"Skye?" Skye freaked and almost dropped the bucket of ice cream she was holding.
"Oh uh hey Alexis. What are you doing here?"
"Excuse for getting away from my manager. The first duel is tomorrow, and she wants me to watch. For whatever reason, watching a duel needs a 3 hour meeting to prepare." Alexis rolled her eyes "She means well but… yeah. What are you doing here?"
"Actually shopping."
"Chazz doesn't have servants for that?"
"I like cooking and cleaning and other 50s mom-like stuff."
"So, there's not a single servant? That sounds so unlike Chazz."
"Well, he seems to be ok as long as he doesn't have to do the work."
"So you're a servant?"
"I guess so. I brought it upon myself. And Chazz isn't usually dumb enough to treat me the way he would treat a servant."
"Usually?"
"Chazz."
"True." Alexis smiled. "It's been too long, Siren."
"Yeah I guess so."
"What happened to you?"
"What do you mean?"
"Where's the over excitement? The fangirling? The tackle hugs? The dragging your friends all over the place at a speed that no human is used to, but you've done it enough that they actually got used to it? It may have been 5 years, but it's only been 5 years."
Skye did drop the container this time. Into the basket, luckily, and the lid only barely started to come off.
"My life's been so boring since high school. Sure, I still get a thrill while dueling. And sometimes I see my brother. But it's gotten so boring that I like his stupid antics, that he does less of. I've missed you."
"And the others."
"Sure. But I really miss the stupid conversations we had in the middle of the night. You telling me of Chazz's stupid plans. Later, the nonstop talking of how Jaden and Chazz liked each other. I've missed you. But you've changed."
"I… I thought we weren't in a close enough relationship anymore for… any of that."
"Why?"
"It's been too long, Alexis. I thought you didn't like that kind of stuff. You just put up with it. With me. And since we haven't talked in forever, you would think of it to be inappropriate."
"I thought it was annoying too, but now I've realized that every smile and shake of the head was not an embarrassed look. It was a look of how much I wouldn't want you to change and…"
"Alexis! There you are. We have to work on strategies."
"I…"
"Meet me at the park tomorrow morning at 10."
Alexis smiled, then turned and walked with a very pompous woman "Sorry Jennette. I was just getting used to the sights and I met up with an old friend…" And she walked out of Skye's ear shot.
"I've missed you too."
"Skye! Look what I got." Jaden ran up and flipped his card that Skye didn't recognize, but she smiled.
"Cool Jay. Come on let's go home."
"Kay."
Skye closed the freezer and walked for the cashiers.