Roxana awoke again on the ship. She yawned and got ready as usual. She saw that everyone was at the front like always, but everyone looked bored, well not Aya, she just kept looking blank out into space and at the monitors.
Kilowog looked depressed in some way. Hal was playing with his ring some kind of game. Razer just sat slouched with his chin in his hand. Roxana then said "Let me guess. No mission today?" They looked at her.
Kilowog just went back to his brooding. Aya then said "No danger has accord." Hal then said "I think today's going to be slow." Razer just turned his chair away from her. He didn't want her to see him with the shocked look on his face.
Roxana then said "You guys have any type of entertainment on board?" Hal then said "Not even a flat screen." "How about a game?" She asked. Hal then said "What type, I don't do Monopoly. I can't get the others to understand any of our earth board games or cards."
Roxana then said "How about something like charades or truth or dare?" Hal perked up at that and said "Truth or dare? You're on." The aliens and robot looked confused at him. Roxana then said "I'll explain the rules. And Hal nothing over PG okay?"
Hal ground and said "Fine. But only because their new to this." He pointed at her. Kilowog then asked "What are you two talking about?" Roxana then said "It's a game on our planet. We go around giving each other questions you must answer and things you must do, no matter what. But we are not giving anything dangerous or inappropriate." She was looking at Hal when she said the last part as he held his hands up in defense.
Kilowog then said "Better than doing nothing." Aya then said "I would like to study this piece of earth culture a bit more." She got up and they were going to go in the other room so there would be more room.
Roxana looked to Razer and said "You coming? Like Kilowog said, it's better than doing nothing." Razer did not reply but got up and came along to the other room. They all sat down in a circle. Aya brought a bottle after Hal asked her for one.
Hal grabbed the bottle and said "I'll start us off okay?" They nodded, Razer just grunted. Hal put the bottle down and spun it round and around. It started to slow down and finely it hit Kilowog.
They all looked at him as Hal said "Kilowog is the first victim." They all stared at him confused and Roxana shoved him in the arm, he just chuckled at that. Hal then said "Okay buddy, truth or dare?" Kilowog didn't want to look week, but if he knew Jordan he was up to something crazy. He decided to go the safe way and said "Truth." Hal thought for a bit and said "I'll go with the classic, what is your most embarrassing moment?" Kilowog was unsure about this, but it was just a game, so he then said "Hmm I guess it would be my first day in GL boot camp."
Roxana then said with a smile "Details?" Kilowog was about to protest but Hal said "You have to its part of the game." He sighed and said "I was being tested on my flying and the first time I tried I fell flat on my face." Aya showed no emotion to that, Hal and Roxana where busting a gut, and Razer tried to hold back his snickers from coming out but did smirk.
Kilowog frowned at them and glared. Hal stopped when he saw this and said "Okay buddy it's your turn." Kilowog smiled at this and said "You poozers better get ready." He spun the bottle and who would of guessed it, it landed on Razer.
Kilowog had a smug look on his face, Razer just glared and said "Do your worst." "Oh I will poozer, truth or dare?" The red thought about it for a bit but decided he didn't want to look like a weakling and said "Dare." "Oooh." Said Roxana and Hal said "Guts man." He merely just grunted at their comments.
Kilowog glared at him and said "I dare you to take off your ring for an hour." Razer just glared at him, got up and was already starting to walk away without a word, but Roxana said "Come on Razer you can put it back on if there's an attack."
Razer sighed, turned to them and took off his ring, and as usual it hurt. Roxana gasped and said "Are you okay?" He replied with "Nothing I've never done before." So he sat down and spun for his turn. The bottle landed on Roxana. His eyes enlarged, he didn't know exactly what to say.
There was silence for the next minute, but eventually he said "Truth or dare?" She replied with "Truth." He seemed stomped for a moment but then said "What was your job on your planet, and who was your suiter." Hal and her looked shocked while Kilowog laughed at that, Aya just looked confused for the first time.
