"Well," Roxanne said, then paused. She'd been expecting this question, for longer than she let on, really. Blueberry had asked a similar question not too long ago, but somehow it had taken Metrocity five extra years to get around to asking. However, expecting the question didn't make it any easier to answer it.
"When you're in love...when you're with the person you love," Roxanne restarted, sitting down on the side of her daughter's bed, "they're the only thing you can think of. Everything else just seems irrelevant, if you even notice it. When you love someone, they can make you smile just by being there, without saying anything or doing anything, and without putting any effort into it. Just seeing them can turn your entire day upside down."
"But how do you know when you really love someone, and it isn't just your subconkious mind pressing you into something because it's expected of you or thought of you by society?" Most mothers would have trouble answering that. Roxanne, however, had lived that story for ten years, and that question was much easier to answer than the first and the one that would follow.
"When you're being pressed into a relationship with someone you don't love, you know it. Everything you do around the person you're being forced to be with feels wrong or weird or awkward. You try and make excuses to avoid them, and try to get away as quickly as possible when you do bump into them." Metrocity nodded and was silent for awhile. Just as Roxanne was about to get back up, Metrocity asked the hardest question of them all.
"What do you do...when you know you love someone, but you don't know how they feel, and you know you shouldn't feel that way about them because you don't want to ruin a perfectly good friendship?" And here, Roxanne was completely lost. She had a pretty good idea of what Metrocity was talking about, but she had no way of explaining anything without giving away her suspicions and embarrassing Metrocity for one reason or another—because it wasn't true, or worse, because it was.
So Roxanne took the high route, knowing it wasn't the answer Metrocity was looking for. "The only way to know if someone loves you is for them to tell you. The best thing to do is to wait for them to do so, or tell them first."
"Thanks Mom," Metrocity said, who was, as Roxanne had suspected, disappointed in the last answer.
"Goodnight honey," Roxanne returned before turning off the light and leaving the room. Metrocity just lay in the dark, waiting for sleep to come.
***Break***
The next day passed with Bernard and Metrocity again writing and drawing furiously, then walking around the house, taking what they needed to build their devices. By the end of the third day, working tirelessly to get everything settled, absolutely everything was ready to go.
It was time for Metrocity to defeat her brother.
Author Comments:
Roxanne, that's very wise of you not to reveal yourself, therefore revealing Metrocity. Now, on to the epic battle scenes...