh-what are you talking about, Luke?" I stammer.
Luke smiles slyly. "Come with me." He grabs my hand and drag me down the dirt path. After taking a sharp left turn, we end up in front of a mine cart.
"Get in!" Luke says cheerfully. I nod, half curious but half nervous, and climb in.
Luke sits down beside me, and somehow, the mine cart slowly starts moving down the tracks. It quickly speeds up, and we arrive at the peak of a huge hill.
"Hang on!" Luke shouts. I grab his arm instinctively, and the mine cart hurtles toward the bottom of the tracks.
I scream the entire time, my brown hair flipping around wildly. The mine cart swerves and rocks as it continues down it's path, until it finally comes to a stop near a graveyard.
"I think I'm gonna hurl." moans Finn. Luke slowly gets out of the cart, and helps me out as well.
"So?" Luke asks excitedly. "Did you have fun?"
Though I'm pretty sure my pale face and fear-stricken face gives an obvious answer, I nod.
"Awesome!" Luke slightly frowns. "Most girls don't like that sort of thing." He smiles again, a big-toothed grin. "We should hand out sometime!"
I laugh weakly. "Sure."
Luke hops up and down like a hyper-active puppy. "Aw, yeah! The Luke-inator scores a new bud!" he shouts, fist-pumping.
"I'm just curious," I say slowly. "but why wouldn't Selena like it if she knew we went on the mine cart together?'
Luke shrugs. "I dunno. Probably because she thinks it's 'our thing' or something."
"You mean, it's special to her? Because you took her there?" I say nervously.
"I guess so!" Luke says happily. "I better go home. My pops hate it when I get home late. See you later!" He runs off, leaving me alone. Well not entirely, considering Finn is sitting next to me.
"So, how'd you think that went?" I ask Finn.
"Well, he thinks that if he didn't have girlfriend, you'd be," Finn floats up, and begins to air guitar. "TOTAL HOTNESS!"
"What?" I say, slightly embarrassed. "He really thinks that about me?"
"Yup." Finn says. "But I just included the air guitar, because it seems like something he'd do."
"Huh." I say. "Finn, I've been starting to think about something." I sigh. "What if girls like some of the bachelors? You know, like-like. If I try to court them all, then I'd definitely get in trouble with some of them."
"Eh." Finn shrugs. "Well, you're just have to live it. Now, come on." he says, tugging at my hand. "Let go eat, I'm starving."
"Where?" I ask, my stomach growling.
"You'll see." Finn smiles. "Plus, you'll get to meet another guy! So let's go!"