Roxana then said "I didn't have a job, I wrote for fun but nothing else, and I don't have a suiter. I'm not even being courted as you would say." Razer almost blushed at that, but stopped himself and said "Oh. That is strange, you look to be about my age, yet you are not even being courted?"
Hal then joined Kilowog in the laughing and said "Things are different on earth Razer. We don't get married at certain ages, usually, and allot more females are more interested in their carriers right now." He just grunted at that as he put his chin in his hand. Roxana then said "Okay my turn." She spun and then it landed on Hal.
She looked to him and said "Truth or dare?" "Truth." She smiled and said "On a scale from 1 to 10 rate yourself on how hot you think you are." They all looked confused at this. Hal smiled and said "Well I think that's a little unfair." "And why is that?" She asked.
Hal then flexed his muscles and said "Because I would give myself an 11." He smiled like a fool and Roxana chuckled as she shook her head "You are more conceded then a model." "Why thank you." He then winked and pointed at her as she rolled her eyes. Kilowog did the same and Razer gave him a glare. I don't even need to say that Aya had no idea what was going on.
Hal then spun and the bottle landed on Aya at last. Aya didn't need to be asked as she said "I will take a dare since you have already done a truth." Hal thought for a bit and remembered Roxana's comment about a model and then said "Okay Aya I dare you to do a cat walk."
Aya got up, but then got down and four legs and began to go "Meow" in a monotone voice. Roxana laughed at this while the males looked confused as Hal said "No Aya I mean how the super-models on my planet walk." Aya nodded, did a quick search and then did something strange.
Her body relaxed as her hand went on her hip as she pulled it to the side. She then began to walk down a line outside the circle, she turned, posed by having a lazy arm on one side and holding her face in her other hand with a puckered look. She then did one more walk and put her hand on her hip again and the other to the back of her head. She then sat down in her place and asked "Was that sufficient?"
The males where speechless, but then Roxana clapped and then said "That rocked. You would be a great model Aya. You'd be big." Aya then said "Thank you." Then she took her turn. It landed on Hal again.
He smiled and said "I'll take a dare this time." Aya then said "Act like a dog." Hal was confused, while Roxana giggled. So he got on four legs and went "Bow wow." For a about a minute. Kilowog also laughed and Razer just looked bored.
Hal took his turn again and it landed on Razer. Hal said "I dare you to scream like Tarzan." The aliens looked confused but Aya then explained. Razer wanted to decline the dare but he didn't want to look like a weakling. So he got up and began to beat his chest as he went "AAAAHHA!" Hal and Kilowog laughed while Roxana blushed and giggled. She thought he looked hot.
Razer sat and spun, it landed on Kilowog. Razer smirk and Kilowog glared as he said "Do your worst red." "Oh I will." He replied and said "I was told about a certain creature on Hal Jordan's planet that I would love to see you act like."
Kilowog looked confused but Razer then said "I dare you dress up like a rabbit and hop around like one for a minute." His jaw dropped and said "No way you little poozar!" Hal laughed as he said "You have to man. It's the rules, or are you to scared?"
Kilowog glared at him and said "You better hope I don't get you Jordan." He then made his ring make him a green bunny suite and he hopped around. Everyone laughed at that, Razer chuckled at it, even though Kilowog's mass made the ship rock.
Kilowog finished and then took his turn, it landed on Roxana, she said "Dare." He thought about it and said "I dare you to do one of those human dances." Roxana smiled and said "Give me a beat." Aya looked up some human songs and said as she put on a dup step "Is this song sufficient?"
Roxana smiled as she got up and began to dance, and she was good. She shook her hips, she swayed to the rhythm, her feet moved in different directions and her arms made many strange movements. When the song ended, she was out of breath and sat down.
