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Mermaid Of The Huntsclan Chapter 6
I have to say that Mirana got lucky this time around.
One of her top favorite meals was being served today in a stall that catered to food in the non-magical world.
Blackened shrimp tacos, a delicacy.
Mirana savors each and every bite whenever she can get her hands on some with enough money. Because of her condition, Mirana is more than comfortable, prepared, and capable of eating seafood raw. She considers something like this a very rare treat. Unfortunately, she could only afford two. Got to save money. No big deal. This will suffice.
Once Mirana returns to her station she immediately jumps right back into selling her merchandise. She first has to fix some of it. The wind had blown a section out of sorts a tiny portion while she'd been gone.
Bent over her items Mirana didn't look up when she saw a shadow cover the blanket. She simply assumes it's another customer, but doesn't speak. Instead trying to give them ample time to choose something.
"Hi. You come often," said the person, smoothly.
Oh, so it's going to be one of those types of guys.
Rolling her eyes, Mirana said "What are you blind? I come here regularly. Surely you must know my face by now."
"Uh…I probably would. Except I've never been here until today," said the person.
This drew her interest. Mirana pauses in what she's doing to raise her head.
Mirana has to put in a real effort not to freeze. The only thing that would show her reaction if anyone had been paying any attention to the interaction would see her eyes dilate a small amount in shock.
Standing before Mirana is the American Dragon. The exact same boy she helped out a couple of nights ago.
Seemingly unaware that he's standing in front of the individual who saved him that night, continuing where he left off, Jake apologized "Sorry. Should I know you?"
Recovering fast so as not to give anything away, shrugging, Mirana said "Not really. I usually come here every couple of weeks to sell my wear here in the Magus Bazaar. I've been coming here for a while so I just assume the majority are familiar with me by now. You say it's your first time here?"
Nodding, Jake said "Yeah, it is. Listen, my name is Jake Long. At your service."
Mirana calms her racing heartbeat. She keeps having to mentally tell herself over and over again that there's no way Jake would recognize her. She'd been carefully concealed in the water and she's certain he hadn't glimpsed her once.
Relaxing her stiff posture a little, justifiably apprehensive, Mirana said "I'm Mirana."
The two adolescents shake hands.
The moment their hands touched Mirana could feel a warmth spread up her arm. Of course not in a bad way, but it still felt strange.
Extracting his hand, somewhat flustered, fidgeting with the charm on his neck that keeps the awful dragon breath at bay, Jake said "Uh, listen, there's a dance at my school tomorrow night, and I was just wondering if maybe you'd like to go with me."
This proposition definitely caught Mirana off guard.
"Let me see if I got this right," said Mirana, slow and tentative to be absolutely sure she heard him correctly. "You want me to do with you as your date to a school dance."
"Yeah," confirmed Jake, flashing a charming and dazzling smile at her. "So you up for it?"
Flattered that he would even be asking her, Mirana said "Thank you though I don't know why you'd even be asking me. I'm not that pretty."
"I completely disagree. You're hot," said Jake.
This time the blush that heats her cheeks is indisputable. So was Jake's when he fully realized what he just said to her.
Clearing his throat uncomfortably, Jake said "So?"
Eyes twinkling at him, softly, Mirana said "Yes, Jake, I'd love to go with you."
"That's cool. Where do you live? I'll come pick you up," offered Jake.
"Oh that's not necessary," said Mirana, shooting him down on that. She doesn't think it's a good idea for him to know where she lives or that she's relatively homeless without a family. "I'll come to you. My place isn't really easy to get to nor suitable for visitors to see. Just give me your address."
Jake didn't see a problem with that so he gave her his home address. He then gave her a time to meet so neither of them would be late to the dance tomorrow.
Right at this exact moment Fu Dog was getting into trouble at the hands of some Goblins he owes a pretty heavy debt to. So after giving Mirana a hasty goodbye, he rushes over to stop the beating before it gets too out of control, changing into his Dragon form. The Goblins weren't really that worthy of opponents so it all ended quickly.
"Whew, nice save, Kid," said Fu Dog, grateful for the assist. "Now maybe we can find you a date in Troll Town."
Scoffing, Jake said "It's cool, Fu. I'll be fine." As Jake says this he waves at Mirana who returns it. "Just fi-ine."
This dance is going to be one heck of a night.
One big problem.
What the hell is Mirana going to wear to this shindig?!
Authors Note:
I hope you all like this one! I certainly did while writing it for your vast enjoyment! ;D
For those of you just starting out with my stuff there are other works on my profile that may catch your interest. I highly recommend you take a look as soon as the opportunity presents itself to you. Who knows, you may be pleasantly surprised by what you discover.
Stay safe everyone. Especially with all of these crazy natural disasters occurring a lot lately due to global warming and climate change everywhere for sure. I swear it's like they're getting worse and worse all the time and it's like officials are simply just ignoring it or pretending it doesn't exist entirely just to go on with their daily lives. Especially those in multi-million dollar companies that rely on certain elements of our planet that we rely on to naturally keep us safe instead of adapting and finding new safer ways to keep in business. There are so many options out there where they can adapt, but they just refuse to see it because all they care about is money. Climate change is altering so much faster than anyone can really keep track of.
So, in light of all this, it is important to live life to the fullest as much as anyone can.
I know I am. ;) See you guys next time.
