Aria spent her day cleaning the house and doing laundry. She refused to have a dirty home. Robin was currently working on her barn which was coming along nicely. Should be another day to go until it was ready. To be honest Aria felt a little guilty. She hadnt seen her friends for a while. She kept in contact with everyone but it had been a few days since she seen them.
He'll the last time she saw Sam was when he popped in to check on her. Aria walked out of her house with little Dusty following her. She figured it was time to feed her babies before she did anything else. As she began to open the door her phone went off. Taking it out of her pocket she saw it was Sam doing a video call. She accepted it as not only saw Sam but Sebastian and Abby as well.
"Hey guys what's going on?" She asked opening the door to the coop. Completely forgetting the Dusty was right behind her. "Nothing much we are going to the saloon tonight you wanna join us?" Abby asked. Aria thought before hearing her babies chirping. And that's when she realized it. "Fuck Dusty come here you will not eat your sisters." She said yelling at Dusty. That was the first ever time they had heard her cuss.
They watched as Aria was trying to wrangle the squirming puppy but failed. She ended up tripping landing flat on her stomach. But she did not once loose her grip on her phone. So her friends saw everything. "I see you have your hands full." Sam said grinning. Aria rolled her eyes as Dusty who had climbed up on her back put her front paws pn the back of Aria's head.
"That I do. I completely forgot Dusty was following me."she admitted. Her friends laughed as the chicks and ducklings started to swarm her. "But yeah if I survive the attack to the killer fuzzballs ill be there. I have to stop by Clints anyways." She told them.
They all smiled. Especially Sebastian. She hadnt really seen him smile not like Abby and Sam does ..but she'll take it. "We will wait for you Aria." Sebastian told her. Aria nodded at him "ok I'll see you there." She said before hanging up.
Grabbing Dusty from behind her. Aria got up "you rotten pup." She told her before setting her on the ground. Dusty began to chase the chicks around scattering them. She made no attempt to hurt them in anyway. Aria was glad about that. She just hopped Dusty stayed that way. After she made sure they were all fed Aria left with Dusty in her arms before walking back into her house.
Aria put Dusty down and began to get ready. She got dressed and grabbed the geodes she aquired from the mines and left her house. She decided to stop by Clint's first before she went to meet her friends. She was really curious of what she would get by processing them.
If she wasnt gathering materials she was down in the mines. She had made some good progress down there. She had made it to the 50th floor. She realized it got tougher the further she went down. Finally reaching Clint's she opened the door. "Welcome Aria what do you have for me?" He asked. Aria walked up to the counter emptying her bag of geodes. "I would like to process these please." She said.
Clint nodded as he took the geodes and began to hammer away at them. She ended up with 2 obsidian, a few thunder eggs, a frozen tear, and a couple of dinosaur eggs. Aria was pretty excited about the dino eggs. Though she had wondered if they would hatch.
With her newly acclaimed goodies Aria left Clint's and headed for the saloon. She opened the door and headed straight to the game room. Abby was sitting on the couch and Sebastian and Sam were shooting pool.
"Hey guys I'm sorry I'm late." Aria said making her friends look at her. "Hey you showed up." Sebastian said. Aria rolled her eyes playfully "like I would stand you guys up." She replied with her hands on her hips. Sebastian smirked at her. "We are just glad to see you." Abby said.
Aria nodded she was glad to see them too. "I know, I know, I've been a little bit of a hermit these past few days. I just been busy. I have been chopping trees butsong up rock and playing around in the mines." She replied taking a seat by Abby. They all looked at her in shock. "You went down in the mine? Are you nuts? People have gotten seriously hurt down there." Sam said.
Aria felt like she was being punished. "I'm ok I've been careful. And I'll continue to be careful. I promise. But look at everything I found." She said. Picking up one of the dino eggs. "Woah" all three of them said. " think it will hatch if you put in the incubator?" Sam asked.
Aria shrugged "I dont know but I'm really tempted to try it though. And I also found this too." She replied holding up one of the obsidian gems. Wow. Ive always wanted to see what one of those looked like." Sebastian said. Aria giggled " all the things I found were found in the geodes." She said.
Aria watched the boys play pool "Hey Aria will you be attending the flower dance?" Abby asked. Aria looked at her confused "whats that?" She asked. She didnt know what kind of festivals pelican town had. "What is it about?" She asked. Abby giggled "well its where the bachelors and bachelorettes dance together. Of course there will be food an all." Abby told her.
Aria thought for a moment. She never really liked dances much. Don't get her wrong she loved to dance but she thought it was kind of silly. "I'm not sure yet. I still have so much to do I may just skip this year. Plus I'm not really fond of dances like that." She said. "Then why don't we all skip it then?" Sebastian said. He was too fond of public outings much either.
Sam looked down "sorry man I wish I could but my mom would kill me if I didn't." He said. Abby too said she couldn't. Sebastian knew his mom and Demetrius didnt pressure him into going to these events. Normally he would go on account of his friends were there but since one of them wasnt going to go he didnt really feel the need to do so.
"Guess its just me and You Aria." Sebastian said. Aria nodded " want to hang out later then?" She asked. Sebastian thought for a moment. This would give him the perfect opportunity to get to know her. "Sure how about we do a wager?" He asked. Aria looked at him before grinning "alright what do you have in mind?"she asked.
Sebastian thought "if you can beat me in 3 rounds of pool, you can choose what we do. If I win I choose what we do. Sound good?" He asked. Aria nodded "ok you're on." She said shaking his hand. Sam handed her the poolstick as Sebastian got the table ready.
As the hours went by Aria ended up loosing. She had won only one game. "You're not half bad." Sebastian said. Aria giggled as she set the poolstick down. "I play every once in a while. I'm not the best but I'm not the worst either." She replied.
Sam laughed nervously "I can never win against him you did better than I did." Sam said. Aria laughed. "I'm not gonna lie this was the most fun I've ever had." She said. Abby came up from the couch and wrapped her arm around her. "Aww she likes us." She said.
Aria laughed but then nodded. "That I do. I'm sorry for swearing like I did earlier." Aria said apologetically. "Aria You dont have to apologize. We swear all the time. Damn it." Sam said. Aria laughed "I guess what happened was pretty funny." She said. Sebastian laughed. It wasnt a chuckle or snicker. It was a full on laugh. "I'm sorry forgive me it was just funny when you fell and your animals just started huddling to you." He said. Aria gave him a playful punch in the arm.
When it was time to leave Sam and Abby went their seperate ways leaving just Aria and Sebastian. "Well have a good night." Aria said as She started to walk home. "Hey Aria hold up I'll walk you home." Sebastian said. Aria stopped as Sebastian caught up with her. They walked in silence as they reached her farm. "Well this is my stop. Thank you for walking me back." She said. Sebastian smirked "no problem. I'll come get you. When we go to hang out." He told her.
Aria smiled and nodded before reaching in her bag only to toss him one of the obsidian gems she had found. She watched him catch it and examine it. "Keep it." She told him. He looked up at her. And grinned "Thank you Aria well I'll see you soon." He said. Aria nodded "see you." She called back as she watched him leave. Aria walked into her house and got ready for bed.
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Sebastian reached his room and pulled the gem out of his pocket and began to fiddle with it. She sure was something else. There was just something about her but her couldnt figure it out. He was glad he won their wager they had. Setting the stone on his nightstand he got ready for bed thinking about what she and him would get into.