Hal clapped and said "That was great. Where'd you learn to dance like that?" She replied with "A feel for the rhythm and a love of dance." She then spun and it landed on Razer. He then said "Dare." She smiled and said "Well aren't we daring today. Okay. I dare you to say something nice about Kilowog."
Razer gritted his teeth but said "I think he is a strong and capable sergeant." Kilowog was shocked and the others chuckled a bit. Roxana joked "See that wasn't so bad." He grunted and took his turn. It landed on Aya, she chose dare.
Razer grinned and said "I dare you to hug Kilowog." So she did. Kilowog was stiff. Aya then took her turn and it landed on Kilowog, he picked "Dare." She then said "I dare you to also say something nice about Razer."
Kilowog was shocked first but then clenched his teeth and said "You got decent detective skills when we were trying to figure out the lantern murder on Iolande's planet." Roxana was confused, but Aya filled her in. Razer just grunted at that.
Kilowog took his turn and it landed on Roxana. She said "Truth." The big guy took a while but said "I'll go with something simple. Who was the first male you took a liking too." She blushed at that and said "Aaron Carter. A young singer on my planet. But I was only 9!" Hal laughed at that but said "Yeah a lot of girls at that time liked him." Razer was a bit annoyed for some reason, but didn't ask about this Carter character.
Roxana spun and it landed on Hal, he chose dare, and she said "I dare you to sing 'I love you baby.'" Hal got up, grabbed a spoon, whispered to Aya, and then the song came up and he started to sing.
Your just too good to be true. He put his head back Can't take my eyes off you. He pointed to Roxana and she giggled while Razer growled, he noticed it. You'd be like Heaven to touch. He came up to her. I wanna hold you so much.
Hall held his hand out to her. At long last love has arrived. She took it and he stood her up. And I thank God I'm alive. He twirled her. You're just too good to be true. He threw the spoon away. Can't take my eyes off you. He started to slow dance with her.
I love you baby, and if it's quite all right, I need you baby to warm a lonely night. He then spun her once more and let her sit. I love you baby. He pointed at Aya now. Trust in me when I say: Oh pretty baby. Aya was very confused by this but did nothing. Accept say "I am not an infant in any form." Don't bring me down I pray.
Oh pretty baby, now that I found you, stay. And let me love you, oh baby let me love you… He hugged the two girls and then let them go. Roxana clapped, Aya looked confused, Razer glared, and Kilowog had his head in his hand as he said "Don't you ever stop?!" He shrugged and said "What can I say I'm a ladies man." But Hal now knew that Razer was somehow jealous and wanted to check something out.
Hal then took his turn. It landed on Razer. He said "Dare." He said it very angrily though. Hal then said "I dare you to kiss Roxana." The two mentioned had their eyes bug out as they stared at each other. Roxana blushed and turned away.
Kilowog then said "Um Hal I don't think that's such a good idea." Razer got up, it looked like he was going to leave. Roxana thought "I guess he doesn't like me like that. It's probably for the best since where from different planets." But instead of leaving he came up to her, he cupped her face and kissed her lightly on her cheek and then left without a word, Aya felt a bit strange about that.
Roxana blushed at that and then Hal said "Hey Roxana, do you like Razer?" She blushed and said "I….Think he's nice." Then she ran off to her room. Aya then went back to the front of the ship saying "I will check if anything has come up."
Once the two older males where alone Kilowog said "Jordan what have you done?" He replied with "Just setting the mood my friend. Just setting the mood."
Later on, Roxana was at the kitchen table talking with Aya. The others had come in and greeted them. All accept Razer. She felt a little bad about that.
He had ignored them all day so far, maybe he was embarrassed about the dare with the kiss. Was he mad with her? No she didn't do anything, accept make him say something nice to Kilowog, but it wasn't that bad. She was thinking too much.
She decided to stop and just enjoy herself. She was having a craving for something sweet when the door opened and she looked to see Razer come in, with his suit and ring on. They just stared at each other.
