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Felicity
“Are you together?”
Felicity met Lois’ eyes. They were brighter than that morning, and the color had returned to his face. She looked back at Calvin.
Then they both started talking at once.
“You mean for the dance?”
“Well, we hang out…”
“But it’s not like we’re dating.”
“…not a couple.”
“Best friends.”
“Yeah, friends.”
“But you are coming to the dance with me, right?”
“Of course I am.”
“Okay.”
“…Cool.”
They stared at each other. Felicity’s ears were bright pink and she gripped her satchel with both hands. Lois stood stiffly with his hands in his pockets.
“I’m going to go cause problems with some flip flops now.” She said.
“I’ll… be lookout.”
“Okay.” Felicity dashed off.
Lois turned to Babs and Calvin and tried to regain his composure.
“So, it’s Babs, right? And you are?”
(I never write romance so this was a first)
“Nothing says autumn like slurpin’ apples.” -my uncle
Ev
“There’s fish around here?” Tech asked. “I can smell it. I’ll have some of that if you don’t mind.”
“Cool. I’m good with that.” They got in line at the right restaurant and waited for a few minutes. Once they bought their food and found a place to sit, Ev asked, “So I’m assuming you’re not from around here, are you? Not that any of us are.” He shrugged and chuckled. “Where do you come from though?”
Lukas
“Hey, don’t worry about it,” Liv reassured. “I’ve been called worse. I have older brothers.”
Lukas forced a chuckle, trying to ease his own embarrassment. “Tell me about it. I’ve got two of them.” He briefly wondered if Ev would ever ask him about the dance and hoped he wouldn’t. Ev wouldn’t stop laughing once he found out he had a date— er, dance partner.
(I’m just going to magically transport all our charries to the dance lessons since that seems to be where everyone’s ending up. Just a moment… *magical swirly sound* *characters appear at the lessons in a cloud of sparkles* There we are. XD)
Lukas looked around and suddenly felt nervous. He played with the curl of hair that brushed agasint his forehead as his eyes darted around the room. What if he was actually a terrible dancer, not just a bad one? What if Liv wouldn’t want to go to the dance with him then? What if—
“Lukas, chill.”
“Wh-what?”
“You look like you’re about to have a panic attack,” Fynn said, titling his head to the side.
Lukas forced a chuckle, but his voice cracked. He cleared his throat. “I’m f-fine.”
“You’re stuttering. Lukas, you’re nervous.”
“Ok. M-maybe I-I am.”
Fynn shook his shoulder. “Just relax. If you appear calm and confident, then Livia will think you are. That’s all there is to it. And now’s not the time to worry anyway. The real test is at the dance.”
Lukas swallowed as he felt the blood drain from his face.
“Ok, ok. Forget I said that. Take a deep breath and calm down. You’ll be fine. They’re just dance lessons after all.”
Lukas did as he was told, filling his lungs with air and expelling the air slowly. “Yeah,” he murmured to himself as Fynn walked off. “I’ll be fine. Ev is confident all the time. I can be too. And I won’t utterly embarrass myself in front of Liv… again. No, I’ll be fine.” At least he hoped.
Callista
Callista enjoyed the chill atmosphere of the room, with the soft music playing in the background as students started to trickle in.
She let her eyes roam across the faces of the students and soon decided people-watching was quite interesting. Then her eyes landed on Chase’s face. A smile danced across her lips as she skipped over to him.
“You came!” She glanced over his attire. No hoodie. Either he was forced to take it off or some other mysterious force in the universe had compelled him to take it off. She had a sudden compulsion to apologize for Fynn’s behavior earlier, but knew that if he was actually sorry—and polite—he’d apologize himself. “So,” her smile softened, “if you’re here does that mean you chose the dance over homework?”
Write what should not be forgotten. — Isabel Allende
some other mysterious force in the universe had compelled him to take it off.
XD
Chase Duke
Too late, Callista had noticed him. She came skipping over, and Chase grew chilled. He really missed his hoodie already.
“You came!” She was way too excited to see him. He looked down at the floor, as she looked him over before saying, with a soft smile, “So, if you’re here does that mean you chose the dance over homework?” Chase bit his lip.
“I-I…” He shivered, glancing up at Callie for a millisecond, before looking at the floor and rubbing his arms again. “I-I…” His shoulders tensed. “I have a headache…math i-is a l-little i-impossible right now.”
"You need French Toast."
Callista
“I have a headache…math i-is a l-little i-impossible right now,” Chase replied, his attention still fixed upon the floor.
Callie tilted her head to the side. “Oh, ok.” She felt that there was something deeper than the surface that was bothering Chase, but she wasn’t quite sure what. “Are you sure that’s just it?” Her voice was soft as she dipped her head to catch his gaze and bring it back up.
Write what should not be forgotten. — Isabel Allende
@esther-c This is kinda random, but when I thought of the fish he’d be eating, I thought of these cod fritters called bacalaitos (the name is Spanish and means something like “little cod bits”). My dad got one for me when we were visiting in Puerto Rico. They smell and taste strongly of, well, fish, but they’re not bad.
Tech
“So I’m assuming you’re not from around here, are you? Not that any of us are.” Ev chuckled. “Where do you come from though?”
Tech swallowed a chunk of the curiously cooked fish he had. “Well…..we haven’t had a home planet in a long time. Our first home, where my siblings and I hatched, was destroyed by some dragons out to capture us. We’ve been darting from planet to planet since. Only recently did we find a sort of refuge…..”
It was certainly a place to live….
but that didn’t mean they couldn’t still be found.
He decided to veer off that topic. “So what about you? Where do you come from?”
Where'd I get ya this time? The liver? The kidney? I'm runnin' outta places to put holes in ya.
Chase Duke
“Are you sure that’s just it?” Calie asked in a soft voice, trying to catch his gaze.
“Do you want the lie or the truth?”
“The truth.”
“I-I… I wasn’t doing my homework…I was, I was…in an alley.”
"You need French Toast."
Poor Chase, I’m in his head right now, and the darkness int here is like… 😭😭😭😭
"You need French Toast."
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NOO ARE YOU KIDDING I DID IT AGAIN NOOOOOOO
My most sincere apologies @loopylin this is getting bad
Haha no ur good this is hilarious. It’s like I keep accidentally committing identity theft.
“Nothing says autumn like slurpin’ apples.” -my uncle
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Also @loopylin your romance is actually very good. Very accurate to real life. Wishing I had your “mad skills” as my pastor would say
Like Rae said, you’re doing pretty well for a first romantic scene XD
Calvin
“I only meant to ask if you two came here together.” Calvin’s voice was flat. But his shadow-rimmed eyes sparkled under his beret.
“This is Calvin,” Babs said hastily. “He and I are from the same city.”
Lois nodded towards the new boy.
The two Baztians brushed against each other for comfort in the crowd. Cal slid his hands into his coat pockets. “Have you ever danced before, Lois? …You’ve already got a partner in the bag.”
“Everything is a mountain”
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@whalekeeper AAAAHHHHHHH
I’m laughing my head off right now
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@whalekeeper go right ahead. I’m going to add Kate and Brian (again) and hope they’re better than last time.
Oki-dok!
AAAAHHHHHHH
I’m laughing my head off right now
Over Cal’s response to Lois? Because I genuinely meant it 🤣
“Everything is a mountain”
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