"Hey." She said. "Good afternoon." He replied and sat down next to her. Roxana was confused, so she asked "I thought you were mad at me." Razer was shocked and asked "Why would you think such a thing?" "Because of the dares." He blushed and replied with "I'm not mad. It was just a game."
She nodded and said "You want something to eat?" He nodded and said "I suppose. I have not eaten since last night, it's normal for my people to not need much to eat." She nodded and said "I hope you have a sweet tooth. I have a great idea."
He raised a brow at that and asked "What is a sweet tooth?" She then said "It's another earth saying. It means do you like sweets. I was going to see if I could make a Sunday?" He still looked confused. Aya then said "A Sunday is a day on earth, usually used for rest and time to go to church. But the word is also used to described a dessert with a dairy product called ice cream, which is from milk that comes from a bovine female. Along with other things."
Razer looked a bit shocked at that. But he just replied as he looked at her "I won't judge. Guess I'll even try some." Roxana smiled and said "Okay this is how it works. We'll need the ice-cream first." Aya brought out a green see through bowl and then put a blue looking ice-cream on it.
The two organics stared at it confused and looked to Aya for an answer. She replied with "It comes from a species close to that on earth known as a cow where you get your milk. It is safe for both of you to eat." They nodded, knowing Aya wouldn't give them anything that would poison them.
Roxana then went on to the rest of the materials they needed, like nuts, chocolate syrup and so on. Finely Roxana said "Do we have any cherries?" Aya then deposited some small cherries that where blue. Razer recognized them and said "Those were on my home planet, we called them sky berries for their color."
Roxana then asked "Could you tell me about your planet?" Razer was surprised, no one ells had asked him about his home but then he said "The sky was like any other. The ground was mostly like sand, but some parts where like jungles, and there where rivers, and very few oceans."
She smiled and said "That sounds kind of beautiful." "It used to be." He replied sadly as he looked down. She put a hand on his and said "I'm sorry." He looked up to her and said "You don't need to apologize. My home is gone, there is no life left on it that I know of. I must go on with my mission." Roxana thought it was to help the GL's so she didn't ask.
She looked at the strange Sunday and said "Aya could we have a second bowl?" She nodded and took it out. Roxana got a spoon for each of them, then she started to put some on the other bowl, she took only a few berries as she said "I'm not sure if I'll like them or not. I'm just going to try them."
Razer nodded and started to taste the strange confection Aya and Roxana had made. Aya watched with interest as she waited to hear if her work was acceptable. Roxana did her praying. Razer didn't bother her as Hal said, but he had to remember to ask her about it some time.
Roxana finished praying and began to eat. She started with the berries, her eyes widened at the flavor. They were like cherries, but sort of like a blue berry loli-pops. She licked her lips and had some more with the ice-cream, usually she would eat her cherries first but she wanted to try this new concoction in different ways.
Razer ate slowly but saw what she was doing. He thought the berries as normal, but the flavor must of impressed her. He was very delighted with the berries the first time he had them when he was young, he could clearly imagine her delight for this new food.
Suddenly he noticed that she had finished quite quickly. She licked her lips and said "That was great Aya. Do we have anymore of those berries?" Aya then said "I am glad you liked them, but we must ration so there will be no more for today." Aya then left the room.
Razer saw the disappointment on her face and then saw her staring at his, she noticed his stare and looked away a bit embarrassed. Razer looked at his plate, he still had plenty of berries.
It looked like Roxana was about to leave, but then she heard some silverware clanging. She looked down to see some more berries on her plate, she looked at Razer and said "Thank you, but you didn't have too. I don't want to take away from your Sunday."
He replied with no emotion "I don't have much of a sweet tooth as you say. So it is no trouble for me to give some up." She smiled and said "Well thanks. I appreciate it, there very good." She sat down and began to eat. She noticed that he gave her many and returned some, he looked confused but she said "I don't want too many, plus you should enjoy yourself as well." He just nodded and continued to eat.